Engineering and Contracting . ained by means of a tem-plate cut according to the crown co-ordinatesfurnished by the city engineer. Vertical fiberlirick 3 ins. deep, 4 ins. wide and 8% ins. long,having square edges, were laid flatwise in-traight and parallel courses on the sand cush-ion. At street intersections they were laidherringbone style. In both methods of lay-ing, the brick were laid close together, all lug-being placed in one direction. The brick wensubjected to the 1911 National Paving .\ssociation rattler test, andthose used were of a class that did not losemore th
Engineering and Contracting . ained by means of a tem-plate cut according to the crown co-ordinatesfurnished by the city engineer. Vertical fiberlirick 3 ins. deep, 4 ins. wide and 8% ins. long,having square edges, were laid flatwise in-traight and parallel courses on the sand cush-ion. At street intersections they were laidherringbone style. In both methods of lay-ing, the brick were laid close together, all lug-being placed in one direction. The brick wensubjected to the 1911 National Paving .\ssociation rattler test, andthose used were of a class that did not losemore than 15 per cent under that test. Afterthe Iirick were laid they were rolled with a1-ton steam roller, and the brick broken b\rolling were removed and replaced with soundbrick. Two kinds of joint tiller were used, eachItie being used to cover about one-half of thepavement. Some parts of the surface werecovered \vith Sarco asphalt while the othersections of the pavement were covered withTexico. The asphalt was spread by means of. Fig. 1. Gordon Hill 2,000 Cu. Yd. Cut, Near Tarkio, Mo., An Example of State Road Days Effort. Slate seconded these steps and took up thedetails of the work with the citizens in theirrespective communities. Altiiost every com-munity had some bad piece of road that hadlong been an eyesore and a matter of greatexpense and inconvenience in pulling over it toget tci town. These bad pieces of road were singled outand the good roads days were spent on themby the public spirited citizens of the commu-nity near them. Such a piece of road was theGordon Hill, near Tarkio, Mo, It was a hillabout 70 rods in length and of about 2j percent grade before work was begun on it. Justshortly before the good roads days, a mannamed White lost his life on this hill by anaccident in which an auto truck loaded withcorn became unmanageable on the steep gradeson this hill and ran away, wrecking the truckand killing White. hill was marked for the good roads work is a lively an
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