Remarks on the Present System of Road Making

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Author

McAdam, John Loudon, 1756-1836

Title

Remarks on the Present System of Road Making With Observations, Deduced from Practice and Experience, With a View to a Revision of the Existing Laws, and the Introduction of Improvement in the Method of Making, Repairing, and Preserving Roads, and Defending the Road Funds from Misapplication. Seventh Edition, Carefully Revised, With an Appendix, and Report from the Select Committee of the House of Commons, June 1823, with Extracts from the Evidence

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Richard Tonsing and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)

Language

English

LoC Class

TE: Technology: Highway engineering, Roads and pavements

Subject

Macadam roads

Category

Text

Project Gutenberg

eBook-No. 65022

Release Date

April 7, 2021

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.REMARKS ON THE PRESENT SYSTEM OF ROAD MAKING ; WITH OBSERVATIONS, DEDUCED FROM PRACTICE AND EXPERIENCE, WITH A VIEW TO A REVISION OF THE EXISTING LAWS, AND THE INTRODUCTION OF IMPROVEMENT IN THE METHOD OF MAKING, REPAIRING, AND PRESERVING ROADS, AND DEFENDING THE ROAD FUNDS FROM MISAPPLICATION. SEVENTH EDITION, CAREFULLY REVISED, WITH AN APPENDIX, AND REPORT FROM THE SELECT COMMITTEE OF THE HOUSE OF COMMONS, JUNE 1823, WITH EXTRACTS FROM THE EVIDENCE .
2. 2.ADVERTISEMENT.
3. 3.PREFACE TO THE SEVENTH EDITION.
4. 4.INTRODUCTION.
5. 5.REMARKS ON ROADS. — PART FIRST. THE MODE OF MAKING ROADS. — PART SECOND. COMMISSIONERS AND OFFICERS EMPLOYED UNDER THEM. — PART THIRD. CARE OF THE FINANCES. — The foregoing Remarks on Roads cannot be better concluded than by the following Extract from the Report of the Committee of the House of Commons in 1811.
6. 6.Appendix. — Extracts from Observations on the Highways of the Kingdom, by John Loudon MᶜAdam , presented to a Committee of the House of Commons, and printed by order of the House, 14th June 1811 . — Directions for Repair of an old Road, being the substance of a Communication made to a Committee of the Honourable House of Commons in 1811, and published with the Report by Order of the House, with additions and alterations, deduced from actual practice during the last three years. — PRICES.
7. 7.TO THE RIGHT HONOURABLE THE PRESIDENT, AND THE BOARD OF AGRICULTURE.
8. 8.REPORT FROM THE SELECT COMMITTEE ON THE HIGHWAYS OF THE KINGDOM: TOGETHER WITH THE MINUTES OF EVIDENCE TAKEN BEFORE THEM. — REPORT.
9. 9.MINUTES OF EVIDENCE. — WITNESSES: — Martis, 2º die Martij, 1819. EDWARD PROTHEROE, ESQUIRE, In the Chair. — Charles Johnson , Esquire, called in; and Examined. — Mr. William Waterhouse , called in; and Examined. — Mr. William Horne , called in; and Examined. — Mr. John Eames , called in; and Examined. — Veneris, 21º die Maii, 1819. — Mr. George Botham , called in; and Examined. — Jovis, 4º die Martii, 1819. — John Loudon MᶜAdam , Esq. called in; and Examined. — Martis, 9° die Martii, 1819. — John Loudon MᶜAdam , Esquire, called in; and Examined. — [ The following Papers were delivered in, and read: ] — Expenditure on the Bristol Roads . — Bristol Turnpikes. Report of Mr. John Loudon MᶜAdam, to a General Meeting of Commissioners, 2d June 1817. — Bristol Turnpikes. Report of Mr. John Loudon MᶜAdam, to a General Meeting of Commissioners, 1st June 1818. — Bristol Turnpikes. — Thomas Daniel , Esq. in the Chair. — Jovis, 11º die Martii, 1819. — John Loudon MᶜAdam , Esquire, called in; and Examined. — James MᶜAdam , Esq. called in; and Examined. — Colonel Charles Brown , called in; and Examined. — Ezekiel Harman , Esquire, called in and Examined. — Thomas Bridgman , Esquire, called in; and Examined. — John Martin Cripps , Esquire, called in; and Examined. — William Dowdeswell , Esquire, called in; and Examined. — Martis, 23º die Martii, 1819. — Mr. Benjamin Farey , called in; and Examined. — John Farey , Esquire, called in; and Examined. — Jovis, 25º die Martii, 1819. — John Farey , Esquire, called in; and Examined, — James Walker , Esq. called in; and Examined. — Jovis, 1º die Aprilis, 1819. — Mr. James Dean , called in; and Examined. — Jovis, 6º die Maii, 1819. — Thomas Telford , Esquire, called in; and Examined. — Martis, 11º die Maii, 1819. — Mr. Robert Perry , called in; and Examined. — ABSTRACT OF RETURNS OF TURNPIKE TRUSTS ROUND LONDON.
10. 10.REPORT FROM SELECT COMMITTEE ON MR. M’ADAM’S PETITION, AND EXTRACTS FROM EVIDENCE RELATING TO HIS IMPROVED SYSTEM OF CONSTRUCTING AND REPAIRING THE PUBLIC ROADS OF THE KINGDOM. — REPORT. — Mercurii, 28º die Maij, 1823. SIR THOMAS BARING, BART. In the Chair. — John Loudon MᶜAdam , Esquire, called in; and Examined. — Mr. James MᶜAdam , Examined. — Mr. William MᶜAdam , further Examined. — John Loudon MᶜAdam , Esq. further Examined.
11. 11.APPENDIX. — Appendix (B.) MEMORANDUM of Mr. Johnson, respecting the Roads under Mr. MᶜAdam’s superintendence. — Appendix (C.) LETTER from Postmaster General to the Lords of the Treasury; dated 20th December 1819. — Appendix (D.) — Appendix (K.)

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