Southern good roads . oads built by the mixing August, 1915 SOUTHERN GOOD ROADS metlidd ill (lie \v;i\ nf intcri>st ;ind sinkinir Fund iiiaki>sit more costly jiinl Ifss (MMinoinieal iu the end tli:ni tin-cheaper road VmiH l>y the iienetration method with ;imoderate eost of iiiainteiiaiice. For instanee. a mih ofroad built liy the penetration method, assnmini, anaverage eost of . per square yard and a 1(1 , will eost ;J:1(I,:)20, and .should \>r eapalilxiiiaintaiiiiMl for +2.)0 jut annum. t)u the other han<l, a mil. of Ioail of the same width built by the mixing
Southern good roads . oads built by the mixing August, 1915 SOUTHERN GOOD ROADS metlidd ill (lie \v;i\ nf intcri>st ;ind sinkinir Fund iiiaki>sit more costly jiinl Ifss (MMinoinieal iu the end tli:ni tin-cheaper road VmiH l>y the iienetration method with ;imoderate eost of iiiainteiiaiice. For instanee. a mih ofroad built liy the penetration method, assnmini, anaverage eost of . per square yard and a 1(1 , will eost ;J:1(I,:)20, and .should \>r eapalilxiiiaintaiiiiMl for +2.)0 jut annum. t)u the other han<l, a mil. of Ioail of the same width built by the mixing miIbod. assuiiniiu- an averag si of .^ per squaie yanl, will cost .^ This an interest rh;ii,ut on the extra .t4.(l!H) cost,which ;it 4- per cent would be .+211 jier year. To thismust be added a sinking fund of 1 pci cent, whiidiwould make a total of .+208. Assuming that the main-tenance cost of the road liuilt by the mixing iiutli m1 ismi more tlmn that of the our Iniilt by the penetration. The same section of the Federalsburg-Houston road afterimprovements. Photo by U, S. OtTice of Public Roads method, this gives $ as the annual excess upkeepeost per mile of highway. ^Yhen it is considered tharfor moderate traffic roads the life of the two would beabout the same, it is at once evident that a great sav-ing is ettected by the adoption of the former type. We are on the eve of an era in road building c(un-parable only to railway building between 1S4() andISSO. There is every evidence that we will be able toobtain roads suitable for a moderate amount of trafficat a reasonable cost. We need not be driven always tothe most costly types of roads, the building of whiciiwould very greatly reduce the mileage of new roadswhich could be built with reasonable appropriations. To the fullest extent in an eiiuiomical way. we shouhlseek to extend the greatest good in the way of roadsto the greatest number of people. The cheapest roadthat is suitable for the traf
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