Annual Report of the Massachusetts Highway Commission, Band 1Wright & Potter Printing Company, state printers., 1898 |
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66 two-horse wagons amount asphalt Average load Barnstable BARNSTABLE COUNTY Berkshire bins Boston Boxborough brick Bristol BRISTOL COUNTY broken stone carriage cement cents a square Chelsea clay Coal Commonwealth compacted concrete condition construction contractor cost per cubic crusher cubic yard deposits depth ESSEX COUNTY feet four inches glacial grade granite gravel gravel road gutters Hampden hauled inch of width inch stone inches thick KIND OF WAGON laid layer less LO LO load per inch macadam macadam road Massachusetts MIDDLESEX COUNTY Nantucket NANTUCKET COUNTY Norfolk Northborough Number of miles one-half inch one-horse wagons pass paving pebbles plain Plymouth PLYMOUTH COUNTY rear repairs Ring horse road material road-bed roadmasters roadway rolled sand screen shovels sidewalk Springfield square yard steam roller stone for crusher streets surface TABLE teams tion Tip-cart tons towns Traffic Observations trap rock wagons observed West Bridgewater wheels width of tire Worcester WORCESTER COUNTY
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Seite 101 - That the said part of the first part, in consideration of the covenants and agreement hereinafter mutually entered into, does for himself, his executors and administrators, covenant and agree to and with said part of the second part, that he shall and will in a good and workmanlike manner, at own proper cost and expense, according to the best of art and...
Seite 21 - There may be places, where a road leads over a hill with a steep grade, where a proper mixing of till with a fairly large proportion of pebbles or broken stone of medium size would make it possible to prevent a washing out during severe rains, — an end which it would be difficult to attain in any other way. The gravel beds of Massachusetts vary exceedingly in their fitness for road construction. Where the pebbles are mainly of quartz or other flinty rock, and have been much rounded and smoothed...
Seite 3 - Commonfawalifr of To the Honorable Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in General Court Assembled. We, the undersigned, the commissioners appointed under the provisions of chapter 338 of the Acts of 1892, entitled "An Act to establish a commission to improve the highways of this Commonwealth," hereby submit the following report.
Seite 80 - The whole roadway should then be rolled with a heavy roller until it becomes hard and smooth. Fine gravel will not make a good road if the travel is at all heavy. The small stones quickly crush up, and the surface of the roads becomes uneven and muddy. It is very doubtful if in a term of years a gravel road will not cost as much as a macadam road, and It can never be as enduring ; the wearing surface receives the shock of all traffic ; the materials for its construction must be carefully selected....
Seite 104 - ... of the said contractor, he shall certify the same to the said part of the second part, who shall pay the contractor, within thirty days after receiving said certificate, the amount that may be due, excepting therefrom such sum or sums as may be lawfully retained to protect said part of the second part from liens or attachment ; that nothing herein contained shall...
Seite 33 - ... from the point of view of their fitness for the construction of highways, and to delineate the results on appropriate maps, to be accompanied by the necessary descriptions. The information thus obtained should be so presented that the supervisors of highways in each town may know the relative value of all the resources in the way of construction materials which they can command. The cost of such an examination and description would probably not exceed the expense now incurred in constructing...
Seite 38 - This would seem to indicate that there is a general consensus of opinion to the effect that about a tithe of municipal revenues should be devoted to roadways. The facts seem also to indicate that it is likely to be difficult to change this proportion except by some gradual alteration of public opinion. It seems out of the question to expect by the progress of public opinion to induce the towns of the Commonwealth to effect any great change in their road conditions through a material increase in taxes....
Seite 7 - The statistics of this country show an ever-increasing tendency on the part of our people to gather into the cities. Although this relative gain in the...
Seite 77 - A light carriage which might do no injury to a dry road would soon •destroy it if wet. Water may reach a roadway either by falling as rain directly upon it, by flowing upon it from either side, or by lateral soakage through the ground. Rain falling directly on the surface will do little or no harm to a well-constructed road, but if it be allowed to attain to and remain in the foundation the road will soon be destroyed. There are two rules which must be observed in order to maintain a road in good...