. Engineering and Contracting . , Jr., and Mo., district. A. R. Young as members of the executive committee. (44) Engineering and Contracting for February 4, 1920. 129 Highway Maintenance by GangPatrol System Patrol gangs working from centrallj located district sta-tions have proved very effective in maintaining tlie highwaysystem of Lucas County, Ohio. The methods and some of theresults obtained were outlined in the Nov. 5 Issue of Engineer-ing and Contracting. Further details were given by Mr. C. , County Engineer, in a paper presented Jan. 22 at theannual meeting of the Ohio Engineeri
. Engineering and Contracting . , Jr., and Mo., district. A. R. Young as members of the executive committee. (44) Engineering and Contracting for February 4, 1920. 129 Highway Maintenance by GangPatrol System Patrol gangs working from centrallj located district sta-tions have proved very effective in maintaining tlie highwaysystem of Lucas County, Ohio. The methods and some of theresults obtained were outlined in the Nov. 5 Issue of Engineer-ing and Contracting. Further details were given by Mr. C. , County Engineer, in a paper presented Jan. 22 at theannual meeting of the Ohio Engineering Society. The highway system consists of miles of waterboundmacadam, 173 miles of bituminous macadam, miles ofbrick, miles of concrete, miles of asphaltic concrete. The county is divided into five districts. Centrally locatedin each district is a patrol station. This station is 30 ft. x15 ft. and has a 15 ft x 15 ft. concrete mixing floor at one end,a stone bin holding a carload of stone at the other, and a. Front Elevation Tbavebse Section Layout of District Road Patrol Station of Lucas County, Ohio. 00 gal. tank wagon for bitumen. Two patrol gangs are eachequipped with a 2% ton truck, a 6 cu. ft. batch concrete mixerand a camp wagon. The latter is a frame house, about 7 10 ft. mounted on standard wagon running gear. Each gangconsists of truck driver who is foreman, and three men. The improved road mileage is so arranged that the bulk ofthe heaviest traveled roads which are in the immediate vicin-ity of Toledo are covered by District No. 1. The mileage inDistricts 2 and 3 and 4 and 5 are so arranged that their com-bined totals are about equal. District No. 1 is taken careof jointly by both patrol gangs No. 1 and No. 2. Upon thecompletion of work in this district, gang No. 1 goes to stationNo. 2 and then to station No. 3, while patrol gang No. 2 goesto stations Nos. 4 and 5. The work has been so uniform thepast year that the two gangs have arrived back
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