Street Pavements and Paving Materials: A Manual of City Pavements, the Methods and Materials of Their ConstructionJ. Wiley & Sons, 1901 - 555 páginas |
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... carried on by vehicles , built in ancient times many foot - roads of great excellence ; those of Peru alone extended for more than a thousand leagues . In the special consular reports it is stated that more than one thousand years ...
... carried on by vehicles , built in ancient times many foot - roads of great excellence ; those of Peru alone extended for more than a thousand leagues . In the special consular reports it is stated that more than one thousand years ...
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... carrying out of public work in ancient as well as in modern times . In the latter part of the sixteenth century Henry IV . appointed a " Great Waywarden of France . " This is probably the earliest record of the appointment of a public ...
... carrying out of public work in ancient as well as in modern times . In the latter part of the sixteenth century Henry IV . appointed a " Great Waywarden of France . " This is probably the earliest record of the appointment of a public ...
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... carried on pack- horses . Also : " In the streets the roads were paved with round pebbles they were cobbled ; the footway was protected by posts placed at intervals ; the paving - stones , which only existed in the principal streets ...
... carried on pack- horses . Also : " In the streets the roads were paved with round pebbles they were cobbled ; the footway was protected by posts placed at intervals ; the paving - stones , which only existed in the principal streets ...
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... carrying out of the commissioners ' report . Chicago . In Chicago all street improvements previous to 1844 consisted in keeping the earth roadways in as good a condition as possible . From 1844 to 1855 the roadways of the most important ...
... carrying out of the commissioners ' report . Chicago . In Chicago all street improvements previous to 1844 consisted in keeping the earth roadways in as good a condition as possible . From 1844 to 1855 the roadways of the most important ...
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... carried great distances to form the surface of the roads on account of its fine wearing qualities . Sioux Falls Stone . This is a red quartzite or metamorphic sandstone . It contains 85 per cent of quartz . Its color is due to oxide of ...
... carried great distances to form the surface of the roads on account of its fine wearing qualities . Sioux Falls Stone . This is a red quartzite or metamorphic sandstone . It contains 85 per cent of quartz . Its color is due to oxide of ...
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Página 402 - All loss or damage arising out of the nature of the work to be done under this agreement, or from any unforeseen obstructions or difficulties which may be encountered in the prosecution of the same...
Página 412 - ... authorities, and •whenever required by them to do so, and in such manner as they may prescribe. In the case of neglect of any corpo-ration to make these pavements or repairs after the expiration of thirty days' notice to do so, the local authorities may make same at the expense of such corporation." The street-car companies, however, have not always lived up to this requirement, and it was stated in a paper read before the American Society of Civil Engineers in December, 1896, that bills aggregating...
Página 412 - Every street surface railroad corporation so long as it shall continue to use any of its tracks in any street, avenue or public place in any city or village shall have and keep in permanent repair that portion of such street, avenue or public place between its tracks, the rails of its tracks, and two feet in width outside of its tracks, under the supervision of the proper local authorities, and whenever required by them to do so, and in such manner as they may prescribe. In case of the neglect of...