The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1896-01-25

he used for patching and for all slight re-
pairs.
90 Recollect that hard stones should
be hroken to finer gauge than soft, but that
the two inch gauge is the largest that
should be used under any circumstances
where no steam roller is employed
11.) Never be without your ring gauge:
remember Macadam advice that any stone
You cannot easily put in your mouth should
he broken smaller.
| (l2. Use chips, if possible, for binding
newly laid stones together, and remember
that road sweepings, horse-droppings, so1s
or grass and other rubbish, when used for
this purpose, will ruin the best road ever
constructed.
(13. Remember that watcr-worn or
rounded stones should never he used unon
steep gradients. or they will fail to bind
together
1l.) Never allow dust or mu | to lie on
tho surface of the roads, for either of these
will double the cost of mantcnl ,ce
10. Recollect that dust he.rmes mud
Mt the first shower, and that m' forms Il
wet blanket which will keep .oad in II
filthy condition for weeks at time, instead
a. allowing it to dry in a few hours.
(16 } Remember that the middle of I'll e
the sides so that the rain may run into the
side cutters at once.
IL. Never allow the water. tables and
bitches to clog up hut keep them clear the
whole year through
1t is reasonable 10 predict that road i'm
prorement is destined to spread with great
l"pidity in the next ten wears. and that
capital which heretofore built railroads will
now seek Investment in fine macadamiIcd
roads. The first necessity for developing
country OF the size of the United States was
u system of railroads that would bind to
g'ther the widely separated points OF in
| duStrv and population. and the construc-
| ton OF such Il stupendouS system h;0rbed
most Of the energy and capital of our
iinancers. But this country now is better
supplied with railroads than any other on
| the face Of the globe and tie limit to the
extension Of long railroad lines is practi-
call reached in many parts Of the country
1t is impossible to have every small hamlet
aud village connected with the main rail
road lines by short branches, but the
transportation problem cannot he said to
hr solved until every small place and farm
Of any size is connected with the great
arteries of commerce by mrans of fine
macadamiHcd roads. 1t is this necessity
| for building more and better common roaC s
| tina, makes the question suck a burning one
to day. The next generation must devote
itself to the construction and improvement
OF common roads, feeding the railroads with
the products Of the great agricultural
regions.
The total length of the common roads
IN this country, good. bad, and
indifferent, i, estimated by Gen.
stone Of the Road Bureau Of the Depart
1900, 900 miles. The majority of these
roads have been opened by common labor =
crs hired by county supervisors, and no
engineering principles have been observed
in the construction. As result. it cost
more to keep them in repair than they
were so many finely macadamed roads.
Ia L., ,,, 4
opening up new thoroughfares cost
Massachusetts in 1898, outside of cities,
Sl,136,9li, or 5000 per mile; New York
81, 50O,0 or $50 per mile, and New
Jersey SIS HOS or S4325 per mile.
The total expenditure for roads in that
year amounted to about $50, 900, 900. As
spent to repair poorly constructed roads
that would need exactly the same improve
ments again the next year, it is not exag-
geration to say most of the money was
wasted
Fine roads can be constructed all the way
from SiO0 to $1,000 per mile, according to
the nature of the country through which
they pass, the cost of crushed stones. and
other engineering problems. The cost of
keeping these roads in repair is infinitely
smaller than that required to repair the
ordinary dirt roads each winter and spring
when great gullies and ruts are washed
into them by the rains and floods The
secret OF the success of the fine roads in
France is attributed to the prompt and
systematic repairs made at all seasons of
the year. This principle is observed upon
our hest railroads. and the great trunk
| lines that reduce the wear and tear to the
smallest minimum by promptly repairing
any defect or injury make the most money.
This rule is just as true with macadamized
roads. 1t is economy both for the roads
and the vehicles to repair the slightest de-
as soon as discovered and before it has had
time to spread. York Evening Post.
| How much business can a man do whose
| system is in state of disorder? Headache
is only symptom. 1t is not a disease.
| The pain in the head is the sign of rebel
lion. There have been mistakes in diet