Mexico weekly ledger., 1892-11-17

President, Hon. Charles f. Henderson, Nebraska; Geaead
Vice President and Acting Secretary, Roy Stone, New Yos.
Treasurer, William H. Rhawn, Philadelphia; Executive Con-
land Stanford, California; Glen, studebaker, Indiana; as snaS
w. Allerton, Illinois; Chauncey B. Ripley, New Jersey; Aer
ander J. Cassatt, Pennsylvania; W. Seward Webb, New York
Albert A. Pope, Boston; Charles L. Burdett, Conneeasnits
Temporary Headquarters: No. 40 Broadway New York, !. Z
ROAD BUILDING.
SYNOPSIS OF THE SPEECH OF J. L. ERWIN, AT oHrLL1corl
NO, ROAD IMPROVEMENT CONVENTION ON SURFACE
AND UNDERTAKINGS OF RoADs.n
Ar. President: As the foundation is to the snperstructu,
that il to be erected thereon, to render it durable and strong
causes that destroy the house destroy the ROAD wet found
ton. Water, and not wear, is the road destroyer. Removetbs
water as rapidly as it falls from the surface, and at such grade
as will not carry the road-bed away, and you will have eompu
roads can never be made up and down hill, but must be carried
along side of the hill, and so to get rid of the surface waterb
attempting to cut downs hill and make a fill in the valley. You
would never care to live on the top of a cut OF at the foot Off
fill. Both are costly to maintain, whether made of dirt or mae.
adam, OF, if you please, a railroad. The high banks o n either
which gradually seeps out, wetting the foundation, filling up The
cutters, requiring constant care. The slope of the bank ona
slant additions are made thereto. The surface-natural surf.ee
circling around the points, is the easiest to construct, imuchthe
almost anywhere, and for identifying and adjoining the country.
Ps sndseaps s na%sn laid sG off IF in s0n st TT tn nes"n ssS a
laid off with varying, and beautiful curves, would furnish
both ways from the center, so that the smallest possible amount
of water may accumulate on the surface. Side bitches should
trations of efficient side drains occur in the streets Of Fulton.
L. | am nn INFORMED o r BY our Worthy townsman, VIM. Dawson, That
oai osot anu Nat late ~
never oeen any repairs on that street since, yet thin
soon after, and until the surface was destroyed Tbay ,SanI, gns
has a Kept in good cd repair: These streets were nicely croxnsdia
s%ar, way Bn into Uh the gqtt ebs and d saved Sed the surface being carried
calls for repairs.
which I wish to call your att attention tic neSi It s the w s9 epad tbaf s.e 70
from below, softening the foundation and producing those
u hlgher lands contain beneath the surface "sand pockets
that that. during Turing the rainy season become filled with water. nj.
Wate rises to the surface. SOftpnino tho suh.sfrafun rbieh
usually contains a great amount of sand. and produces almost
this is to .under.drainn it. That IS, 60 down and N meet ts
water and furnish it with a means of getting away without ns
in the center Of a twenty-five foot roadsbed and two in a road
e Sat lofty TO nifty feet wide. These may be fifteen to twenty
iet apart and should be a. least two and q half feet deep. The &
a q len should be cut no larger than the tile; and, unless therein
am nUIs s'sss oma say over half a mile, a threeinch tile will be
II a Ia layer of porous material over the tile. The sand
rise to the level of the tile and flows away. The tile is not :
n.enoeo % receive any of the surface water, but, on the con- 8
and carried of by the surface drain constructed especianyfo for
J pudpGss: remember surface drains are for surface water
below. and you dig your drain and lay your tile to keep It from
lssiassa, become d the best i resd, s Sesaase P 5hsy eo nasn u aP 1ssss
o%S OF sand, which mixed with the clay, makes a very firm
d1oa. It 7 then IN lived, And the road was y proposed 81, adp to- be "a !
'ecame y vary rsa deep. " Niue Mr. aPa., that I'm in the spring of the ys e.
, eag ovas say this is a very bad place. Can you make a good
Yes. ST. Then I viii III recommend eas ny if itS I s eWt ! j ESI do n The q.
. a en, I, II - ro "a eaeh way from the lowest point, put Z,
T -? o Po"s ou sue Where the ground became q
an IL i put IN two poles and split a larger one and put over the
u IF ae wata q ~ q earts, cut good side drains to carry of the
f the the road saer has and, SO far as my knowledge goes, that portion
ecame the best portion of the road, driving off earlier in the s.
pf1ng than any other portion.
Il Win n putting ig in tile be careful that there are no pockets 10
= - W 81 seunient ana render all that portion beyond the sag 70
- q M No moIunIess. Ii possible, secure a uniform fall. This IS
80 no' gu aosolute essential Never attempt to carry a surfae Es
,a q ~ 0se u . n .e II it is possible to avoid it. If you must do
the group pdu4 Ts,a eae clay from the tile to the top or surface
ce and can sn' er.vs Uac e, we have the roadbe dry on the sur !
m.tsina : rom softenins the roadbed; if we can find .
The xss.r " . may spread over the surface, that will pre-
t.am Hom entering, We win have . perfect road for al Ii
y maMei Burnt gambo seems to me to be the coming e
mir It vts a scl tas read. Perhaps it may be necessary r.
Tsn semethtns else to form Q practically imnerrioas
e foundation en = tnorough surface and underdrainage are Is