The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-07-14
An Expert Tells of
Experiments Which
Haze Beer Made.

| slanted back. does very well in TINS con
over s's the road just before oiiing 70 smeotaa
ana slightly furrow the surface 70 noiu
the oil, and aft.rvafd TO stir ana MY
cush work on the average road have
/ designed a stirrer In which the Singers or
teeth have a 8fn5 stnF 9T esasss tssn to
| cross backward and forward the straight
lines in which the oil is put on
"After the road is % gone over there
will he places that have too much oil and
are sticky. and other spots, where chuck
holes had commenced TO form or where
there was an unusual amount Of dust
that have not enough. These spots are
gone over again. On places having TOO
much oil, some dry dir from the side Of
grayeled road. some fresh finely screened
gravel or sharp sand Is sprnkied on. lnsi
plus oil and no more. ON loose spots re-
quiring more oil, additional oil is RON, ana
Win shovel or hoe and rake, II ls thor
tlrely 70 the bottom of the hole. This soon
packs down from the travel
while the oil is being applied ana
stirred into the loose covering q tue road,
travel should be kept to one side. in
some cases II may be necessary to oil ONE
half OF the width while the travel Is on
the other half; and then turn 1T on TO the
| oiled half while the balance Is gone over.
The next day after oil is put on road
travel can be resumed.
AS before noted, the quantity Of oil We
put on a width Of sixteen to eighteen feet
Is from 100 to $50 barrels per mile. Il the
| surface is very loose more than $50 bar
Iels may be required, the rule being 10
put on all that the road surface Will take
up II the work Of putting on the first APP
pication Is thoroughly done much less oil
VII be required the following year ia
most cases not more than one-half In
the case Of piece Of road built In 1879
not more than one-quarter OF the oil used
IN the first application was needed to PAT
| II IN good shape in 1900.
The oil we have used is residuum
atter the naptha, gasoline and kerosene
are extracted, and has a gravity Of about
II degrees, being rich In blunen. The
Me Ingredient In the oil, for road making
Coming. directly from the stills il Is en-
, nHeY tree from water, II crude oil Is
used, IT should be an oil RICH in bltumen,
ana II IL contains much water It should
Re subjected to heating process to drive
The cost Of crude oil +. O, b. Los An.
seies Is even greater than the Beaum mt
product delivered Ia New Orleans by rail
way freight az present rates barrel o
tortY-two gallons costing % cents thers,
while the Beaumont oil can be dellvere
IN New Orleans In tank cars for less Than
% cents per barrel. on the roads near
sprinkling, Including all labor, varies
somewhat from SIS per mile.
correspondent asks for comparison
hetWeen oillng roads and sprinkling with
water Sprlnkllng with water is 10 keep
the dust down and II oil is used for the
same purpose, It is shown above that We
contracted 10 have this done for $204 per
mile. This does not vary greatly In mdny
sections from the cost Of sprlnkiing With
water II is rather under the cost OF
water here. Three and a half miles of
road Ia Highland, near san Belnarliro
cost 1890 or S851 per mile to spunklc
with wafer for the six months required IN
a ma flAfN nn.g Al
But oil is more satisfactory merely Tor
thts purpose. since the duSt Is always laid
and the road is never muddy as ii some
times is where water is used But since
we have gone beyond the dust LAYING proyo-
sitl0n, and are using oil for making road
the 1rst heavy application should propeil-
the maintenance thereafter, In our climate
VIII be, much less than whare water Is
used the third year and following very
entirely different from ours is 3 matt
for experiment We have long dry sum
mers and sometimes. but not always. wet
more sunshine than cloud The roads dry
OIL between the rains.
~
The severest trial Of an oiled rnld wonId
be long, continued wet spell without
chance Of Its drying. and under heavy
trnvel In such c.se the Oiled surface
would likely cut through In places. ana IL
the material underneath was Of a nature
to work M, the road might be badly
damaged. Under such circumstances n
would he advisable 10 have a thick LAYER
OF road material say about two inches
lnnegnated with oil, packed down on n
hand firm rOadhed underneath The lat
ter we'll drained aud the road crowned
without depressions IN which water might
lodge.
a correspondent asks II olllng Is sue
cess on macadamlzed roads I have herr
tofore cited n case where II WIS applied
10 road mhcadamized with limestone
cgse the surface was too tight to absorb
spread over the road before Cling This
when oiled, packed down and made very
pleasant surface to drive over II nlsn
gives evidence Of greatly prolonging the
life Of the road; since the oiled surface
takes the wear and preserves the roadbed
underneath. The sonth end Of this same
read Is Within the corporate limits NJ Col
ton, and Is not oiled This was full ~
Here was an object lesson; on the same
road, all of II macadamlzad AZ the same
time, you passed from tine rough, clmckT
and loose surface OF one portion on 10 the
smooth. pleasant oiled surface Jana free
from dusO Of the other. Oil made the
difference. We know that one Of the great.
continued dry weather. such as we have
during our southern California summer
unless water is used daily 10 sprinkle II
The cementing property OF the macadam is
destroyed and The stones loosen and holes
form oil appears 10 prevent this and
keeps the roadbed intact
Another correspondent asks about the
use OF oil on bicycle paths. We have not
built bicycle paths With It, but our oiled
roads are good for bicycle travelling. and
path so treated and reserved for bicycle
use, II built of material that viii pack
Gown firm ana hard would he about eqnlva.
lent 70 an asphalt road. Alongside the
southern Pacific railroad track, where oil!
IS used to lay the dust through this sec,
tion, Is a favoriie path for bicycle riders
The sickness after applying the oil.
which might damage a bicycle tire, lasts
but a few DAYS. and can be at once rene.
died and this plan Is advisable, by sprink.
ling the path lightly with sharp sand
trst enough 20 take up any surplus OH
The sprinkliug 20 he done the next dav
after oilng, aud the path then rolled From
tlf'een to twenty barrels Of oil will be re-
quired for 4 mile for a path three feet
wide, according to the character Of the
material to which II is applied. light
deesslng OF i've barrels 10 the mile during
the summer Of the following year with
Spunkhng OF sand, may be found advisable.
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