The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-09-06
PRACTICAL ROADNIAKING

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sxpertroad buiIder:) Il
late the mud inteIligently and t o some
Esspunpose:youMill neYerSbe out Of pies
Thissis&app1icabl Stosroad making
s3Wellass mudEEpies. To have bet
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES to manipulate
fhe8mud intelligently and make it
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
sSPeoples have gotten the idea
sihattheycanno turn the water across
observation-disclosures the hill ditch, un-
loss theySput inSaS@cuIyert. b is a
grieyou d#expensfve Terror. Cu1
svertsar expensive. It costs one dol
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. to make one cul-
vert. ime making and setting
it#WiH ost another dollar. And then
wRhensyou@haveMthe sscu1vert set as it
done at3present it will not carry
Observation-Disclosures placed npon cu1-
Ferts. aEulyerts are all right to carry
MISREPRESENTATION water. But they
~neYer3have carried away the food.
Whysitsis hat people cannot see this,
Is sonething that-to me-is past
Ending
s@EsAaaA of leaves and a handful OF
Stwigs@wiI clog up any of them. Then
sS6hestop t the cu1vert becomes a bridge
i orSthe#waterSto pass down the road
an get In its work. The c%ulverts, to
d even what is expected Of them, are
notmade right They are usually.
mad OF plank,E2x12x16 for a top
andS2x6x16 for sides. Then four strips
Observation-Disclosures the bottom to keep
misunderstanding in. These strips
aresobstructions that catch the stones
d tWigs and clog them up. There
shoul be8 four planks; t bottom
onlySSbe one inch thick to save
Seapensesinslumber. This will make /.
Ianx tha~t$$carries away all the water
d does 8 drop part Of it in the mid
the road like an open box cul-
Srertswill do. The water will not break
through nnder it and undermine the
road like 4itSsdoes in a threshold Gull
Yert.sSsS
|@Ea
@T his spring nearly every c%ulvert
sNasundermined n would have to
be#reset.Now#thes %culvert are ex-
Irensive and use up a lot of our money
yer hour. claim that there is
saboutHtwoEin use forfevery one that is
IsaIy8needed. If you put in water
breaks according to my plans, every
GofeetGto take care OF the flood, al
lowing a small portion to pass through
8thesopening in the header, it does not
aKe#anysdifference how long the
ShHImaysbe.Eone culvert atthe bottom
sof#sfhe#hill to carry away. the permaS
#Esnta$Water is all that is needed. We
EeepHdiyiding b water up every 300
feet SO that is no greater flood
at theSfoo of hill than there is at
the arst water break nea the top OF
tine hill, The main thing to guard
AGAINST is the accumulation of a flood.
sASIittIe stream of water will do no
damage to8the road. 1t is only when
8ths&food has accumulated by the clog
3sging#up&of the culvert that the dam
done That is where l claim
Ssthe#superiority of the open water
9#Break; that the break never clogs
up,S it is always there ready and
d all water that comes NJ
matter how heavy the rain.
-s--
NoW#there is a wrong way and a
#rightSway toSmake a water break SO
tina 1T will be5permanent. 1t must be
sunk into the solid road. 1t won't do
TO make%sa little pile of loose dirt
across b e road-that will be cut
through blythe wheels and wash away
IT should be cut down into the solia
~roadHand if possible have a backing
of solid stone on the face of it where
the wheels strike. You want the bot
tom two or three feet wide and graded
gradually up the hill. This water