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HISTORIC HIGHWAYS OF AMERICA

VOLUME 15




[Illustration: General Roy Stone

(_Father of the good-roads movement in the United States_)]




 HISTORIC HIGHWAYS OF AMERICA

 VOLUME 15




 The Future of Road-making in America

 A Symposium

 BY

 ARCHER BUTLER HULBERT

 and others




 _With Illustrations_

 [Illustration]




 THE ARTHUR H. CLARK COMPANY
 CLEVELAND, OHIO
 1905




 COPYRIGHT, 1905
 BY
 THE ARTHUR H. CLARK COMPANY

 ALL RIGHTS RESERVED




CONTENTS


                                                                  PAGE

 PREFACE                                                            11

   I. THE FUTURE OF ROAD-MAKING IN AMERICA                          15

  II. GOVERNMENT COOPERATION IN OBJECT-LESSON ROAD WORK             67

 III. GOOD ROADS FOR FARMERS                                        81

  IV. THE SELECTION OF MATERIALS FOR MACADAM ROADS                 170

   V. STONE ROADS IN NEW JERSEY                                    190




ILLUSTRATIONS


    I. PORTRAIT OF GENERAL ROY STONE
       (father of the good-roads movement
       in the United States)                            _Frontispiece_

   II. A GOOD-ROADS TRAIN                                           59

  III. SAMPLE STEEL TRACK FOR COMMON ROADS
       (showing portrait of Hon. Martin Dodge)                      66

   IV. TYPICAL MACADAM ROAD NEAR BRYN MAWR, PENNSYLVANIA            83

    V. A STUDY IN GRADING                                           89

   VI. SAND CLAY ROAD IN RICHLAND COUNTY, SOUTH CAROLINA           115

  VII. GRAVEL ROAD NEAR SOLDIERS' HOME, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA       127

 VIII. OYSTER-SHELL OBJECT-LESSON ROAD                             137

   IX. EARTH AND MACADAM ROADS                                     168




PREFACE


The present volume on the Future of Road-making in America presents
representative opinions, from laymen and specialists, on the subject of
the road question as it stands today.

After the