Adapted to
Main Highways
MACADAM ROADS TOO EXPEN
SIVE FOR CITY STREETS OR
RURAL BYWAYS, UNCLE SAM
SAYS
(By Untied Tress)
Washington, August 9 "'The Ma
cadan road", said the United States
Office. of Pulic Reads to-day "is
particularly adapted to main bigh
waya connecting centers of popu
lation, but it is not satisfactory for
city streets and is too expensive 4
for rural roads other than hi;:h- j
ways or pikes." The department
has been investigating f
from l.' to la leet 's reccomme:i
ded as a suitable width, provided
the road is fl.inl.ed on each side
with fiim Fhould' t's from thrcn t;)
5 feet wide, to provei.t sheerins; of
the sides ty wheels.
The Macadam method cf road
construction was first introduced
about the beginning c.f the nine
teenth century in Kngland by a
Scotchman r.am-rd John London Mc
Adam. The chief feature of the
construction which has since be
come one of the foremost methoda
of road building in every cuuntry
of the world, are: a raised, thor
oughly drained, and crowned earth
foundation; a sub surface of brok
en stone fragments, not larger than
two an(i a half Inches in diameter
and of uniform size; a surface bind
ing of stone dust and screenings.
During the last forty years this
method has been modified and the
stone fragments are graduate in
jfize with the coarser stones at the
'otti.m. Rerently vari.u.s bitumi
j.uus .'.' pa rations have t e-.-n added
to the suface if binders. Heavy,
petroleum viU, asphal'.s, bituminous
cements and' tar mixtup-s are now
used largely for this purpose. The
addition of sc.me such binding ma
terial renders the road impervious
to the darua ng action cf water and
forms a hard smooth,, resilent sur
face. Although it was formerly
thought necessary to surface the
road with a layer of macadam from
8 to 12 inches in depth, Uncle Sam'3
road experts drclared the surface
shculj be as thin as is consistent
with dur.ibi.Py not over six inches
deep in any cases and often only
three. This saving of surfacing
material greatly lowers the cost of
the road, without detracting from
its wearing qualities in the least,
they contend. Tho road bed should
be of porous material,, well-drained
and should be free from clay or
learn." Grades exceed'ng six feet
to ev ry loo fet of road are con
sidered excessive for heavy traffic.
Curves with es than two hundred
feet radius should be avoided. lluiM
around the ?lop of a hill not over
it. Build as straivht as possible,
always considorn.? grading first. A
Fp.ndal recommendation is made by
the oil'tce cf public roade that the
surf.ice crc ssing of rai;rrad tracks
be eliminated through culverts or
overhead briages.
Trap rock is considered by the
Government experts as the best for
read birlding purposes?, although
some granites and the harder lime
stones give good results. The Uni
ted States of Public Roads tests
samples of rock submitted to it
without charge, and furnishes ad
vice as to the fitness of any sample
for road building.
The cost Is entirely dependent
on L-cal ccndkions and the availa-
il 11
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r-
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l.il.tv (f n.aier.a.s. However, an
estimate of the cc:t of the t.at
dam sur.'aci.-,- foundation and cra:n
ae tost eliminated, p'.act s, the aver
age expenditure, where ;niprted
trap rock is used, at approximately
$oMU0 to $50'.'0 per mile.
In Massachusetts, the actual cost
of imported trap rock, in place and
rolled, was $1."0 a ton, covering
3.13 square yards of surface at Se
inches indepth. Local stone was
secured in this instance at 5 1 .1-2 a
ton.
Construction of macadam roads
as of any other kind, in the o; inion
of the United States Roal Bercau
should always be under the direc
tion of an experienced read ent.neer
f best results are to be obtained.
AH Plans Are
Formulated
Detini e plai.s were furmi'.'ated
Monday nigi't by Mr. Thomas J.
Markham and his committee cf hel
pers for a campaign for the ra sinu;
of funds fnr furnishing and ei;iipp
in t'ue Y. M. C. A. Huildins.
The I'lan. of campaign is being
mapped out very carefully and Mr.
Markham is very hopeful that 1 the
committee who have undertaken this
work will meet with complete' suc
cess.
For the present the committee are
proceeding quietly but before the
campais-n is closed measures will be
taken to give the movement wide
publicity and everybody will have
an opportunity to make a contribu
tion tg the fund.
Elizabeth City's Y. M. C. A. has
been open since the first of May
and those who took the lead in the
opening of the building for actlvo
work are expecting to carry their
plans now to a successful conclusion.
HOLTON KIRBY
Mr. Oscar Ilolton and M'ss ISessie
Kciby, loth of this city were mar
ried Sun lay at Iftr tmue a .home on
Parsonage street by Dr. B. C. Hen-
iiig, pa tor cf the First Baptist
church. The rricte is the daughter
cf Mr. J. F. Kirby of this city and
the grcorm is the son of Mrs Laura
i-??rf of Eeaufort county.
Rhodenberg
Assails Hughes
(Dy United Press)
Washington, Au 8 it?pres'nta
five Rhodenbery of Illinois assailed
Candida' e Hughes today for con
suiting on the Mexican situation Sen
istor Fall who e hobby is interven
t.'on and Ambassador "Wilson, di.-
cr ilit'd ambassador to Mexico.
(Ily United Press)
Dost; ii. Aug. 8th. Rather than
starve the Armenians are eating liu
m in fleFh, according to a cab' to
liio American Committee for Armen
ian Relief.
The cable, it is claimed, was re
ceive,i from a high authority in Tur
l ey and is Ulievod reliable.
It is stated that the Armenians,
driven fo desperation, ore devouring
ltho Lod es of th'.ir exhausted com
v .
Starving Tfcey
Eat Human Flesh
races',- -
lluiidre's were sent to the desert
cf Arabia and the Kuphrates valley
wiihmit food and their plight is pi? 1
ui;le I'1 the extreme.
THROWN INTO BOILING OIL.
(fly United Press)
Could. Ala. Aug. 8 Thomas P.
Cravett", superintendent of a Turpen
tine plant hero, met instant death
today when his body, hurled by an
exploMon against a brick ty 11 drop
ped into a vat of boiling oil.
V
Mexico Ready
Broaden Scope
(By United Press)
Washington, Aug. 8 Mexico is
willing to "broaden the scope" of
ne,rot!ntions betweon that country
and the United States to Include a
discussion of the economic reliabili
fathm of the country, according to
a statement given out by mlnlster
Designate Arredondo today.
It is the desire of his government
however, that matters of military Is
sue be taken up and settled flrat,
howeverr""1 , a'iS,:'
This is the package
that holds the
cigarettes
-
that do for
smokers what no
other cigarette has
ever done for them
before they satisfy
and yet theyVeMID
10 for 5c
-Also packed
20 for 10c
mm in iiwiim t Q,
and yd they're MILD '
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