Identifier: reportofboardofm00mass_12 (find matches)
Title: Report of the Board of Metropolitan Park Commissioners (1906)
Year: 1907 (1900s)
Authors: Massachusetts. Metropolitan Park Commission.
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Contributing Library: State Library of Massachusetts
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e been prepared for a bridle path,parallel to the Eahant Road, from a point just south of thebath-house to the end of the parkway taking in Nahant. Revere Beach Parkway. — The roadways of the parkways,and especially of the section of this parkway from EliotCircle, Revere, to Main Street, Everett, have been greatlydamaged during the past year by the motor car traffic. Someprotection for the surfaces of the roads was necessary, andafter investigation it was decided to make experiments witha specially prepared coal tar known as Tarvia. This section of the parkway from Charles Eliot Circle toMain Street, excepting the portion of gravel roadway fromthe junction with Winthrop Avenue to Green Street, a totallength of 3% miles, was treated with this material, the workhaving been done by the reservation forces under the super-vision of this department. The work was begun Aug. 25,1906, and was completed Sept. 29, 1906. The following isa detailed account of the cost and the materials used: —
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1907.) PUBLIC DOCUMENT —No. 48. 57 Miles of road treated, ...... Q AA Lineal feet of 26-foot roadway treated, Lineal feet of 36-foot roadway treated, Total number of square yards of roadway, . O / j^ot AQA AQ Average cost per square yard, ..... .UOOD Vjraiions iarvT.a per square ydiu., .... Tons of stone screenings per square yard, Detailed cost per square yard of material and labor! — JlSLTVlEL, ........ Stone screenings, ....... 0184. X lepciiiiig luduwdy, ....... 0086 Applying Tarvia, ...... .0057 Appljdng screenings, ...... .0062 Total cost of labor, per square yard, .... .0205 .0047 The results have been very satisfactory up to the presenttime. A new, smooth surface has been formed over the barestone, which seems to be holding well; the dust nuisance hasbeen abated, and in times of wet weather the roadways areentirely free from mud. The only questions remaining asto the value of this treatment to overcome the new conditionscaused by increased motor car traffic are as to its d

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