INTRODUCTORY NOTE
Any general code of instructions for inspectors on street paving work must necessarily be little more than tentative or suggestive, as applied to any one city.
That here presented is intended for use in connection with the specifications in Part I of this book. Different specifications might make necessary many changes in the instructions that follow. The local or special conditions in any city might also make them inapplicable without material modifications and additions.
The author believes that in every city where considerable street pavement work is prosecuted and a number of inspectors employed on such work, some such code of instructions to inspectors should be formulated and used. Even where the inspectors are of high character and fully competent, the adoption of a system of rules and regulations relating to their work will tend to unify procedure, prevent misunderstandings and promote good discipline.
The preparation of such a code of instructions requires no little time and thought, especially where there are no precedents to suggest what is needed, or to be used as rough patterns. It is with the hope that the code here presented may be found useful in this way, even though it may be not appropriate for adoption in any given city, that it is offered to municipal engineers.