Information Regarding Road Materials and Transportation Rates in Certain States West of the Mississippi River: Furnished by Officials of Various Railway Companies (Classic Reprint) - Softcover

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The supply of good materials for road-making, that is, materials of sufficient value to justify the expense of preparing, loading, and trans porting, is limited.. Such materials consist of stone, gravel, and gumbo, a soil which, when thoroughly burned, forms an excellent material for making a good roadway.

Stone is found only at points on the Omaha; and Republican Valley Railway line south of Beatrice. It is a soft limestone, easily crushed, and adjacent to track and right of way. Cost of crushing to convenient size for use in road work, including loading on cars, would range from 40, to 80 cents per cubic yard.

There is also stone along the main line between Sidney and Cheyenne, Wyo., but this is too far from the portions of the State where it could be used to be of value for road-making.

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