Southern good roads . lalile in this country, are in the most per foot run .if the width of the and tlu .• 1st nfdiverse and incomj^lete forms. To i .ifteii imthing is r.]ilacemeiit .if tin- it is or the figures are inaccurate, es- n.\\ it. iMr. S. Whinery luis . the inpecially as regards initial cost. The Highway Com- to street pavements, and what h. has ismissions of iMassachusetts. Rhod. Island. York ..lually ap]ilicable to comitry roads, in a Jlaryland have collected a
Southern good roads . lalile in this country, are in the most per foot run .if the width of the and tlu .• 1st nfdiverse and incomj^lete forms. To i .ifteii imthing is r.]ilacemeiit .if tin- it is or the figures are inaccurate, es- n.\\ it. iMr. S. Whinery luis . the inpecially as regards initial cost. The Highway Com- to street pavements, and what h. has ismissions of iMassachusetts. Rhod. Island. York ..lually ap]ilicable to comitry roads, in a Jlaryland have collected and published .lata in re- .Municipal Iublic ]\Iacmillan and ,gard to till cost of construction of various types .if can be recommended to every highway engineer, in Ih ise states, and have a . .eiisus The true cost of a street pavement, excluding all of tlie .iver .iimpiled at intervals, but a .-nm- .questions of the relative econom\- in us., Scene on ttie Crest of the Blue Ridpre Highway, the Old Yonahlossee TurnpikeBetween Blowinfr Rock and Linville. N. C. 4,000 Feet Above Sea Level. 22 SOUTHERN GOOD ROADS August, 1911 ttions of beauty, comfort in use, is made up of aliUmber of items as follows: (1) The first cost of the pavemeut. (2) The cost ofkeeping it in repair. (3) The cost of keeping the road-way clean. (4) The life of the pavemenl. (5) inter-est charges on the sum invested. (6) Cost of renewalwhen tlie pavement is worn out. All these elementsmust be taken into consideration in order to determinewhich of two or more kinds of street pavemeut is, asidefrom other considerations, most economical. It willnot do to base a conclusion on either the relative firstcost or the relative durability (life) of the pavementalone. As an example let us compare two pavements pro-posed to be used under similar conditions. We willassume that the street to he paved is a business streetin one of the smaller c
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