The new enterprise. (Madison, Fla.) 1901-1908, 1902-09-04

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about,te ,tlon 80 Tor am to
blame ke notice, we are ask
Ing tor Mere are about 800
miles d ooblic roads in the
county ikil " $500 per mile; now
Tor illQsil AM a 70 men and one team
are hauliI iAls test road in town,
- loads 3 pts iay ana hauling il
800 yanlsisef sapA road. One load
OF clsy will b fs,ad bed Z feet wide,
inches dstp a,.a0 feet long mother
words tao a,en and one team haul clay
Tor los feet 81 road 10 day There are
$ $50 feet ina mile. soyou see two men
and one team can haul clay for one
mile Of road 10 40 days, hauling il half
mile, Or begin at the foot Of hill and
clay the road one mile from the bin
would amount 70 the same wish TO
say Just here that there are several kinds
Of clay; some win bog when wet but only
the red clay should be used When this
kind is dug up and made loose and first
wet Il is soft, but when wet il runs into
close compact that IL as hard as brick
once i i dried; after being packed it is
hard forever. A brick never gets soft
either before or after II 10 burned.
Now FOR the roads where clay is not
convenient. Let the county commits.
sioners buy a portable saw mill, place II
on one Of these roads where timber is
convenient and saw good heart2xl2 pie
ces and begin on the road right at the
mill and make a striuger tracK in this
manner lirst, grade the road up just as
you would for clay, say roadbed 20 II.
wide and 1907 rs inches above the ditch
es Season the lumber, giyeit thor
ough coating with coal tar, or probably
what would be cheaper. Texas oil,which
1 am informed can bebought at 10 cents
a barrel, or any material that will keep
il from absorbing water and keep wood
lice out Of 1t, and it will last half life
time but will have to be repaired as any
other road, Of course. Then lay for each
rut one OF these 2x12, nail the ends to-
gsther underneath so that one plank will
not get higher than the other, then fas
ten together from one side 10 the other
with Ike about every 8 feet, fiji IN with
snything beside sand and you have a
first class cheap road which win cost not
more than $500 The lumber can be cut
for $50 or sl75 One advantage Of this
road land the same viii apply 10 any
roadl, wonld be 10 have short turnouts
about every 300 or 800 yards so that loa-
ded wagons could pass without having
to yet on soft earth.
Another objection that has been rails
ed is that a man who has passed road
age VIII have to pay a tax. That is all
right, he viii De paying for better road
than be ever helped TO build Another
that il lets the man out who has no
property and is Of road age. Assess
them With a road tax, have collector
FOR it and see that il Is paid or worked
out on the roads some say II will be
nice to build clay roads for doctors and
preachers TO ride over; certainly il will
but what pity that it win not be OF
aay benefit to those who need the doc
tors and preachers. For my part new
err use road unless someone sends for
me. and sometimes they tell me not TO
spare horsefiesh- ID. II. YATES.
p. S.--since writing the above have
had an urgent cali to the home OF Mr..
Frank McClammy who has, TO some er
tent been opposed to the good roads
movement His six year old son was
taken violently III this morning having
commissions from ruptured blood yes
sci 10 the brain. After his child was re-
lieyed be informed me that be was red
hot for good roads, Every farmer will
be more than compensated Tor what good
roads will cost him in the savings in doc
tors bills, Tor they can do the work
cheaper and quicker. ID n. "