The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1892-04-15
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III ltttfr 70 the cxlitor q the New
Ycfk Tsit,-ne. .Iols. Y. Cuyi-r say:
An isaror.ant sub u q Is that Of roads.
rualEls.ksug ana maintenance. II lcor'l
make the ro.ls IL . country. good law
maxine would X sure 70 follow. This
frcc INralhsaSe j. intended 10 he imper-
snnai There will. 10 doubt. he pr
,idsi ala ,ilaiipn II machinery ard
appliances "a al sorts fOr use Ia cru
s;rrcting rs..Aways- and for their repal-
and maintenance: machinery for break
ing tone ara otherwise preparing mate
rial required for roAainaking: steam
roller. sxcayntnrs. scrapers and sppS-
rati ana tools a-plfnty. d convenient ard
practical exploiting II which VIII be
greatly III the advantage ~ Tho exhibitor
and III those who seek Information
Contiguous ID such exhibition there
could Il provided an orsn AREA. where.
within the cnmpc~s ~ couple OF acr,s,
there c1nli hc arranged many exam
ylcs II road construction. 50 varied IN
detail ana inaferial a. 10 afford. in tie
most simple ma cc-nTrehensible W. >.
Information Z. lsCuss-rls seeking knoy-i-
edge ca tie z.-biec. everywhere through
onr the currArv.
Newould admit. i You please. STREET
pavement II rse III critics. a. inapFlics--
BE for the pnr1rSe discussed. but IN II
else snort stretches If roadway. showing
an oyen end section which would Dis
close All s.slails. and including IN Or
form IL construction or another Il
classes Of maseri1l-e.rth. gray '.
Lruken stone and combinations q these,
and II widths and depths intended -
meet local rs-luiremen's and engencie~.
Drainage ard the care Of water should
L. illustrated Countless machines and
apparatus coLld l. practically exhibited.
and here thevisitor from Vermont. from
Kansas and from Texas. corld in a day
get more ideas on this most valuable
feature II the public economy than town
committees and supervisors absorb
dr-sEg term II ofIice.
As a people we are only awakening 70
an appreciation ~ the importance u
substantial and intelligent system q
rad service. anu If the business end.
affecting The interests of all. u a proper
system Of repair and maintenance.
More money J. yearly wasted by igno-
rant and CistOnest use in this branch Of
The pnlsl;r expenditure than would.
under intelligent and honest manage
mcnr. wirh a moderate accession IL
fu-sfs. max and maintain fair roads
The value Il continuous ard infelli-
gcs.t MAINTENANCE. the keeping Of the
surface in order ard the proper disposi-
tion ~ IA =, which i the greatest
enemy " solls. are hardly understood.
1T alo-e Ericticed. IN any II cur rural
districts
X is the experience of many engineers.
nj il certainly i nv own. that il rarely
hapi,ens lut that fairly good roads may
IL cunstruvs ont Of material readily
available at very small fsrt of the cost
usually surIxse "a 10 he necessary To
make every dollar tell in constructio.
and Trrpe- attention thereafter. j. the
simple secret in more than enough
instances 10 justify il a. rule
II may le thar the project may be
deemed To b. iinpracticable. think
not. Possibly rome such plan has al
ready isen born ia the brains Of the
commissioners Of the fair. but no harm
can be done IN submitting through yorr
columns the suggestions herein con-
tanned.