Chapter I: Preface: 11

I. THE FUTURE OF ROAD-MAKING IN AMERICA 15

II. GOVERNMENT COOPERATION IN OBJECT-LESSON ROAD WORK 67

III. GOOD ROADS FOR FARMERS 81

IV. THE SELECTION OF MATERIALS FOR MACADAM ROADS 170

V. STONE ROADS IN NEW JERSEY 190

ILLUSTRATIONS

I. PORTRAIT OF GENERAL ROY STONE
(father of the good-roads movement
in the United States) _Frontispiece_

II. A GOOD-ROADS TRAIN 59

III. SAMPLE STEEL TRACK FOR COMMON ROADS
(showing portrait of Hon. Martin Dodge) 66

IV. TYPICAL MACADAM ROAD NEAR BRYN MAWR, PENNSYLVANIA 83

V. A STUDY IN GRADING 89

VI. SAND CLAY ROAD IN RICHLAND COUNTY, SOUTH CAROLINA 115

VII. GRAVEL ROAD NEAR SOLDIERS' HOME, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA 127

VIII. OYSTER-SHELL OBJECT-LESSON ROAD 137

IX. EARTH AND MACADAM ROADS 168