The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1892-10-07
ALLIANCE COLUMN.
Good and Late Reading For the Or
der Of Orders.
The New York State Alliance Denoun.
ces tho Coal Trust and Declaring
for B Per Cent. Interest.

session oil the new YORK state COunClt
Farmers Alliance this morning the fol.
lowing delegates wcrc chosen to attend
the National Convention in November,
either in Georgia or California: + +.
Dibble of Honeoye Falls and 4. III Purdy
Of Bluff Point, Yates county. The MEM
bership of the State was reper,cd as 49,
600. Among tho icsolutio adopted
was the following:
Resotecd, That the strike made by tho
consolidated coal railroads against society
by arbitrarily advancing the price Of coal
'esss ton to tho consumer. While rcducs.
ing the cost of production at the time
by reducing the price of labor, demon.
strates q power OF taxation stronger than
the robber barons Of oldcn times, and
more dangerous TO free republic than
standing armies ovcrawing tho people;
more threatcniug us to inevitable results
than war, pcstilcncc, or famine. The ad-
vance of the price of coal 81 Ter ton and
the advance OF the price of sugar to six
cents pound notwithstanding that
both Of these articles arc on the free list,
illustrate the dangerous power of trusts,
aud demonstrate that the time has como
when the people despair of relief from
reduction in tariff alone, and it is dcman
ded that the people should band togeth-
or for the extinction Of trusts aud kindred
concentrations.
Resolutions were adopted declaring
that the legal rate Of interest should be
per cent, aud that real estate mortgages
should be assessed IA real estate, 50 that
the holders OF said mortgages shall pay
tax where the realty lies. Edward +
Dibble was elected President.
GOOD ROADS.
The fist question 60 be determined in
road construction is the proper kind Of
roadway and the depth of the material.
Roads mado only of small stone, how
ever carefully laid and compactcd to.
gethcr, are found no: TO be SD durable in
this country rs they are in Europe. In
this country tho power OF the frost is 80
destructive every wint'r, aud the road
bed becomes so spongy each spring as
the frost thaws out, that pavement of
small stones only has Ii tic bond. The
small stones sink too readily into the soft
subsoil under heavy loads. aud a corrcsp-
ondinS rut is ut once made on the sur
face. The cohesive power of the pave
ment being once broken, it yields under
fu, thcr travel on the same principle that
an arch settles when the keystone is re-
moved.
For these reasons all good roads of the
EtttUh \ tasS9s aS ..::aiacadam lQadsn
ia first laying foundation Of'any rough
rubble stones of convenient size for hand
ling and placing them carefully by hand
in parallel courses across the road-bed a,
for u rough street pavement. The nearer
such stones can be brought to the gen
cral form of paving stone by judIcious
breaking, the better the work Blocks
averaging iuchcs in thickness by IL
inches in depth will make strong work,
however rough their general shape. They
should be placed on edge, with the larg
est edges down, and be set us closely
and firmly together as their rough shape
will permit. Where the Jagged upper
edges project COO high for the established
thickness OF the layer, they should be
broken off, aud all low places should be-
filled with suitable chips well packed into
place. The whole course should be gone
over, and all open spaces be filled by
ramming stones of suitable sizes iuto all
intersticcs with Founders or heavy ham
mcrs. When the surface is level enough
for rolling, the heaviest roller obtainablc
ouOu'u DC uSS', uu' tliC DC COH .
tinued until the whole foundation course
is perfectly solid and of the right shape
and height to receive the Macadam course :;
that is the course of small stone.
A common error in roid making is to
have the pavement too sha low 1t must
be strong enough to withstand the hcav.
lest traffic to which it may be subj ct,
without yielding when the frost thaws
out in the spring. Where the subsoil is
exceptionally sandy or gravclly a depth
Of from 6 to . inches might answer fairly
well, but under ordinary conditions IL
to 1S.iuch depth is necessary for CEN.
ctery road subject to much travel, while
public highways should ordinarily be
still thicker. Few arc aware Of the great
difference in power to support load he
tween firm layer 6 inches in depth and
a compact mass !S inches Gccp.
The proper care Of he road under or
dinary wear and tear is us important as
its thorough construction. The old
adagc of the thrifty housewife, that "a
stitch in time saves nine. may be applied
to a Macadam road without any great
wrench of metaphor. From A Talk on
Road Making, in American Gardening
for September.
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