Chapter XIII: Aids and Attractions to Traffic and Travel (3)

Vehicles, unlighted, as sources of danger, 362-363

Vincent, C., “Letters on Grain Marketing Problems,” quoted, 276-277,
280

Virginia, transportation improvements in early, 61; first railroads
in, 107

Vision, clear, as a means of safety, 366-367; obstacles that obscure,
a cause of accidents to pedestrians, 377

Wagon road, the modern, 126-156

Walker, American filibuster in Nicaragua, 80

Warning signs for motorists, 439

Washington Turnpike Company bill, 67

Waste, methods of avoiding, by railways, 175-177

Waterways, settlement near, in early American period, 36-37. _See_
Canals _and_ Rivers

Watkins, Albert, quoted on Oregon Trail, 56-57

Welland Canal, traffic through, 77

Wilderness Road, the, 39-43

Williams, Perry S., plan of, for information bureaus for travelers,
461

Wood block roads, qualities of, 265

Text of Chart of the Organization of the U. S. Bureau of Public Roads and Rural Engineering, 1917

DIRECTOR
MANAGEMENT AND ECONOMICS
Chief of Management
MANAGEMENT
Correspondence and Files
Cooperation with Solicitor
Accounts
Editorial & Library
Quarters & Stock
ENGINEERING ECONOMICS
Economic Investigations and Advice
Statistical Investigations
Legislative Investigations and Advice
Lectures & Exhibits
Illustrations and Models
GENERAL INSPECTION
General Inspectors
ENGINEERING
Chief Engineer
ROAD MATERIALS TESTS AND RESEARCH
Chemical and Physical Tests
Microscopic Examination and Classification of Rocks
Standardization of Methods of Testing
Investigations of Non-Bituminous Materials
Research on Dust Preventives and Road Binders
Concrete Investigations
Field Experiments
Inspection & Advice
HIGHWAY CONSTRUCTION AND MAINTENANCE
Post Road Construction
Forest Road Construction and Maintenance
Object Lesson Roads
Cooperative and Experimental Maintenance
Bridges & Culverts
Inspection & Advice
1st. District
Wash.
Ore., Idaho
2nd District
Berkely, Cal.
Cal., Nev.
Ariz., N. M.
3rd. District
Denver, Colo.
Mont., Wyo.
Utah, Colo.
4th. District
N.D., S.D.
Minn., Wis.
5th. District
Nebr., Iowa
Kan., Mo.
6th. District
Texas., Okla.
Ark., La.
7th. District
So. Chicago, Ill.
Mich., Ill.
Ind., Ky.
8th. District
Tenn.
Miss., Ala.
Ga., S.C., Fla.
9th. District
Me., N.H., Vt., N.Y.
Mass., Conn., R.I.
N.J., Del.
10th. District
Washington, D.C.
Ohio., Penn., Md.
W.Va., Va., N.C.
IRRIGATION
Utilization of Water Power and Appliance Equipment
Flow of Water in Ditches, Pipes, etc.
Duty, Apportionment and Measurement of Water
Customs, Regulations and Laws
Drainage of Irrigated Lands
Inspection & Advice
DRAINAGE
Farm Drainage
Drainage of Swamps and Wet Lands
Removal of Surplus Water
Field Experiments
Investigating and Developing Equipment
Inspection & Advice
RURAL ENGINEERING
Farm Water Supply
Drainage Disposal
Construction of Farm Buildings
Rural Engineering Problems Involving Mechanical Principles
Traction Tests
Instrument Making and Repairing
Inspection & Advice

Transcriber’s Notes

Archaic, unusual, erroneous and inconsistent spelling,
capitalisation, punctuation and hyphenation have been retained,
except as mentioned below. Accents on non-English words have not been
added or corrected, except as mentioned below. Quoted and possibly
deliberately misspelled words and phrases have been kept unaltered.

Depending on the hard- and software used to read this text, not
all elements may display as intended.

Page 19: “leather from Cordavan”: possibly an error for “leather from
Cordova”.

Page 245, Suggested Form: the row 11 a. m. to 12 noon is not present
in the source document.

Page 280, paragraph starting “When grain or other food commodities
have been stored”: either the final closing quote mark is erroneous,
or the starting quote mark is missing.

Page 320, table: The entire table was printed in hand-written
italics; the italics mark-up has been removed for better readability.

Page 387 ff.: the (almost) alphabetical order of description of trees
and shrubs has not been corrected.

Changes made:

Footnotes have been moved to the end of each chapter, illustrations
and tables have been moved out of text paragraphs.

Some of the larger tables, forms, etc. have been split or otherwise
re-arranged.

The text version of the organisational chart has been created for
this text and is placed in the public domain.

In the source document, the List of Inserts in several cases
contains more detailed descriptions than the captions with the
actual illustrations. Where relevant, these descriptions, as well as
text from the illustrations, have been transcribed underneath the
illustrations.

Some obvious minor typographical and punctuation errors have been
corrected silently.

Page xvii: Insert numbers have been added.

Page xx: opening quote marks inserted before In November, 1903, ....

Page 8: “the workmen performs” changed to “the workman performs”.

Page 64: closing quote mark inserted after ... trade along its
highway.

Page 97: “enchanced his chances” changed to “enhanced his chances”.

Page 117-118 (table): minor (cosmetic) adjustments made for
consistency.

Page 134: “O. H. Platte” changed to “O. H. Platt”.

Page 170: “J. C. Thirwall” changed to “J. C. Thirlwall”.

Page 175: closing quote mark inserted after ... and low first cost,

Page 208, “shown forth” changed to “shone forth”.

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“TRACTOR DRAWN GRADER”.

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their agents the commission men.)”.

Page 332: “surveys, plants, specifications and estimates” changed to
“surveys, plans, specifications and estimates”.

Page 368: clsoing quote mark added after ... which cannot be
immediately available.

Page 388: “the genus (_Flagus_)” changed to “the genus (_Fagus_)”.

Page 393: “Tsuga conadensis” changed to “Tsuga canadensis”.

Page 398: “Q. bicolar” changed to “Q. bicolor”.

Page 399: “Liriodendron tulipitera” changed to “Liriodendron
tulipifera”.

Page 404: “Barberis thunbergii” changed to “Berberis thunbergii”;
“Louicera tartarica” changed to “Lonicera tartarica”.

Page 406: “D. mezerum” changed to “D. mezereum”; “Sambacus
canadensis” changed to “Sambucus canadensis”.

Page 444: “Department of Streets and Allies” changed to “Department
of Streets and Alleys”.