Remarks on the Present System of Road Making

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

Table of Contents

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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