Carroll free press. [volume] (Carrollton [Ohio]) 1834-1861, 1845-04-11
CANFmLD, March 70, 1845

| .Wr. A. w. PGrkeY, SR" ~ the time Tor /
repairing and constructing roads this spring, /
/ is near al hand, wish 10 make some re- /
marks ard suggestions 70 my fellow labor-
ers, on subjects very important to u, and to !
the producing and travelling community.
1t must be admitted by all, that on the
Reserve, east OF the Huron river, we have !
no other material than the common earth !
fwith few exceptonsiof which we can con-
structrOads. Occasionally banks Of coarse
gravel or pebbles are found, which may be
used 10 limited extent, to face clay bot |
tom. A section Of the Ashtabula turnpike, !
part in Bristol, and part in Champion,
was deep mud iorseyeral years most Of the
time, and until it was covered with gravel
obtained fom a bank in Bristol. IT packed
and ceuented well, and became 50 firm and
solid as to ring like pot-metal as the wheels
passed rapidly over it. If beds Of brooks,
other streams, and their banks were care
fully searched, gravel and small stone would
be found which might frequently be applied
J to heroads with advantage. In the Miami
, country, pebbles are procured from the beds
and banks of streams,of which the inhab-
tants now constructroads as good and much
cheaper than they formerly did OF limestone,
> which ahounds throughout tIiat region
The very best roads have been constructed
3 in the south and south western partof this
, state under the plunder act, as it is called,
2 and northern or eastern citizen IL much
: more delighted in being conveyed over them
r at the rate Of eight miles an hour, with 50
little iollng as scarcely to affect broken
lln,b, than in paying his proportion Of the
y public debt increased by them. NopeopIe
u can enjoy 50 good roads at the same expense
as those Of the Reserve, for about eight
Q months in the year. We have no ragged
y hills 10 climb, or level; no morasses 10 wade,
Il or fill up. None use their roads more free
@ ", or pleasantly. Almost every family has
2 light wagon or buggy. and in general use.
. Gentlemen from the south and west, who
! attended our mass conventions, were as
u tcniahed to see the number Of our vehicles.
{ The sandy roads are principally on the rid
e qes neag TO, and parallel with Lake Erie.
! Th are preferred in the fall and spring to
e roads over closer earth; but they are cXcee-
dinCiy heavy during most Of the summer.
g Clay might be mixed with the sand to ad
- vantage. The following table shows the es-
p, tnajed average force required to draw q
# light four wheeled cart weghlng win 1T
-, load 1000 pounds, over different descrp
~ ton OF roads. Force Of tractor orre4uret
Description OF road, tomove the carriage.
=, Turnpike road-.-hard dry, 3Ol lbs
IT, . :. dfrtv % "
I'd Hard comDect ham 80 "
be n, djnorv bvp-road I06 {.
rnruni;e r1ad pewIv travelled. 1A3 m
6 Loose sandy road e04 "
ne He"rtFp f'F'h Is o'"y' graVei w. ai'
saAo, o. WAcNC C'dy p'eoo'Ii'iaIes' "nei
9 wet 1t - less "ahe9'Fe thaA illuo III ll,n'
= formation. il 0'cN3 "e''' ana IS not llau'S
y 10 WASH II wen oralaea IN us hatofa
poSVoo' Il presents" sNoo'h haro sUEi0Ge
ilIt'e i"'e 70 a'oo'he deeP eAceP' Id VIZ
o sp.ing ana io''
II my OBSERVATIONS are correct we Fl
- i'fque.|y ~ TWO P8rHcu'aIa II coils"uc|
30 'AE Sla repairing our toad+. ne Ht5' Is
"h'Ni'J pio"ihE ana Sstap'!& me gFo3n'
INTO n%ifo" -1'fN ridge IGe travel
conn 10" 70 one track PfIlc'Paily' ana eve
IN ry ca''| ana .Nl' nom erlo7ehesS OF 'h
eaf.h' retains tAe wafer, ana u, snort t,'l'
.. me Whee's S..i .eIo" Inc orig,haI fuIIac
~ OF the ground, haVIng,"adeo through 'h
90 mud Tor most OF year the process OF pioW
'G iug ana scrSpmg isrcProted each succeed
" IngSprhg, whereas, II care had heeh taEei
o. to tra,N OIL the Wa!er, ana no more eartl
,e had been scropcd man was Necessary TO NJ
ir UP lN' notes ana lAfQGahtie+' ana give IN
road 'su-aIconvgh 'oim' leaving sa'hcien
. 'rFadlh Netwcen u'e d,tchPs lof severn
- tracks, the road would have been smoot
:" and sold for most Of the year. and woul
a have required little or no labor 'uf Its repa1
IN If farmer wants deep soil, he mus
2 plow deep and let the atmosphere operat
oi on the earth from Whch 1t has been eNcIu
by ded, "Ihat atmospheric air eTerts an eN
qr tensive and very important influence upo
a. vegetation, is TACT which has been we