Text of Chart of the Organization of the U. S. Bureau of Public Roads and Rural Engineering, 1917
- DIRECTOR
- MANAGEMENT AND ECONOMICS
- Chief of Management
- MANAGEMENT
- Correspondence and Files
- Cooperation with Solicitor
- Accounts
- Editorial & Library
- Quarters & Stock
- ENGINEERING ECONOMICS
- Economic Investigations and Advice
- Statistical Investigations
- Legislative Investigations and Advice
- Lectures & Exhibits
- Illustrations and Models
- GENERAL INSPECTION
- General Inspectors
- ENGINEERING
- Chief Engineer
- ROAD MATERIALS TESTS AND RESEARCH
- Chemical and Physical Tests
- Microscopic Examination and Classification of Rocks
- Standardization of Methods of Testing
- Investigations of Non-Bituminous Materials
- Research on Dust Preventives and Road Binders
- Concrete Investigations
- Field Experiments
- Inspection & Advice
- HIGHWAY CONSTRUCTION AND MAINTENANCE
- Post Road Construction
- Forest Road Construction and Maintenance
- Object Lesson Roads
- Cooperative and Experimental Maintenance
- Bridges & Culverts
- Inspection & Advice
- 1st. District
- Wash.
- Ore., Idaho
- 2nd District
- Berkely, Cal.
- Cal., Nev.
- Ariz., N. M.
- 3rd. District
- Denver, Colo.
- Mont., Wyo.
- Utah, Colo.
- 4th. District
- N.D., S.D.
- Minn., Wis.
- 5th. District
- Nebr., Iowa
- Kan., Mo.
- 6th. District
- Texas., Okla.
- Ark., La.
- 7th. District
- So. Chicago, Ill.
- Mich., Ill.
- Ind., Ky.
- 8th. District
- Tenn.
- Miss., Ala.
- Ga., S.C., Fla.
- 9th. District
- Me., N.H., Vt., N.Y.
- Mass., Conn., R.I.
- N.J., Del.
- 10th. District
- Washington, D.C.
- Ohio., Penn., Md.
- W.Va., Va., N.C.
- IRRIGATION
- Utilization of Water Power and Appliance Equipment
- Flow of Water in Ditches, Pipes, etc.
- Duty, Apportionment and Measurement of Water
- Customs, Regulations and Laws
- Drainage of Irrigated Lands
- Inspection & Advice
- DRAINAGE
- Farm Drainage
- Drainage of Swamps and Wet Lands
- Removal of Surplus Water
- Field Experiments
- Investigating and Developing Equipment
- Inspection & Advice
- RURAL ENGINEERING
- Farm Water Supply
- Drainage Disposal
- Construction of Farm Buildings
- Rural Engineering Problems Involving Mechanical Principles
- Traction Tests
- Instrument Making and Repairing
- Inspection & Advice
Transcriber’s Notes
Archaic, unusual, erroneous and inconsistent spelling, capitalisation, punctuation and hyphenation have been retained, except as mentioned below. Accents on non-English words have not been added or corrected, except as mentioned below. Quoted and possibly deliberately misspelled words and phrases have been kept unaltered.
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Page 19: “leather from Cordavan”: possibly an error for “leather from Cordova”.
Page 245, Suggested Form: the row 11 a. m. to 12 noon is not present in the source document.