The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1891-09-30
ROADS.
How ~ Make ana Maintain
Them.

II
A correspondent of the A.
erican Farmer says: II the road
Is inclined all one way the man
driving over it first cannot drive
on top. 1t makes no difference
where he drives, it is all a ike.
Ihave heard men say, cit would
wear the linch-pin on one side,"
but say, you cannot find one
place in a quarter Of mile in
ten miles driving, where a wag-
on would be inclined as much on
this inclined road as it is on the
road as now built, not taking
into account the jolting, bang
ing, and rafting going in and
out of ruts on the rounded up
road. Now | am coming to the
point of "How to keep from
having ruts upon roads, 1t is
simply, that wagons only should
be made with the tires at least
one third wider than they are
now and that the hind wheels
of every vehicle should be made
the width of the tires that are
on the wheels and one inch be-
sides, wider than the forward
Iaxles, so that the hind wheels
shall no track in the width of
their own tires and an inch
Ispace between the trackage of
the wheels. provided the man is
driving perfectly straight.
would also pass a law speci. "
ing the actual widthof the fore
wheels of four wheeled vehicles
so to be constructed hereafter
that the fore wheels of light
wagons shall run in a narrow.
or track than the fore wheels OF
heavy wagons probably vary
ing from what is known as Q
buggy to the fore wheels of Q
wagon carrying five tons) a
, least y inches, and then with
|, the width Of tires, as designated
, on the ordinary wagons, from {
buggy up. And the width O
the hind wheels over the for,
wheels, in going over a roat
would, approximately, max,
/ the trackage provided tn,
horses went III tine same tracks
,bout two feet wide ON eael
side. LIN this way | would main
/ tain the country roads. Ii is
E fact that in England wagon
: with heavy loads passing owe
i the pixies oier which foliage j
!. TO be paid, if they so over tina
: ira TX with heavy loads enough
& and d broad wheel, IRE exemp
E from foliage.
E Don I ill up a mud hole wit
6 stone
Don't attempt TO make ston
J. road in a muddy road.
i Don't fail 70 dig u little ditto
B out from a mud hole 70 the sid
) vi the road, and drain off tn
water. after the water
e Trained off do not fail to fill u
= Tat which was mud-hol
D but which is now merely a de
! preston in the road with goo
Z iirt, practically Vt ilc same NJ
s are is the surrouH ling roat
S Ii there is stone sticking up j
II tile middle Of the road aboy
q the surface. don't fail % dig
Is out, aid nil up the hole with we
Ie fiI.nsJ DIRT. In driving on Oh
| fUdd, especially ii Il y new
j dOA't drive where your neigl
q ,ort iii Drive if possible jui
10 Sherc he did NO, and TIT
"a MAKE your wagon a r0llel
y 1Jwn vi the road instead
irving where he dill, and hel
+ " cut il up. S.oIe ID a dil
~ ROAD iSa poor plact' f1s the st0n
5, Dirt ia u stone rJ.li is a po,
Is place for lie dirt. Inc dirt wi
l. absorb the moisture, and mail
mud, and when dry ,iakes dus
The stone IN a dirs road LAX,
i hard place iii t.Is road, an
r the tendency il each side Of Il
N stone; there is u hOl.ya sufficiei
he " i,Vid water, an! then yC
is have = Inud.hole.
SUMMARY.
H. l-Dry. keep dry. 3
sc sure that you have made u
, road dry. 4-RItB in roai
= hold water, and m.lKe bad road
= 5-Ruts are made ny tires beir