The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-06-15


adNaNtagca rood roads have to oncr over
bsd ones rats Is easily measured ~
terms 81 Traction, or the resistance I"
hauling. ON u stoue tramwly the trAcuvn
Is twcuty pounds rcr ton. on paved roads.
iAirtY-tNrrc peuuae per sou, on IN icadain-
isci ro.uls, ior;N'innr TO slNiN- seven
pounds Ter ton, ON gravel ~ pouh1S i'r
tcu. on sot, GROUND roads. -io pounds l'r
ton. on or muddy TeNaS r-Ahs sc en-
ploy lVs lowu
Ia, as take the trouble for mom'ni
to stasn the sunlhCAnCc of these .lfhp F..
stated shortly, they ucan ihti Il morse
working in country which has con
str,ictcd good iuacAdamlzod roads, l.
.c4rahir Of doing. all the year iuind over
ror'pl she'd on our TEXAS roads, bi course.
our roads are not always bad. nlt they
are generally either dusty OF muddy, ana
our condition, looked at IN relation 70
the various soils oi thc state, IL nfi"Vs
this; In dry weather the clay and BACK
lana roads furnish pretty good traNrilns :
~ we; Weather Trey are simply imlhsS-
able. IN Wet weather tNc roads IN ne
sandy districts Of the State are srrviceaplt
enough, IN dry wrtther they are AN ahom-
iuauon.
tho Nosi. there are limestone" and other
reck-strfaccd roads wher" TRAY siNAs Is
always pretty good. IN other diflue's,
parttcnlgriy in Ia, post oaks, tHarc t.
ofton a mxtdre OF sand and Hriyel. which
makes an cxcollont natural road. lNt
IN oar black and red ailds, in In, sandy
lesis aud IN The sandy loans. w. nav
Eot 20 build or ru.is anew II We are
ever 10 haVr any NJ Al.
Returning again t. spa irlt'ous for
construction, | would suggest as a hc-
or eighteen fcot OF ,ne tycQrhl Mdih ~
our irsi -class roads Mud for sar1u' li'I
third-class roads, twelve ami ten ieet
should hc sufficient 70 nesi lhe necessities
cation FOR road over winch European
mud coaches used ~ nalra nom ten To
fourteen miles an hour. Width. go i. H..
the center q inches AlgA"r .NAu 'hc sides;
IN the bottom I'm NiacA layer f rock
broken to pass lhroGsh a . ~ inch ring
on thr top of this = iugii,s ei a, sai
whole of this should he rolled in tWo laE-
ers with a slight binder. Icntiaty TO ttn
usual practice, this binder ought not 20
hc Clay'y. 1t acts NrrY luhfh DHtl't II it
Is as hard NJ the road MA r.nl ilfcii. All
soft bind rs ar. apt "a become ltp. nters
in wet weather, ana. of coNtsc. t"rd To
IN Ike IN" stones move one rppn dho.her
III the matter of roclt-clnshinp. ii may be
said thnt the material IS III ncltsr shapc
when broken 10y hand. AMI tnS work
might be dom" hy CONFLICTS. ON ;ho olirr
hand whon Il is r''nshed 'Y mtehN'rN
sciecuings and iuc mAtrtill in ,onsc-
arenre is more readily romraetsi under
the roller.
Tho specitca'ien given above is too 81
rensiv,fi Tor any d,airic' whrss r..k = noi
orally have to take its pace anu tnc
width Will have to he rcduced. In The
coast country we shall have TO use sand,
shells and what gravel We can eri. iei-
ford roads. proper, believe 10 be out OF
the question for thu Staio generally They
are very expensive. and uni - ihe fuun-
dltion zones arr exceedingly Nen-spaW'ed
they have a tendency to neco;ue energetic
puldl"rs of the mad. They sui1t on one
HnpUlcr and form Mnils ami holes, and if
the water gets through thu Wearing sur
IA
sd" drains. they are ruined by IN" up
ware suppuiaiion Of Tho mid. Mr. Her
= hol and some Other engineers itynr the
1'lford idea. and thinh thai Macadam :
theory that hrok stone form a good
Foundation has hrrp proVed Ia he an
WI fear This roncluslpu must have
been reached from observation of bad
examples
Having properly established the nigu-
meni and slhgradc of 4 roadway, it IS
ready for the metal. In very lad black
land bottoms, and IN the wet districts
of The southeastern coast country. J Ven
tlre TO suggest the following constrlic-
ton: y roadway IS feet Wide With a
bottom layer of from to 10 inches Of
coarse sand and surface OF 10 h,,hcs Of
broken rock, gravel on shells, relied in
Two layers. sand. of course, is most
cWectiN. fouda,ion II properly "onnnet,
ard II siill further adNan age witch II
has IN these localities ~ that the Netter
II gets llr better 1t %ots. II any move
mont of he road material takes place.
'lt' '0fklilH VI no 'fltl fltO VIC NRilE OF
the wearing slriaco can only iend 10
further snlility It mad Thought this
solution OF thr question inr swampy
grpund To he Original. ha' have come
built Just ON these Zines II proved I,
success whore other methods had failed
do not know why II has not been more
extensively used
rh, matter oil cNoea linY woneas brines
mn Ia n mark ihA Ia uil The Southeast
ciu counties cf our state the question
decd that wherever The country has h''.l
oicnvd NJ. there iraqWnt trr l'c IN
getting ri Of thr srrplA- water AT orr-
tain sci,scfs al The war. II WIN Of ccuret
q, cur 10 tn Sc mrmb, rs oc tie potNentiou
Whp come from those 'lisilic's thai ~
far a. , ,hYy Sra g"nrenel county ,, r3a
hunl. aud taken pii0g thor suoulI form
part Of one inte;lacnt system. Wsl
OF county roads ami irrigation Tor those
at NJ vino inhahit tlle arid section of cui
vast domain.
" h"n once our roads have been con
strUctu II the work has been property
done. thc question of Their m.dnttl,u 4
IS simple matt"r. " hei.scr - nacitIhr
| should he iahodiaieiv rlH're .. TN
| Is an axiom. II can not be TOO strongly
| insisted that tho n1nienancr mast IT,
| cuntingols and no road sh1uii la allnwee
| To develop Weaknesses that are net ini
| mediat"N attended 70. The tools are moi
manE re roller ne slrin<lgr, IT.,
| picks and shoNels havs alrrndy hrel 'ro-
| cured FOR construction. Having these
| tools aud granting the CONSTRUCTION al
| the roads W. have hrcn discuss ne. IT Is
an easy matter IT, usn them to Alvhuia so
| All sorts of nsuos hav' heen mad
as 10 me cost pet mile per ANA I'm Of
! maintaining macaIaiul2oi roads. TIL
| must IN their nature vary from NcrS
| many t"nsl0ernt.on5., Nlimpte ponllation
| are all factors which en- n int ~, uI"s
| ton. Ma ntenahvc in Nrgiuia snil l'