Sixth Biennial Report of the State Highway Commissioner
Sixth Biennial Report of the State Highway Commissioner

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Publisher: Forgotten Books

Published: 2018-02-15

Total Pages: 244

ISBN-13: 9780656693030

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Excerpt from Sixth Biennial Report of the State Highway Commissioner: For Two Fiscal Years Ending June 30, 1916 In the back cover will be found large two-colored maps of the upper and lower peninsulas showing the completed, projected and prospective roads. These maps show the centers of road building activity and the progress of road work in the state at a glance. The trunk lines are distinguishable since they offer continuous lines of travel over long distances. Completed roads are shown by heavy red lines, roads applied for are indicated by open red lines, while gaps in trunk lines are denoted by heavy green lines. It is thought that many people have not a complete understanding of the field covered by the work of this Department nor of the amount and methods of expenditure of the public money placed at its disposal. For this reason, it is proper to preface the report with a description of the present organization for -road administration and its relation to the road work of Michigan. Following this will be given a resume of the road work of the State and the status at the close of the 1914 fiscal year, which properly introduces the detailed report of the work of the Department during 1915 and 1916. The report will conclude with a recital of the outlook for the future, and recommendations for future work. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Biennial Report of the State Highway Commissioner
Biennial Report of the State Highway Commissioner

Author: Michigan. State Highway Dept

Publisher: Rarebooksclub.com

Published: 2013-09

Total Pages: 128

ISBN-13: 9781230157610

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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1909 edition. Excerpt: ... one commodity every year over one highway. During the coming year the commission will construct some gravel roads in addition to the macadam work planned. In this connection, we wish to express our appreciation of the courteous treatment and consideration that has been accorded us by the state highway department, whose suggestions have been of material aid to us. MUSKEGON COUNTY. (From Muskegon News, Nov. 10, 1908.) Muskegon county, the Prance of Michigan, is in the chief good roads section of the state and is an example for other counties and states for its fine country thoroughfares. One of the first to adopt the county good roads law, it can be safely said that this county leads the state in this improvement which means so much to the people, and for this reason is becoming one of the most important questions of modern civilization. At the present time with work for this season at a standstill, there are 80 miles of roads either already constructed or under the course of building. Much of this, however, is in need of constant improvement and repair. Out of this mileage a total of nine miles of macadam road according to the state specifications has been laid, of which six and a quarter miles have appeared during the present season. The eighty miles is the total of so called county roads which has been selected by the board of supervisors from the hundreds of miles of country road throughout the county. Two years after its passage the board of supervisors adopted the county road law. The state law provides that a county road law may be established by a vote of the electors of the county. This law was passed in 1893. In 1895 the county adopted the system, converting certain country roads, which up to this time had been kept by the...

Biennial Report of the State Highway Commissioner
Biennial Report of the State Highway Commissioner

Author: Michigan. State Highway Commission

Publisher: Rarebooksclub.com

Published: 2013-09

Total Pages: 34

ISBN-13: 9781230022314

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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1912 edition. Excerpt: ...described, it shall be rolled two or three times over with a roller weighing not less than ten tons, after which it shall be covered to the uniform depth of from one0half to three0quarters of an inch with stone screening's and re0rolled. The amount of binder used shall bo somewhat less than enough to fill the voids in the stone. Water may be applied in advance of the roller after the binder is added, if ordered by the officers in charge, but it should be used sparingly on clay sub0grades. The rolling must be continued until the binder is worked into the crevices of the larger stones and the stones cease to sink or creep beneath the roller. If depressions are formed they shall be filled with stones of suitable grade, and not with screenings. Stone screenings used to bind this course may be that part of the crusher product passing through the three0quarter inch section of the crusher screen when crushing the stone used for this course. Top Course of Macadam.--After the first course of macadam has been applied, bonded and rolled as above specified, another layer of crushed Gogebic County. Quarry and crushing plant where crushed trap rock is delivered to wagons by county prisoners in charge of a deputy sheriff. Lower picture shows the Iron0 wood Bessemer road completed with water0bound trap rock. stone shall be added, of such uniform thickness as to be not less than two and one-half inches deep after thorough rolling, three and one0half inches deep loose measure. The stone for this' course may be a suitable grade of crushed limestone, cobbles or trap rock, and, in case of cobbles or trap rock, shall consist only of that part of the crusher product passing over the three-quarter inch section and through the two-inch section of the crusher...

Biennial Report of the State Highway Commissioner
Biennial Report of the State Highway Commissioner

Author: Michigan State Highway Dept

Publisher: Palala Press

Published: 2015-09-17

Total Pages: 226

ISBN-13: 9781342902948

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