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About Semi-weekly Bandon recorder. (Bandon, Or.) 1910-1915 | View Entire Issue (March 17, 1914)
' t u C 0 Scmf -Weekly Bindon Recorder, xMarch 17, 1914 tho most modern methods of road construction should bo ofi great ben efit to us or nny other commuity. The highway engineer in chnrgo is acknowledged to be ono of the best A T if A "Good Roads" Report i i By County Surveyor A. N. Gould in The ' Marshf ietd Evening Record Announcement highway engineers in the world, and in this great undertaking I think tho state is to be congratulated upon the acquisition of such n mnn. T I I' M"t'M4HKM"W'4"!' As Coos, county is soon to vote on a bond issue, of some $440,000 for the construction of permanent main roads throughout the county, it is hiRhly important that the voters throughout the county, before the election is called, Inform themselves ns much ns posslblo alone these lines, with espec ial repnrd to what kind of road is to be constructed, how long it will last when properly constructed, the cost of construction and last but not leaBt the cost of 'maintenance when com pletcd. As county surveyor, I nm of course very much interested in the survey and construction of permanent roads and to thoroughly familiarize myself with' the most modern construction of permanent roads, I spent a month in the state- of California inspecting at close range, their state highways For the Information of the mem bers of the Good Roads Association, and anyone who might bo interested in th subject, I submit the follow ing brief report: To begin with, the state of Call fornia in 1910 voted a bond issue of eighteen million dollars for the pur pose of1 building two trunk lines of highways practically, the entire length of the state, with numerous branch lines and fecdors connecting up nil capitals of counties and the main towns, the approximate length ofvhich is 2800 miles. These bonds were to benr four percent , interest and must not be sold below par. Thc Hon. Frank H. ' Gould, sur veyor general of California and Ne vada obtoined for mo n letter of in- . troduction from Governor Johnson to the highway commission, and I nm idebtcd to the highway engineer, A. R. Fletcher, for most of my infor- ' mation. For a large portion of tho roads the commission has adopted a pave ment consisting of Portland ce ment concrete bnso of a minimum thickness of 4 inches nnd ' 15 feet wide with shoulders at least 3 feet wide on each side of tho. concrete. The cdndrete base fs covered with a thin coating of asphaltic oil of spec ial .quality and " stone screenings, forming- a bituminous carpet from s three-eights to one-half inch in 'thickness to serve ns a wearing sur face to protect ' the 'concrete. In ' places where conditions warrant, the thickness of tho slab is slightly in creased, and where tho traffic is ex- tremoly heavy tho width is increased, in somo localities to as wide as 24 feet. Tho . concrete is 'composed of one part cement, two and one-half parts fino nggrcgate nnd 5 pnrts coarso nggrcgate, a cubic yard of concrete containing 04 pounds of cemont. After tlio( concrcto is thor ougly dry is sprayed with a heavy asphaltic oil at the rate of from one fourth to b.ic-half gallon per square yard, tho oij.to.bo applied by a power snraV' at a temperature of about 250 degrees farenheit. Upon this stone screenings are spread un til all the oil is absorbed, and left until thoroughly set before traffic is admitted. The cost per mile of this class of construction based .upon 100 miles under contract is $7,G00, ns follows: Grading, culverts, etc., per mile $1,300.00, equals 17.1 perc. Four inch concrete baso per mile, $5,860.00, 77.1 perc. Three-eights inch bituminous wearing surface, per mile, $440.09 8.8 perc. This is equivalent to $0- per cubic ynrd of concrete for tho baso nnd 5 cents per square yard for tho wear ing surface. Taking, this us a basis and supposing wo were to build our ronds 9 feet wido and 5 inches thick with tho same wearing surface, tho cost oft our rond would bo as follows: Fivo inch concrete bnso 9 feet wide per mile, $4,400. inch wearing surface at 5 cents per square yard, $204, making n total of $-1.(11? pur mile Mr. Fletcher gives tho Ufa of this kind of wearing surface ns about two years. As our traffic will not lm nearly half as great as tho traffic in California, it would be safe to say it would Inst at least three years, without renewal. It would therefore coKt $88 per year per milu to renew entirely this wearing sur face. However wo can expect to build concrete rnuiU hero ns cheap uh tliuy ran In California, hut annum lug (hut it cojU uh 20 per rent more which ought to Ih n unfit margin, the font f (jut rnnrrt'U) Iwsti would !u f5,2K() por milt) or " dollar per fool, uiul Om mli weiiriiiK HUrfliW Wllllld t'llkt f.'UU.W), llluktMff lolul of irut'lrully f,wj per nitlu for U ft lllt'll I'UM) t fiU'l Wjlltf Willi h put) If ifiU mfm liyuliJ inbuilt) renewal every three years, it would cost $105!G0 per mile. Not very steep for keeping a road in condition so you can drive over it nny day in the year. At this rate it would cost $1,050 to keep the road between Coquille and Myrtle Point ui good condition for a year, while under ou present system it cdsts thousands of dollars, nnd the road is never in good condition, nnd is practically timpaus nblo durincr the winter months. Even if the cost of maintenance was sev oral times this amount it would stil be n paying proposition. Practically nil of the counties throughout the state havo agreed to furnish all necessary right of way through their respective districts free of charge and to build all bridges over 20 feet in span. Thej-ight of way In almost all cases has a minimum width of GO feet nnd graded to a minimum width of 21 on nil roads except in mountainous country, where n minimum width of 1G feet is al lowed. A maximum grade of 7 per cent is allowed for the mountain roads, but this is allowed only in very mountainous localities. The crown of the concrete roadway is very flat, not being more than 2 inches. As n rule the people, town and corporations of the state 'have been very libcrnl with the commission. The farmers along the line have donated land for right of way, local banks have bought up large, amounts of bonds, companies nro furnishing 'ce ment, sandstone, etc,, at bedrock prices; the railroad companies' of the stato havo entered into nn agreement with the commission to haul all ma terial used for construction at prac tically 50 per cent of the, standard rates. This means a saving of un told thousands of dollars to the commission. Following arc the rates agreed upon for hauling nil material including contractors equipment. Stone, gravel and .-and one-half cent per ton per mile, with a SG per car minimum, exclusive if mountain hnuls. Road oil and bituminous rock "Ji cents per ton per mile; minimum $10 car. i Asphalt, 1 cent per ton per mile, whether in tank, car or packages; minimum $10 per car. All other commodities', (a) The lowest of any commercial rate, or (b) one-half of any class rate; minimum $10 per car. The commission has a contract with one of the largest crushed rock concerns to supply one-half million tons of crushed rock at 45 cents per ton. They also have a contract with various gravel concerns to supply the same at 27'c per ton. The commission has set a good precedent by standing between the small contractor and tho powerful paving concerns who assume to do business uder the so-called patent rights, and announced in no uncer tain otrms its intention of defending any and all suits for infringment of said so-called patent rights. We in Oregon hear and read a great deal of the criticism of the type of construction ndopted by tho cpm mission, and upon investigation I havo found thnt a great deal of this criticism originates from large pav ing contracting firms, who clnim that the commission should use from Vt to 2 iches of sheet asphalt for n wear ing surface, or something equival ent. Now, practically all of such fin ishings nro covered by' patent, so that the cost is absolulcty prohibit ive. Again you will bo told that 4 inches of concrcto is absolutely in sufficient to carry heavy traffic. I personally examined, about 200 miles of tho highway and failed to find one single instanco where tho 4 inch concrcto base had failed. I find that tho pavement is cracked across tho road about every 30 feet duo to contraction, but this would have oc curred had tho pavement been a foot thick. Just ns soon ns theso cracks oppenr they are filled with a bitumin ous material, nnd nfter tho wearing surface is npplled theso cracks can not be found on tho surfaco even by n close Inspection, nnd tho roadway is left perfectly smooth, while if ex pansion joints had been used there would bo n rough placo left, which would make more or less of a Jar in riding over it. I found vevorul places where the concrcto Hint had not received the wt'uring MJrfnrc, when it liud heroine pitied to 1'onnlileriiblo itxtent. I um found pliirt't vhuro tho wonting mir fiiro wiim HukliiK oir of rli rnmrflo. I look IliU jiiultr up wild Hie t'UKl tii'or wml liii (old nut (lint (luy hud (il h Imii) Jolt, jIuii to wi unfaithful ii'mtiur wild MiitkllH ln)u'!f"r l U mJtuf, Mini Uii liu lMillf u proper' time had elapsed To test tho strength of the 4 inch concrete base, a test was made on a portion of tho highway near Fres no, when the concrete was 35 day; old and before any wearing surface was applied. Before tho test was made the earth was removed under the concrete for a width of 2 feet and a distanco of 4 feet, from the edge back. The test was' made with a ten ton roller in which 1-3 of the load is on each rear wheel, the wheels being 20 inches wido. In the first test the roller was run along the concrete, its rear wheel passing over the unsupported concrete 12 in ches clear of the edge of the pave mcnt. The second test was the same as tho first except that the wheel was G inches from the edge of the pave ment. The third tho roller was stop ped and started with the rear wheel on the unsupported concrete 0 inches from the edge of the pavement. There was no noticeable effect on, tho con crete in any of the tests In the fourth test tho wheel was passed over the unsupported concrcto with its side even with tho edge of the. .pavement, and in the fifth it was mado to pass over a block of wood 2x4x8 inches laid flatwise 12 inches from tho edge of tho pavement and lengthwise with tho road. A slight deflection was noticed in tho fourth and fifth tests as tho roller passed over tho opening, but the concrcto regained its originnl position immc diatcly after tho passing of the rol ler. Assuming the weight on tho block of wood was 3 1-3 tons, (pro bably about 4 tons as the roller was loaded with water and wood) the load in the fifth test was equivalent to 1,GGG tons per inch of width of bearing, which would be the same :is a wagon with 4 wheels with 4 inch tires, carrying a load of 13 tons equally distributed over the four wheels. The heaviest load likely to pass over the road is a 20 ton trac tion engine. Assuming that the two rear wheels carry 2-3 of the weight, each wheel would carry 13,- 300 pounds, and if the wheels nre" only 24 inches wide, tho weight per inch of bearing surface would be 550 pounds per inch. Thus the weight used in the test was more than three times ns great per inch of width of tiro as the heaviest load likely to pass over it. As a final test tho block of wood was moved within G inches of the edge of the pavement, so that where the steam roller ran up on it it ovrehung tho edge of tho pavement about 2 inches'. In this position tho combined weight and the shock due to running the roller on to the block crncked the- pnvemcnt. A largo portion of the highway has not been covered with the wear- ng surface yet, but tho engineer told mo that the commission was at the preset time contemplating the pur chase of four spraying plants, with the intention of applying the wear ing surface themselves instead of by contract, as has been dono in the past, claiming that they could do it cheaper and bo absolutely sure of a good job, as this is a very particular operation. Theso plants will cost about $20,000 apiece, but they are something that the commission will have to havo anyway to maintain the wearing surface ufter tho roads arc built. The life of tho wearing surface is not at all certain, but depends upon the manner in which it is applied and the quality of the oil. I saw one por tion thnt .was flaking off already af ter a use of less than a year, but por tions thnt havo been in uso nearly a year nnd from close inspection, seem to bo just ns good as when ap plied when the road was completed. Portions of tho highway havo been subjected to tho most severe cli matic conditions that havo occurred in California in half n century, boing twice inundated by flood waters dur ing tho present winter, and as far as ono enn see appear to bo in tho samo condition as before, with tho excep tion thnt in some places tho earth shoulders havo been washed away, leaving the edges of tho concrete ex posed and unsupported. Tho commission has established a luhoiutory for testing nil materials that go to make thu rond, anil nny material that doe not mine up to their ntundurd In rejected. Ill coiicIumIoii wUh to nay thnt I took great palim to Inqulro into am) uxiiiiilnliig nti nil of tho I'luinonUV loiikiriii'tloii, mid upwvd nivMilf no MKti)iui in uxmiiinliiK thu IHfi'ii'iii portion of thu rond. mid my Judg ment In tliut wm Mould muU 1)0 Ml' (uhu In dujljng u iJinllur (yjiu uf mmiumwu w m um hhm4 u The Sent of Authority. It is nn unwritten law on shlnbonrd nnd especially on tiion-or-wnr that the quarterdeck Is for the exclusive use of officers, nnd all good spanieii romem ier it in spite of their ambitions. It oitcc happened thnt nn ancient mari ner, a "live Ktrlper." while on shore leave captured a mule. Not without difficulty, he mounted the animal and perched himself ns near the tnll n h pos sible. Tlie nuilo objected In every way rEitcitisn iiimhei.p as nuaii this taii. as VOSHIllLH. known to n mule nnd In ways several and unexpected. "Jack, sit more amidships,-" called out an engineer officer who happened past. "ou'll rule easier." 'Captain." grinned the old salt, "this br the Mist craft I ever commanded. and It's u pity If 1 can't stay on tho pinrtenleck." A Telephone Opiate. The elder'H wife was seriously III. and the doctor advised rest and quiet nut the lady was very devoted to church work nnd worried herself Into hysteria because she could not attend services and hear her favorite pastor pt-eiieh. "She must not leave the house," warned I ho doctor, "Imt you can easily nrraiiKC to have her hear tho sermon by telephone." The elder grasped tho suggestion nnd mndoitlip necessary arrangements for transmitting the sermon into his wife's room. At noon oji the Knhbath the doctor called and asked, "flow did It work?" Fine," declared the older nibbing his hands gleefully. "Ten minutes nft er the sermon began she fell sound asleep." Philadelphia Ledger. An Extraordinary Projectile. A child's Htruggles with the Intricate facts of history are sometimes nlmost as serious a matter to him as tho bat ties of which he rends. 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