Omaha daily bee., 1916-04-25
s JRFACED ROADS
LIFT FARM VALUES
tai. Engineer Johnson Writes Of
Economic Good that Comes to
Country Districts,
CITIES AND STATE SHOULD AID
IRON a staff Correspondent

IDEAS on road building which have made
him so much In demand at public gather.
ings. r. he accepted all the lnyi atoms
be has received he would have little TIM
70 attend 70 his duties as state engineer.
70 he has prepared story which covers
good rond building In his discussion Of
the matter Mr. Johnson says.
"As all the taxpayers in tho sta woul
be benefited by system Of permanent
roads, ! will attempt 10 discuss the kind
pf construction that should be used o.
tbe different roads. and the benefits re-
ceived by same.
Hard roadn would pay IN some local
Ties. and only Well graded road, In
others, and II Is simply q question Of the
amount Of travel. md the dzo o. loads
Hauled, compared with the cost Of con
nrtction and maintenance that decidel
the Kind u road that should be- con
aructed.
The cost " construction per mls
varies in different parts Of The stale
owing 10 the difference in freight rabs
the distance the material IL hhuled. and
the amount Of grading 10 be done.
0tt OF the WORK
II have figured on improving aoyeril
roads IN the state, and find that the
average cogt If constructing ono mile o.
nlouollthic brick surfnce paving. slxtoe
feet Wide. would hi $4,000 Whore clay
md gravel foada can be- uacd, the average
coat Of construction would be gi.Do pr
nile, md we'll gfaded roads f20J pr mil
1.-THE cost Of maintaining such brick
surfaced road IN continuous service woull
be- $40 per milo per year; the est o
depreciation and maintenance of clay
and gravel r0ad would be so per year,
md 81 for the gtaded road
"A team that can baul 500 pounds
over an ordinary road. could haul $50
pounds over d vel graded r)nd. 400
pounds over clay and gravel road a1d
zDo pounds over brick road. on long
bauls. frclghting is usually done ~
cent per mile per hundred, but for short
hauls, such as n farmer makes 70 ana
from town, il usually costs % cents PEE
ton mile over ordinary roads, fy banlln,
he amounts ! have heretofore stated, on
different einaaca ~ roads this would
make eept Of hauling over well graded
roada, "a cents per ton milo, over clay
\ 0nd gravel roads, IS cents per Ton mic.
and over brick surface roads lo,7 cents
per ton mile. This would make the cost
Of hauling oyer brick surfaced roads 81
per cent less than hauling over ordinary
roads
Advantage of Hard Roads.
- hard surfaced road would be an
advantage 10 al kinds of travel ~ well
og hauling heavy loads, ana would be In
service BIZ days yoar instead Of being
practically out Of service during wet
weather The farmers would afro he able
10 market their product when II was TOO
cofl and muddy 70 work IN the fields,
4 and when The prices are right All those
things should be taken into consideration
IN deciding what the farmer should pay
for road building
Il have put In considerable time In
counting the vehicles in cities, towns and
on the country roads, and have found
them Travelled by 300 a day IN the con-
gcsted part Of the city, 10 only an oc-
caHional one on some Of tho country
rosds. our records show that the over
age travel on our main country roads ex-
coed 100 vehicles per day Let ua take
a road. for illustration. that has an aver
age travel Of 100 vehicles daily. out Of
which fifteen are loaded, each convey
ing 1900 pounds. Then let US bunch the
rest, and say that the advantage OF good
roads to the other eighty-five Is the same
as the fifteen loaded This would make
n saving. by having graded roads, Of
\ 81 per loaded team mile or 81 cents for
the fifteen loads. Adding the benefits re-
ccivod by the eighty-five conveyances
gives us total benefit per mile Of $l62
per day, or f59i,a0 per year.
other Savings.
"If the road was surfaced with clay
aud gravel and the cost Of marketing
the fifteen loads reduced from g 10
IS cents per ton. the saving would lie
slj per day or sl1i975 per year. and
in Ike manner, tho saving by having the
road surfaced with. brick pavement. over
which 100 teams pass daily. would lie
sG43 per day, or D.34s.7s per mile per
year After sou subtract the 500 for
depreciation and maintenance, yon have
saving hY having q brick surfaced
road Of Ss.i4sts per year, or in other
words the road Will pay for itself In seven
years
We Mll now take a road, leading into
ihls main road that has an aeerage
travel Of twenty-five vehicles daily This
would make a saving In transportation NJ
E4la per wear. over brick surfaced
roads, or SIS s. per wear over clay and
Eratel rpad. and fifii over graded roads
After embracing the cost ~ upkecp e
would Taxa thifB eight years 90 pas for
the brick road ar five years for the
clay and KraFel road or TAO ycars Tor
tht graded road. in tbiH case. t would
$500 % construct clay and gravel read
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