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Excerpt from Papers Read Before the Lancaster County Historical Society, Friday, June 6, 1919, Vol. 23: The Beginnings of Artificial Roads in Pennsylvania, And, Minutes of the June Meeting
In Roads of any considerable Resort, it is usual to bring the whole Breadth into Form, where it does not exceed 40 feet, and to Form to the Breadth of 40 feet, where it does; which, according to the methods generally practiced, leaves a convenient passage on each side of the mended Path, sup posed to be in the middle or centre Of the Forming. The breadth Of the mended Path must be regulated by the circumstances of the Commissioners, the Plenty Of Materials, and the convenience of getting them. This is seldom extended beyond 14 feet, and Oftener only 12 in Roads which are distant from the Metropolis. For five months, at least, Of the 12, upon an Average, the Side Passages, of such as be in good form, will be sufficiently drained or frozen to bear Carriages, and at those Seasons the use of them, when worn smooth, is by far more eligible than the mended Path, the only purpose of which is to go against any hurtful Impressions at such times as the natural ground, rendered pliable by moisture, gives way to the force exerted on it.
There are two ways of adapting Materials to the Improvement Of Roads; one by regular Pavements; the other by a more promiscuous assortment of Rock Stones, Pebbles, Flints, Gravel, Sand, or the like.
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