Public works . )erintendent in charge of crew No. 1 and Hugh superintendent in charge of crew No. 2. The contractor reports that during 1921 the twopavers used on this job laid respectively 20,000 and25,000 cubic yards of concrete at a cost of not morethan $152 for repair parts, exclusive of cables andminor adjustments made on the job by the crews,and no delays were caused to the SERAaNG PAVER FROM ADJACENT STOCK PILES BY WHEELBARROW GANG. April 29, 1922 PUBLIC WORKS 299 Jefferson Countys Road System By E. M. Wheeler Chert, gravel and red ash used for secondary roads, generally
Public works . )erintendent in charge of crew No. 1 and Hugh superintendent in charge of crew No. 2. The contractor reports that during 1921 the twopavers used on this job laid respectively 20,000 and25,000 cubic yards of concrete at a cost of not morethan $152 for repair parts, exclusive of cables andminor adjustments made on the job by the crews,and no delays were caused to the SERAaNG PAVER FROM ADJACENT STOCK PILES BY WHEELBARROW GANG. April 29, 1922 PUBLIC WORKS 299 Jefferson Countys Road System By E. M. Wheeler Chert, gravel and red ash used for secondary roads, generally built by county forces. Special attention is paid to maintenance, which is performed by convicts which are kept in seven camps, twenty to sixty in a camp. It has been the pohcy of the road officials of Jef-ferson county, Alabama, not only to build roads,but to maintain them; and not to spend money forroads, but to invest money in roads. As a result ofthe practical application of this policy, the road sys-tem of this county is the pride of the state and oneof the best in the country. In Jefferson county a system of main paved roadsconnecting the principal centers of the county andproviding for the heavy traffic, are fully supple-mented by a veritable network of well-constructedand maintained secondary roads, reaching into mostof the smaller towns of the county and tying themain roads tog
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