Engineering and Contracting . Giading. Graveling, (?(.untv pnd County Seat. Miles. Miles. Cost. lilue Karth. Jlankato 24 b »;i!.00» , New llm ^ W iMi^ ?•arlton. Carlton 26 43* 64,000 Clav. .Moorhead , 53 .. :j2,00» Wliidom 57 .. JYSSx frcw Winv;. Ilrainerd 35 36 iSS* GimkUuk-. lied Win^- 25 io ^S-J^O Kandlvohl. Willmar 36 S -2$9? Parle. Madlson 28 9 .McLeri. Glencoe 20 20 .Morrison. Little Kalls 65 .. =••55? Murrav. .Slavton 50 .. i1S5R IMne. Pine C tv 30t .. Kfcrtwood, Redwood Falls 57t i^.OOO Kice. Faiibault 35 30 36,000 liock. luverne 18 18 4


Engineering and Contracting . Giading. Graveling, (?(.untv pnd County Seat. Miles. Miles. Cost. lilue Karth. Jlankato 24 b »;i!.00» , New llm ^ W iMi^ ?•arlton. Carlton 26 43* 64,000 Clav. .Moorhead , 53 .. :j2,00» Wliidom 57 .. JYSSx frcw Winv;. Ilrainerd 35 36 iSS* GimkUuk-. lied Win^- 25 io ^S-J^O Kandlvohl. Willmar 36 S -2$9? Parle. Madlson 28 9 .McLeri. Glencoe 20 20 .Morrison. Little Kalls 65 .. =••55? Murrav. .Slavton 50 .. i1S5R IMne. Pine C tv 30t .. Kfcrtwood, Redwood Falls 57t i^.OOO Kice. Faiibault 35 30 36,000 liock. luverne 18 18 Washington, Stillwater 6 0 23,000 •2S miles of graveling to cost $32,000 will be paid for from bondissue, tlald for from bond issue. ROAD SIGNS. Clarke County, Washington, is using the sign shownin the accompanying illustration for marking its sign consists of a round standard bearing targetson which the name of the towns and their mileage areshown in white against a black background. Directions. Road Sign, Clarke County, Washington. are indicated by arrows. The sign, as will be .=een fromthe cut, is well adapted to conditions arising from dif-ferent road angles. The county obtained the signs fromthe Coast Culvert & Flume Co., Portland, Ore., the agentsin the district for the R. Harbesty Mfg. Co., Denver, A. Schwarz, Vancouver, Wash., is the County Engi-neer. OILING CINDER AND SLAG ROADS. An interesting experiment in oiling a cinder and slagroad between Ankeny, la., and Des Moines, la., is beingcarried out, according to the Service Bulletin of the IowaHighway Commission. During the latter part of Juneand the first week in July the Polk County Supervisors,working in conjunction with the Highway Commissionand the Good Roads Section of Iowa State College, placedYo gal. of liquid asphalt to the square yard of road sur-face. The asphalt was put on with a pressure tank with-out any artificial heating. The temperature during thisperiod ranged from 90


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