San Francisco : Architect and Engineer, Inc · leaf 434
ion dollars, and thecrusade was on for more and better highways.Here was the money, but where were theroads? Scientific road construction in Americaduring the horse and buggy days, particularlyin the rural districts, was unheard of. Thosewho lived in the country in very many of theStates worked… … ■^s?Cb IN THE MAKING—BLASTirJG A SECTION OF A nORTHERICALIFORNIA HIGHWAY, FEATHER RIVER. PLUMAS COUNT hill needed to be removed, a few pounds ofblack pov/der in addition, was the bulk of theequipment. Crudity and impermanence was the order ofthe day. Drainage was ignored. Bridges, whenin bad order,…
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