The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1891-05-29

making and maintenance which
AWARDED rrizs CT honorable mepto. !.
the rusnt composition under ~ -
pices q the University Of renns,iysr;.
(Publihed in book form Nv He,-.
Carey Baird q Co. P~hiialelrhiar
In locating highways Ia hilly er,p,.-
II win GENERALLY b. found aasantar.s.'
10 follow abong water cours.-a -
tee which l. very often adopt,l n NJ.
Of railways.
In going from a valley over 4 hin 49,.
should b. taken to avoid running A.
hill II possible The advantage Il HAVING
. road run close to qnarriss from Which
good road metal can b. obtainal sh.nls
also b. kept in view.
Money spent IN securing a gpsl. fn,
dry roadbed viii save q vast srnoun, =
trouble in attempting 70 Inaintain \ ro..a
surface and keep it CHAN
Culverts e. carry thu drainage acn.s
a road should il possible, be made u
stone, As timber dies not last lonr. apd
the caving in of wooden c~nlver1s 4
common causeof accidents. LII all ca.
they should be made Larger than MA
cient 10 discharges ths greatesi known =
ESTIMATED quantity u water which ~.
~ pass Through them, and their An.
shonld not he less than I in IN.
The slopes Of AL cuttings " hann
should b. 81 IN with grass Sod, So a. n
prevent Their being washed away By
rain and damaged by frost. II tn CT
be not too great, the surface soil should
be reserved and spread over the ais
slopes
In general, trss should only b. allow
"a ON the north and east sides u rods
90 - 20 allow the sun and wind u Nv
them a. mnch a. possible; this precsznon
Is specially necessary in damp or levl
places
No sois or vegetable refrse should BE-
used in grading upthe crDwn II therod
or in filling in ruts. bnt the earth css<en
for that purpose should bea gravely .
possible
Stones less than one inch in diameter
viii not stand the pounding 81 traffic.
They will break mp and hinder tte other
stones from birding properly; while
stones which win not pas through q
two AMI a half inch ring MAKE q rough
rad. and do not bind well being very
liable 70 tilt Mp under the wheels
No road ~scrapings should on any a.
count be put on the new stone, a. it VII
prevent il from binding, and tho rs1lt
Will BE- a yiclling AMI uneven surface.
The best time - apply the stone Is
during wet weather ia tho spring and
fall ,
Captain d. Torrry estimates the extra
cost Of bad roads in wear and tear q
vehicles and harness at one cent per mil
per vehicle OVER what il would 10 q
proper roads.
The principal advantages Of goodrosd
are that Larger loads can b. carried wit
greater speed, that farmers can maxks
their produce q whatever time theyxca
get The best prices, without being e
pendent On the weather, and that tha1
en- also use the roads ia wet wca6hG
during the winter and spring. WHEN Id
cannot plow, thus utilizing their houlI
when they would otherwise b ida
The continued joltirg Of heavy v~el1ic1a
over rough and badly kept roads strzinl
the horses in such a manner Is 20 shors1E
their lives. and 70 develop in them such
diseases ns often render them unit fz
heavy work
Engineering News Of Feb %. rs0
publishes = statement made BY Captain
Brown. Of Hollywood truck
farm, in virglnia, r. tho eject thu .
pair of horses can draw ffty-fvc barrels
Of produce over the roads on that farm,
which are in excellent condition. where
a on the ordinary country rats theJ
can only draw twelve harrlS
From tables we learn that a - can
draw four times As much on n telford
road and allied systems than on ccsuinon
earth roads in good condition This
shows tho enormous waste Of time and
draught caused by the present System
In a paper on Rood Drainage ~
Thomas MacClanahan. Of Monmouth.
his, the estimate Is made that Tor one
fourth Of q year a good loarl can %
hauled: for another fourth twc-thiris =
much. and for the remainder of the year
only half a load, or only two-thirds Of .
load On an average throughout the yeAf.
Wherever practicable no road should
have a grade much exceeding one m
forty-four. or To feet { % the mile On
such a slope q horse can draw only three
fourths a. much rs on level ground
"a safa to trota horse down hill On mn
calanized rad u this grade On .
slope Of enc In twenty-four, or ~ fest
10 the milo, a horse can draw only bali .
Load, whilc "a a slope Of one 10 ten q
US feet 70 tic mile, only one-fnurth as
much as on level ground; such grades
should theretopc he avoidndif pnszhie
II is estimated that in this STAT Ierln-
syivania) seD.0oo,0O0 have been sr.nt
during the last City years ia the ram
tenance u the public road system ins
would b. Mt tho rate Of ti,OOo,UN ~
year. This has certainly been an enor+
nous expense. The average cost =
maintain one mile Of macadaIn nod :
ten dollars per year, while ordinary I'M
roadscost from thirty dollars - ninesy
dollars per year for Gsch mile- II $l.pVus,,
0p on 81 .5Ol.00O cuuli 30 a~prropF1apn
annually by the state and dIsidfsi AMONG
the counties il would prcvc a eres'
yalne 70 the rural districts, and the ~
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