Southern good roads . of corrugated metal culvertsand terra cotta culverts. There were present repre-sentati\es of the International Clay Products Bureau,of St. Louis. Newport Rolling I\Ietal Culvert Company,Pomona Terra Cotta Company, Dixie Culvert and Met-al Company, Carolina ]Metal Products Company, andthe Salisbury Metal Culvert Company, On the last day of the institute the question of TlieRelations that Should Kxist Between State HighwayCommission, county highway commission, and town-ship highway commission, and relations of highwayengineers to These was discussed by Director Pratt. Other
Southern good roads . of corrugated metal culvertsand terra cotta culverts. There were present repre-sentati\es of the International Clay Products Bureau,of St. Louis. Newport Rolling I\Ietal Culvert Company,Pomona Terra Cotta Company, Dixie Culvert and Met-al Company, Carolina ]Metal Products Company, andthe Salisbury Metal Culvert Company, On the last day of the institute the question of TlieRelations that Should Kxist Between State HighwayCommission, county highway commission, and town-ship highway commission, and relations of highwayengineers to These was discussed by Director Pratt. Other discussed were Bridges, Blasting Ma-terials by Dr. J. H. Squires, of the E. I. DuPont deXeniour Iower Co., and the question of how to im-prove the institute, including a discussion of the valueof correspondence courses, plans of co-operation fortill employment of engineers, superintendents, fore-n;an, etc. The roads institute of 1915 showed a marked in-i-rease in atteiidanci, number of counties represented. A Model of Macadam Construction in Russell County, Virginia and Irecilom of discussions of over that of1IM4. It is I)elieved the continuance of this institutewill 111 of inestinu^ble value to the road work of NorthCarolina. Davidson couidy, N. C, will have available for roadwork at an early date !)!300,000, The new road com-mission is composed of Dr. J. W. Peacock, of Thomas-ville, (diairman; Mr. Lee V. Phillips. Lexington, sec-retary; ]\Ir. J. W. Lambeth. Thomasville, treasurer;Dr. E. J. liuchanan. Lexington; Jlr. L. A. Smith, ofLinwood; ^Ir. T. II. Livengood, Winston-Salem, R. have been asked for and active preparations aregoing foiward. (fricnville, S. (.. will vote this month on a bond is-sue of $100,000 to improve streets. April, 1915 SOUTHERN GOOD ROADS II Types of Pavements Suitable for Use in ttie Soutti By MAJ. W. W. CROSBYFormer Highway Engineer of Maryland, Baltimore, Md. •1^ IlKliM c-lll 111 111! <|IUstiiiii hill lliiil. in \\r\v
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