Remarks on the Present System of Road Making
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John Loudon McAdam. Remarks on the Present System of Road Making
Remarks on the Present System of Road Making
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INTRODUCTION
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
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
TO THE RIGHT HONOURABLE. THE PRESIDENT, AND. THE BOARD OF AGRICULTURE
REPORT. FROM THE. SELECT COMMITTEE. ON THE. HIGHWAYS OF THE KINGDOM: TOGETHER WITH THE. MINUTES OF EVIDENCE. TAKEN BEFORE THEM
REPORT
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
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
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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5. The general laws relating to highways seem sufficiently calculated to answer the purpose intended by them, if Overseers were qualified with a sufficient degree of judgment to execute them properly, and of industry and spirit to do it effectually.
Homer’s Enquiry, Page 18.
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