Engineering and Contracting . ST OF WORK. Totalcost. Engineering and Inspection • .Superlntcnaence, salary and expenses $ Bituminous material. sal. U $ t. o. b. siding. gravel and sand, SO cu. yd. @ $ f. o. b. silling HauIluK liltuminous material Hauliim torpedo gravel and sand Heating and applying bituminous material, demur- ra.^^e. etc. ... Spreading gravel and sand Sweeping and cleaning old I lepreciation on equipment • Kreiuht on equipment Incidental expense Cost persq. yd. $ .0061 .0035 .
Engineering and Contracting . ST OF WORK. Totalcost. Engineering and Inspection • .Superlntcnaence, salary and expenses $ Bituminous material. sal. U $ t. o. b. siding. gravel and sand, SO cu. yd. @ $ f. o. b. silling HauIluK liltuminous material Hauliim torpedo gravel and sand Heating and applying bituminous material, demur- ra.^^e. etc. ... Spreading gravel and sand Sweeping and cleaning old I lepreciation on equipment • Kreiuht on equipment Incidental expense Cost persq. yd. $ .0061 .0035 . !6623 .0005 Tolal cost $ $ Indicates paid or furnished by the .State Highway Department. A 34-YEAR-OLD BELGIAN BLOCK PAVEMENT. The first Belgian block pavement in the city of Atlanta,Ga., was laid on Alabama Ave., between Central Ave. andMadison Ave., in 1882. The blocks were split only, notreeled nor trimmed. They were approximately 6 in. to 12in. in length, 4 in. to 6 in. in width and 5 in. to 8 in. in. Three-Ton Four-Wheei Drive Truck Hauling Industrial Railway Cors for Road Work in Iowa. although no load whatever is carried on the body of thetruck. The crushed rock, gravel and cement hauled by thinoutfit are being used in the construction of a 16-ft. con-crete highway going north from Sioux City on what isknown as the Perry Creek road. The large amount ofmaterial hauled is indicated by the fact that from 500to 600 lin. ft. of pavement are being laid daily. Thetrack is four miles in length and ten round trips aremade each day. Each trailer carries 12 cu. yd. of gravelor crushed rock, making a total pay-load of 24 to 26 truck pulls this load while running in high gear, andtravels at 12 to 15 miles per hour. Fifty teams and wagons were unable to do the workwhich is now being done by this truck and .string oftrailers, according to the contractors, and an enormoussaving in cost is effected. The average daily cost ofoperating the truck and trailers
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