, 1922-02-18

Arc uo( FLIIorCe1 " GcCs 4@c mol
provea 10 be adequate for heavy ser~
ice The original six or seven miles
Of ceurent road has been conscructed
of stS inches OF concrcee- Mr. johnson
proposes TO make the new road one
inch thicker. thereby adding SONG
what TO the strength
"On The ether hand. Mr.. Laird has
made considerable ca sp1sy OF oil. or
oil macadAm roacA. Mr. Laird fig
ures that this road IA be built. with
a full width Of IS feet. from n pres
ent terminus to salt Greek. Of as.
.phalt mecadam. with \ finch crushed
limestone base, wit hon surfact at a
cost OF ST.. 900 n mile The Midwest
Refining company favor this kind Of
construction for the reason that they
consider it cheaper than the cement
construction. more durable, and per
mits of n proper ruad width There
are many reasons in favor Of the as
phalt construction. As against the &C
ment construction. among which may
be named the following
AFTER the Asphalt road has been
built, IT Is permanent SO that there
would have to be no removal It only
requires tho annual application Of a
small mount of road oil TO the sur
faca. by way OF resurfacing. which ]
am informed would be less than the
annual maintenance of n concrete
road. and besideS the latter would
have to be entirely rebuilt in the
.course CT possibly Eve or six years,
Whereas the asphalt macadam Is per
mancnt-
The n4nefoot width Il tnsufficieni
for practical purposes
III the cement construction Is CBcd
II means the Importation from othei
statea OF n large amoun OF cement
with indeed high freight rates The
water problem between Casper anc
salt Creek Is n very serious one. anc
the construction OF n cement high
way would add n very expensive iteu
IN tho way of providing water. Tc
overcome this difficulty II has beer
proposed to construct cement slabs
at Casper and then place them upor
tho road 1t Is very difficnlt to build
a road with n smoth surface out OF
cement slabs. for ths reason that you
never can secure n Boiid and eve
foundation
"Tf the road Is constructed of as
phalt macadam, the road can be bull
entirely Of Wyoming products It Is
proposed to secure the crushed lime
stone from the Big Horn canyon ncai
Thermopolis- The asphalt WIN be sup
piled by the local r~efineries. out Of
wyoming oil. For this project the
Standard on company a offered &c
supply the asphalt at about 400 de
grees at its plant, at cost
'fIhis sort OF macadam has beer
used very extensively in California
and I am informed that It has been
used with n great deal of success
There are n number of government
bulletins out on the subject, among
them the following.
CONSTRUCTION of MacAdam Roads
Bulletin No. 80. by Albert B. F1etch
er.
REPAIR and M~nintcnance Of Hgh
ways" Bulletin No. as. by Lawrence
1. Hewes-
"Macadam Roads, Bulletin No. 3si
by Albert B. Fletcher.
ct understand that the California
state highway commission a also is
sued n bulletin on the subject, which
l have not available ut this time bu
will attempt to secure q cop ant
forward 1t to you
THE big problem that n refining
companies in Wyoming NV had ha
been the disposition Of the by-prod
ucts. The producers Of so-caIled blacl
oil or heavy oil. nave confronted tn
same situation, in that the percentag
of gasoline content has been 80 ngh
that II has OF been profitable in mos
cases to refine the oil. and thereb.
has prevented a market for their prod
uct. As new fields n being devel
oped in Wyoming. more black OIL /
discovered Wyoming has so man,
thousands of miles of road to bull
that IL asphalt macadam or other o.
roads could be built instead Of cemer
and other kind of highways. 1t woul
be n tremendous factor in providing
market 70 the black oils and the by
products of lighter oils You viii see