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HIGHWAY BRIDGES.
FOINTSTO BE CONSIDERED INTHEIf
CONSTRUCTION.
tl-Ccre tke Bt Mrrll H
Sara Prfaor BrlJe.
Ihal4 Be Bailt For lh Katare
Well the Preat.
Today, when a .community i lookec
npon as decidedly behind the times a nr.
blind to Its own Interim if it does noi
hire the best roads that it an afford
and when It looks beyond the first
COit in deciding tcH iinestion it
ahotild make an effort to have th
most prominent features in harmony
It should consider the beauty of it
highway bridges a an important ad
Junet to its "ool roads moTeinent.'
write Profefi )i- Mason, wns'ii'trtiif en
gineer, In Wood Roads Matfaiine.
Moat of us hare unfortunately com
to consider beauty as a Jiiiury. and
generally an expensive one. Hence,
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Rill - CONOR ETI BIl(, PLAINWEtli,
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,when a beautiful bridge la suggested
w take alarm at the cost and are apt
to decide offhand that the older 'type
j without its good appearance is ell
enough.
This is a phase of the subject that I
very pertinent, whether it should be de
plored or not. H is only by reason of
thia careful consideration of cost that
our country is able lo compete with
European countries In the construction
of bridges in foreign dependencies. It
has been said that any fool could build
a bridge If he had money enough, but
It takes au engineer to do It econom
ically, This matter of cost has compelled u
to limit the construction of stone arch
bridges to a rery small number and to
put in their place a metal trims of
straight lines and sharp angles. It is
Bot that w hare failed to appreciate
the beauty of the curved arches, but
rather that we could not afford the lux
ury whe we needed so many of them.
Thirty years ago our bridge builders
were crying the need of reform as to
aesthetic design, hut had to offer us In
place of sham decorations only the
simplicity and harmonious conduction
of a. well bnllt trusa suitably painted,
and there Can be no doubt that great
Improvement haa been made. The
sheet iron abominations which covered
up the outlines of the truss and which
were what Ruskln would have called
"conatructed decorations" have been
abandoned, and the bridge is left to
. depend for Its beauty on the noble lines
ef atrength and the general symmetry
of ita construction.
As progress baa been made In the
building of our roada so ha vp we moved
forward In the design of our bridges
For many centuries cement and broken
stone hare been used to replace the ex
pensive cut stone In arch construction,"
but only recently have we succeeded In
unmounting a difficulty long recognis
ed. Coacrete is a building material
generally accepted when it la to be aub
Jected only to a compressive, force. It
lacks sufficient strength If any pull or
tenaion la applied. This fact has so
limited net lit the use of concrete that
only in' rare Instances has It been eco
nomical to use It in bridge construe
. tloo.
A feature that requires careful con
sideration In the design of any engi
neering ..structure Is the effect of the
changes in temperature npon the ma
terial used. The fact that steel and
concrete are affected In the same way
and to the aa'me extent by heat first
suggested their use in combination.
This idea has been developed now to
such an extent that we are able to use
the steel to resist the tension in our
stricture and the concrete to take care
of the compreinioe and to so design the
whole that thpre will be a sulticlent
amount of each material and yet uo
eipensivc waste. We have found the
tone arch too expensive and the steel
trusa lacking in beauty. Combine the
twoand the result la the steel-concrete
arch having the requisites as to beauty
and comparing very favorably aa to
cost.
When one Is considering the construc
tion of a bridge several polnta should
be conildered:
rirst.-That It shall answer the utll
Itariaa purpose for which it Is wanted.
8econd.--It should be a monument to
the progressive Ideas of the community
nd serve as an education and an In
spiration to others,
Tblrd.-It should be built for the fu
ture at well as the present, and its per
maneuee should le assured.
"These can all .be met by the use of
ateel concrete.
One of the difficulties In the design
of a steel truss is so to arrange the de
tail as to afford ready access to all
Jthe parts or painting. And with the
beet this1 is Impossible where two
' Piece xttmelntu contact. This rontdo
does aet ejlat with the ateel-eoncrete
bridge. The ateel la not pain ted and
feence can be readily Inspected. It la
entirely Imbedded In concrete, which
bat been proved to be a perfect pro
tection to the steel, 'L'npalnted ateel
bat been. found Jtubedded lo .concrete
fur many yttri si bright and ciao
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VALUE OF GOOD HIGHWAYS,;
I'hrtr -Irnlrni'i " M t lit 11 1 ;i I flirj
ln' Prnl iici i c l.ucrtv. j
As r;t:Uo:u!s l..t v i ;. i .!!) .i
tiou. k "l I'MliiiC p."is v. .il j'.ii :; ii. j
Mid n . uk-r- -at it. Vi; jc.nia ' 'i ,
r Mil's-, von vi iit ion. Tiny w it i t ii'i''r
uot ut the gi '-at coii iiii'i ial i i j : : i t -. I
but .it vour raiirond -uii.mi-.. vo'ir.
rjim'y i!s iiiui your vii!,ii;''s. ' 1 l.
V ill giyyou let;cr f.e-ii.t !c I'm- iimr-
ket.iiig. they w ill- ' y i .-. -n r Onjii-.-.i
luiiuii ii ioii i'l'i w t i'ii i in' 'home-., your ;
Mores, y our i liui'i Ii- ;4 a-1 y ;r. liool '
hoilKes, and in i'mtv. way Mn-y yill
i,i',ke your - lih-iilh ies iiore oiul'iii l.i li!i- j
auii uioie a'in.i ti 1 1 icy yi!l. iiiUkcj
it ple;iju'it to fi e in tin- i onhtiy. ami j
t.'ns will lintw u'.l Itoin vlic cil limn-j
leis mI' pcojilc.
'Another ihiiii: 1 w.ini ( tjn iiiion ;n j
connection Willi tlie .. t li ' t i 1 ibf i. of i
yoiir umirnipied larin IrttMU.. The j
MilroHiU for ll.e Hiot Ht ImiVV lie j
eop: Hie -.country wiuhii ii liiininv
limit ii eitlier tl.i -.r tracks.
l ailll a! 1 il.H'rtln e ! nUi !'iiiiri;i.iis
are. low prit-e1 iiml in (.!. iiuiply
licr.'illse liHIiiei j huve li'it j.nihlM s
for getlilig 'their- proOllr. - lle:-t'.li;
T'Ki'd H'.iuon. Iiriiuove your ,h;i;ln av -i
mid this liniit : "VN'iii. lie iiii iicii jo .(
great extent, so lhi.it ' r.iiir i.ol.-, inti-:ol
of carryiiiK the UMtlu-. ' :u .-itii;:ii
three or four . r .-five ice'- : i !k-i t"
lines.: M ill i Ht'iy .tlie j i ' f i n troiu
w iliiin t wen i. y : or I wi.'ury - .-in'' !'.',
because. ,it Vii n -:protif i ofy In-. '-b-cotifjlil
that distance ' over t o ol-
Wliat is true ; in ' 'ir!nia iiVfu the
development that will- come irein the
improvement 'of her uillic hU'lrunys
in true if ' iipplied to t li-' whoje south
and to the whole country. Tlie en;
era I 'improvement- ot A n.eriinii liiLi
ways w ill do more, llutii ;i ii ,vt fji Pise
to stirniiliile the proiJuci - enemy of
our people, IniiiiliiiK up iiinl pr'ovitliiiij
UVV markets, horiie tii,! I ket he liest
market we cuti hiive iticrfiisin and
diltlising our .material nea Ith, ii"o til
ing new fields, of liilior for our yotitli,
broadening ami ..bettering all' our peo
ple rand. -'in every way adding to their,
prosperity and social and 'moral ad
yancentenf. Computed 'with'. Hie iui
pwvement of our; public liinhwn.vs all
other 'economic iiuestions now .before
the people are really iiiiiiilicuiil. .
IMPKOVED HOAD3.
Tkr Hrliic riiBiforl anil I'rosiierity
tti tit farmers.
ll is no doubt true that the iiiestion
of good toHiis appears to many fo be
hackneyed, mid when the term appears
in prtui they turn to some other pa',
says (iood Rosils . Magazine. No one
denies, however, that the nanls, us a
rule, are bad, statistics i.s.lo'iw t ha L bare-
ly 1 per cent of the higtnviiys at ths
country are good liiird roads;
Many regard the (jiiesiioii of good
roads as one in which the utitomobUist
and bicyclist havo a greater interest
than any other class of load "users,
This ought not to be the cane. It is
true the bicycle and the .automobile'
have been' the meuna of directing pub
11c alteatiou to the necessity of good
roads, but If It is good for thetn to have
good roads to rim over it ceilainly id
of greater importance to the fnrtuer
and the team owner , to have them to
haul their products over. W'heii It" gels
down to a (Uestion of self interest the
bicycle and the HUtoniobiie should- be
eliminated entirely from the subject.
Nothing in the world an conduce to
the comfort and prosperity of the farm
er and . his family more than easier,,
safer and less expensive . communica
tion" between farms,, neighborhoods,
towns and cities.
I'roiirrm In Cnnniln.
A. W. Cnnipbell, depiify minister Of
public works for Ontario, Canada, in a
recent address spoke n follows about
the progress of road improvement iu
Canada K,vs the tiomi Heads Maza
rine; "In live years every county in On
tario will have iidopfed the government
system of g I roads, and the motorist.
will be able to travel from the Otiebee
boundary to hetro.it mi scicntitically
constructed highways " And he added
that in the Inst three years $7),(KK1
had been '.expended on 'good roads, a
total of 1,(i)2 miles having-been' con
structed, anil he forecasted that within
a few years h system of inair delivery
by."' automobile - would be established
throughout the province.
HitniiNlilre I'nr (,oiil Mini it a.
One huiiilied and ninety four towns
and"oue. nynirXew' "lT;iuipshit e' llilVO
applied for slate nld to build high
ways under the good romls bill passed
at the recent 'session of the legislature!
says a Concord (N. H i dispatch to the
Boston Herald,- This exceeds by forty
the expectations of State Kngineer
Ilean, who .has tlie matter of state
hlghwayt construction iu charge, nnd
Is regard el by him ns a .remarkably
favorable showing.
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Rural Delivery Notes
Missouri Is to have a number of new
county systems of rural free (Delivery,
chiefly In the northwestern part of the
state.
Tlie Ninth Indiana jtstrlct has more
rural routes than any other .'congres
sional district, huvlng a total of iOl'.
The Klghth Indiana district comes sec
ond, with 189.
(Jovernment o(Tiials In charge of
rural free delivery business have been
encouraging the farmers to name
their places. When the postmaster
"got a lisf'Triun Sld'lh 1 I HII'IM, III., tie
found that some of the names adopted
initde . unique collection. William
Vatifhu " culled his place "Indiana
Butt," K. H, Merrb-k chose 'Heaven
on Harts-''; J,.' W. Merrick, selected
"Woodchtick tfidn," orris t'ratt's
bonje 14"-,'!l5fllntRe9t,w-iind -WrOr
Dtrthlck Urn on 'Tiou Will."
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