Southern good roads . er hour, teams at $ per day. On the samepiece of work with prison labor on tlie honor systemwhich Iosts 75 cents per day and teams $ per day,the grading cost 30 cents per cubic yard. In Kanawha county. West Virginia, the Atlantic Bi-tulithic Company has a contract for three miles ofroad grading and surfacing. The grading is contract-ed at $ for stone and 34 cents for earth classifica-tions running about 70 per cent and 30 per cent earth,or an average of cents per yard. The state has aprison camp working on tlie honor system under a com-petent engineer and
Southern good roads . er hour, teams at $ per day. On the samepiece of work with prison labor on tlie honor systemwhich Iosts 75 cents per day and teams $ per day,the grading cost 30 cents per cubic yard. In Kanawha county. West Virginia, the Atlantic Bi-tulithic Company has a contract for three miles ofroad grading and surfacing. The grading is contract-ed at $ for stone and 34 cents for earth classifica-tions running about 70 per cent and 30 per cent earth,or an average of cents per yard. The state has aprison camp working on tlie honor system under a com-petent engineer and is moving the same class of mate-rial at 24 cents per cubic yard. Then as to methods the writer would suggest theuse of machinery wherever possible under competentsupervision and under proper direction and to makeuse of the state and county prison labor. On work thatis light and on which machinery can he employed thework should be done by day labor. On heavier workand laruc ruinntities the spenkiM- «-nnlil recommend. This is a Section of the Main Street of Matoaka, W. Va. contracting and to the contractor a systematic organi-zation of his work so as to get the most efficient servicefrom his men and eipiipment. There are volumes writ-ten covering the subject of Cost Data in hca\-icr workbut the writers in higln\ay w(irk leadsto the cdiiclusion that there aiv many rleiiniits enter-ing into the cost of highway cmisl met ion that are nt-ten oveiloiiked when comparing this class nf w irkwith heavier work-. Oin^ jioint of deficiency that havebeen noticeable and sIiduIiI be em|ihasized heii is thelack of orgaiiizatiiin in highway ennstrnction in thevarious sections of the coiinti>. In many instances 5(1per cent of the cost c mid lie sa^•e(l liy an or-ganization. Economical Considerations. highwaythan the The economical phases of highways andcoiistrttctiou are many, and call f ir more timespeaker should oceni)\. We might say that in stuily-ing the histor
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