The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-08-26

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Automatic revorso OF ribbon feed. |
Ribbon and spools quickly ren'o'eu aiu 70
1 placed.
Strong mnnifolder.
Si"st ea" ,,veiiie tab.,lator.
hest wcrkmansh!2 and finish. |
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outhern Mgr ! 81 MAIN MAIN 81.
PARTICLES constituting the road surface +, se
whether clay, sandy loan, loose sa'' ~
s naendam Gr 'nS tou n Stratum was formed.
Roads quilt on n anfdtng Where or rostng
1T t no bu na;sof w neW l npss and for
pair i Of horses pull two and one-half tons
a very laborious process, became 1aiu-
teams could trot With ease: and the same
pair Of horses pull two and onc-half tone
more comfortauy than they; form formerly 1t;t
flH nc ob Sa3 eS' at frst tor wSe ths
broken through, especially In wet wealth
bp op % III epSrg ana ana
en r1a:I it until Il would at ali times effect
lively withstand tho heaviest and rItao most s.
strain IN over 4, our p1ee seeIs
arc arA handled annually. The foundation
Of this road Is a loose sand. and it. had
been surfaced with clay, but formerly
dug out. Now, after three seasons Of
treatment with oil, the road is as good
to drive over as a city street and erect Ct :
Effects C. of Of Heavy RAIN Fail. All SENT
arid regions are subject at times to heavy .y
stood tho severest tests Of rainstotn1s
perfectly. In4one storm tn California, IN
which ten and one-halt inches OF ram
1s II oeas snE9 the ss vns
the middle Of the roads, because the side
drains could not carry such volume or
sSoa pes f eeH w ana Been saas
While q half mile Off another roaa q
Se en o tie Mas f orn 10 peee and ao
when there Is any from oiled ROADS does l"
ns5na9y to BE hs from
oiled road Will not make grease spot
on cloths For, short time: after r, 2 a. =
application Of oil, there Is a perceptihl
| odor which soon diSa ppaars almost en-
| tirely. While It lasts II Is not essentially
| disagreed BILE and Some people Ike It.
Of the oil ,ro the
trying to the eyesight. Ollng gives the
! road seal brown color. Whicll IS easy On
81 has been toqnd very e ibs,n, eoa In
| is first give nto the wooden floor, then
Mah # IS Gn shS o taick Ths bnds the
road together and forms a layer which is
not only waterproof. but protects the
~H Nnd It Of oil lit to be used Oils from DIFF
| fcrent localities are of different compo,,
sltion. some being much heavier and d
thksr than oh n some or res a WYE We
others have an aphalt bae., The Pennsyl-
vania. Ohio and Indiana oils are Of the
first class while the Texas ana Cal'fo1n'h
| In road work the oils with an asphalt
| base have boon found to give the pest
results They bind better n pnd inst fro
which the lighter portions have been dis
TILED, have been much used
Preparation OF the Road: 70 70, obtain 1,a me
er cry prepared. The road should be thor;
| oughty drained SO that no water WIN
soak into the foundation thus making
OF Course, be- we'll rounded to the centre.
sprinkled and rolled with !igh! roller;
lh + sE Water e srle the Out feasible it is
best. after tie road has dried. - run
over 1t with a sharp-tooth harrow, IN
order to eesen 1t to oil qopan v o. aueRy
nix with the surface material and thus
rake a crust three Inches thick II the
surface is hard and eann no read 81 :, PC
tcrlal to the surface after the oil has
been applied
The FL Is applied to the road BY msans
street et' sprinklers. Several forms Of these
e eiiicient After the oil is applied It should
material viii form a Heterogeneous mass
This is done either with sharplooth
harrow or with machine especially de-
sgnGa for h the pvrpfoSe Or torty.eght
hours ,ulss' the road road can be travelled: II travel
can not BIO stopped for q, sufficient, time
o G the nads ef e tr Is e G 10 ehs
other half.
m Mesn1a is Z that ' fedeWed when the Soad
Is ssssphX p49Fq Il IS Gr ard ae G
macadan si either in, the city or country, or
baked clay, Tie following Is the proceed q :
ure; The oil should De ppl IT. on w r1Snn inc
first heated, so much the better, In al
cases the more heat there T. s N II, the 3, olI.
is applied, the better the results and more
quickly ohtained Some OF the oil Will
sink into the hard eoyerlngi the rest VII
ceive a Coating Of sand or fine gravel;
re resulting M crust VII! Lo b
with the added ma terlal;, The sand
scat teri e with shovels from a wagon,
Or by means q sanding IN m al sS 81
rornia are conspicnously excellent, After
oiled road has 6esn Travelled "a lo ro, 'eW y
WIN hanIt gn Of r Oil oREequ!red In California
oil Nth as much asphSaIIt ~ as pGsslbe TIE
,'n,dVnt y varies hetween $50 and 400 bar
foytWoot g Ss1enas e on to the
Of tho oil crust, made. the porosty Of
The material ana the hereftnb a oI cr az
has once &c bee been properly formed, twenty,
Ave barrels Of oil to the nile, Is all
that viii be required for repairs in each
subsequent seq Y YEAH roads, with oiled
ro ESeai as With Il g al ehsfs sons SfS
vigilance which as a t fne pest
gels broken, as. it viii, especially u win,
Ter. it should be repaired at once. In
order 10 renair' quickly, It Ia best to keep