. Annual report of the Missouri State Board of Agriculture. Missouri. State Board of Agriculture; Agriculture -- Missouri. Boad Demonstrations. 323 beyau to pack and in a sliort time was iu fine sliapc. The road since that time has been kept np ^vith tlie drag and today is in excellent con- ; The other demonstration, consisting of a string of five cars—one baggage and four flats—left St. Louis September 11^ over the Frisco railroad for a trip across the State by way of Springfield and Lamar. It w-as under the direction of the State Highway Engineer, the machinery being furnished by
. Annual report of the Missouri State Board of Agriculture. Missouri. State Board of Agriculture; Agriculture -- Missouri. Boad Demonstrations. 323 beyau to pack and in a sliort time was iu fine sliapc. The road since that time has been kept np ^vith tlie drag and today is in excellent con- ; The other demonstration, consisting of a string of five cars—one baggage and four flats—left St. Louis September 11^ over the Frisco railroad for a trip across the State by way of Springfield and Lamar. It w-as under the direction of the State Highway Engineer, the machinery being furnished by manufacturing concerns and transported by the Frisco railroad company. The baggage car was filled with exhibits. Sample roads in minia- ture, three feet wide, extended along the center and length of the car. These miniatures showed sections of earth, sand-clay, gravel, rock and bitumen roads. All methods of construction shown w'ere adaptable to. View "B"' after demonstration worlv. Drained, graded, crowned, rolled, and then graveled and rolled. Missouri. The inner walls of the car were completely covered with plans, profiles and photographs of roads and bridges in the State. In addition the car contained an exhibit of 100 samples of ^Missouri road building material and also road literature for free distribution. One flat car carried a miniature bridge model, 10-foot span, steel riveted structure, designed and detailed in the State Engineer's olfice and made by Charles Leitch of Moberly, Missouri; two sections of re- enforced concrete culverts 21 inches in diameter and two sections 24 inches in diameter, furnished liy the St. Joseph Re-enforced Concrete Company of St. Joseph, Missouri; a full set of collapsible cores, 18 to 40 inches, for concrete culvert work, furnished by the Merilet Culvert Core. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustr
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