Show ROADWAYS OP OF STEEL STEE M GOOD POINTS CLAIMED FOR 1 OF HIGHWAY 11 tnt yes of f its II 11 merit CAI OIK etl lestol sent t alto ld and 4 texil effi idress frou dust 0 4 1114 4 V 17 U aftel an interesting it kt with ilia be CM tho cf ct steel track ways 1 in from fro in illinois ibm feet of U road lood waa was laid in its tho the puello hohwy end find cited tested with all kind kinds of fils for 18 38 bs the rond frond was tint first suit IN bl graded the file tails were a quarter ID thick a 8 wido with a downward flange of a inches on either fide side and all a upward flange A 98 of BO all inch oa on be the outer side ida to keep kep the wheels on they were vers laid on be the crown of the grade and presumed into the toll soil to the be depth of the lb bango dall the sell supported the ho rall rail tle the downward flange flanges held the falls la in blaco aud and rendered tier ties unnecessary I 1 fattened fastened them together so curing continuity for the her bows tread the oil soil wu was removed tho the raili iu to a e depth of live inches ud wit gravel Kravel milre put I 1 in A tulle trifle of this kind of road required about 00 60 too toils of steel at a coit cost in quan titles of less ru than 2000 A cubic yard of gravel Is i needed ir rod tt is piece pima of at roadway gave much good that tho the following clarini ara mado made for its I 2 it groat saving of power cond second of if wear lad tear teat on vehicles there belog being no jolting twitting or irregular sti rains third car sav lag ing of time and A team can trot on is 11 with a heavier load than they can w ank with on 1 dirt road fourth it in exta Z ly durable fifth it Is 1 very free from look as none Is i ground op up by the wheels sixth iti its first cot cost ti is and its male maintenance cay easy it will fa to militate cill cili tato tate traveling and find make free firce tal 1 tf iu u rural districts tt is i in a bicycle road ninth it it Is ft a first clau class motor carriage road in order to icari what resistance mif tance to the movement of vehicle vehicles steel would offer some tract traction lon tests were buado la in litta burg and it was found bat that tho be force required to mogu one too ton on thara iiii he lut but aj pound pounds this ii if fiu rm low figure figur being but one eighth of tho the force required on asphalt one tie ventla of that required on mno dam adam and one thirtieth of that bequir od ed on good earth carth it Is la is claimed however that surab barrow 0 ar cr rails only three eighth eighths by one inch can bo be tiled satisfactorily in connection with macadam and that a simple Lar guld will ill keep on an wheel tipon a ano inch rail such raili rails would odd add bat but froni train 1500 to pel per nilla mile to thet cost of macadam allowing allow log ter tho stone displaced would carry a of vehicles Te bicle a day for eight tight years and reduce ilia lie coet cost of maiato the stone road could bo be narrow er became because ono one lino line of wagons of a tin glo gle track road end and both lines of a daubl track are kept to the extreme edge ll 11 the rend road aud and wagons on an rail tails can emu vara but one quarter inch froni from a line while willie wagons guided ly by a driver tt a sew general cral feet of sea room the linc traction tion tests show that load could lo 10 doubled nearly doubled and crop crops taken to market with about one fifth the numer of ripa needed oo 00 tho ago age would to tv enormously reduced and ahn good roads problem solved it Is tb traveled led awram cur fac or track that produce them and makes it possible to utilize all the yos possible of the team if 11 these rail mil will swill do all this mhd to i claimed for then them and hire werne to be bo no reason why they should not it is 1 very important that it should and at the earliest earl lost 1 moment in order older that adeau advantage tage of then them bittay bo be taken another year to bis this end it Is desirable that exhaustive expert tuenis should bo conducted and the result published general stone is i nn I 1 der stood to bo be iu in favor of them on bit test tests reports and couch much wilt will depend |