Excerpt from Information Regarding Road Materials and Transportation Rates in Certain States West of the Mississippi River: Furnished by Officials of Various Railway Companies
The supply of good materials for road-making, that is, materials of sufficient value to justify the expense of preparing, loading, and trans porting, is limited.. Such materials consist of stone, gravel, and gumbo, a soil which, when thoroughly burned, forms an excellent material for making a good roadway.
Stone is found only at points on the Omaha; and Republican Valley Railway line south of Beatrice. It is a soft limestone, easily crushed, and adjacent to track and right of way. Cost of crushing to convenient size for use in road work, including loading on cars, would range from 40, to 80 cents per cubic yard.
There is also stone along the main line between Sidney and Cheyenne, Wyo., but this is too far from the portions of the State where it could be used to be of value for road-making.
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Paperback. Zustand: New. Print on Demand. This book is about the potential for improving the quality of public roads and the cost of the materials needed to do so in various Western states and territories. The author, a special agent and engineer for the US Department of Agriculture, sent a series of inquiries to railroad managers seeking information on the quality and accessibility of road materials. Responses covered the availability of stone, gravel, and other useful materials, and included details on the likely expense involved in loading and transporting those materials. Some responses also contained ideas for how best to improve the roads in each state or territory. The information in this book was published in 1894 to support distribution of material aid to the area west of the Mississippi River. It offers readers a glimpse into the challenges faced by road builders at the time and the transportation logistics needed to support such large projects. This book is a reproduction of an important historical work, digitally reconstructed using state-of-the-art technology to preserve the original format. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in the book. print-on-demand item. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 9781527794443_0
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