| Show SOME COME experimental ROADS what to in being sol g done in illinois by als high highway way commission the illinois state slate highway commis slon blon la Is pushing as rapidly us as possible the construction of a number of experimental peri mental roads in various sections sec tlona of the state there has been much delay in getting this walk started owing to the negotiations it was necessary to 0 o take up with the various railroads for freight rates this has baa permitted work to begin at nom come points anil and to be adelad at others one stretch of road has been completed at salem III I 1 blits hit road la Is kittil alt abed in salem township just ou tho the limits of the city of salem the highway B of salem township app applied liI foi broken brohen at atone crip which v was waa P f them thein and ft ale of load built by the local commission rs owing to thu tacit lack of 0 pioppi nuth tho file load thus thua lild bild was made sit ans the r ile kolew law the a tate highway com it bout about 2 2200 2100 feet of tile ho work alti alm ilm hm aid of a hutain loahr tolar and modem Illeth of coll notion a smooth and line fine a clere tt 1 loail na its e cm in be found nit ille hie width of tho ma macaldin calain la is abbit 14 fet fed and I 1 iut tit on im inch deep pait of the vil was vas wing mhd ali road laid by bv tho the it cicil ci I 1 ct F qt it tho the tild nd of wan wah about COO tet of newly load joad r i exact cost of tills work cannot b in ig to lack act of records on the work done dona to that under charge of tho the mate lilg highway imay coni coninis nil slon the estin cont of uila tills vork per mile including grading and ollia ing tile tho sub gradt hauling tile iho stone ii a tance of about a mile and a iuar tor sp and rolling la Is about 12 2 GOO the material van A at iee tice by the he state hom the state rock crushed at the southern illinois pent at tho the freight oo on tho the stone over the illinois southern railroad was waa paid in billart the con beewen tile the of road built with tile lie stearn steam roller and that upon which the i joller was not used a most striking illus of the importance Import anca ot of pioppo equipment and experience in highway bighea construction const ruction tho the piece of road is at tr acting a knit grat teal deal of attention locally and the irael ivr other routha in the tha vicinity la Is almost ri dl di veiled to tile ho new roid road in spite of the fat fait that tile the distance stanco dl Is thus I 1 in r creased is another dlce of road moil 01 k in ohp vicinity of salem which ahna br bcd pil n on oil through the tha effora of mr air john 11 II greens grechi e who tor for ho six years yeara has diagger slid and apt in condition one ona mile allo of rond road near nar ills his firm during durana the past it la is sald said that tho the groene real ats the best beat piece ft ct road in tile the county comity ihla piece ot it road lias bas been kept in buter better condl condi tion than the toad load in the ha county foi less leas money than was spent on other loads where a geader and four to six elx homes are used use it Is ao am interesting intel fact that mr air giosne has been using off and on foi the past 16 15 years a roid drap drag nory ry similar to what Is known as he file split log I og drag and has brig lone done much to in terest the people gelle lally in this work mork and its general genera adoption for tile the maintenance of eaith roads |
