The Crittenden record. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1904-1907, 1905-07-14

You widen the roadbed two feet, with
the one furrow on each side.
How do you drain the road?
II the earth is pushed in the middle
Of the road gradually and continually,
the road viii soon be- in condition to
drain itself.
Why not make the drag out Of plank?
You can, and do good work, but the
split log is best
Why not make the drag Of heavy
sawed timber?
Because drags so made have tend
cncy TO slip over the bumps.
Don't you grade up the road first?
No The grading is done with the .
drag, gradually. By so dopg the road .
Is solid all the time, being built on a
solid foundation.
What does Il cost TO drag a mile Of .
road year.
Mr. D. Ward King. our chief inform /.
ant upon the subject, says that Il is
variously estimated at from one To
three dollap. From this Il certainly
looks a. II our farmers could reduce
their SIX days service 10 three days or
less. and that By working odd times
only
Will the dragged road stand heavy
hauling?.
Ye- and no A dragged road will
stand more heavy hauling than an un-
dragged road, but not 10 much a.
mAcadamilcd or we'll KEEP, gravel road.
Will drag help a sand road!
A sand road is very different prop
osition from the black soil or clay road.
Mr.. King says that an entirely differ
ent method must be adopted. and tha,
three things may ts done 70 make !;
better first. keep Il wet. second.
haul clay on 10 IL. third, sprinkle IL
with crude oil. a. they do IN California
and in some parts of Southern Kansas
and In Texas. There are bu, few places
in this section where the sand would be
feature. and the best method Of max
ing a solid roadbed would be 10 haul
clay on 10 these places.
What can be done with the rocky
portions of our roads?
The solution lies IN adopting q com
bination of the methods % road mend.
ing Fiut. they should be di,chcd on
each side TO prcycn, the rains washing
away the little soil already on them
second. sol must be- hauled sufficient
TO cover the rocks. they can then b'
treated the same as the ordinary dirt
Rad. and the rocks will only afford .
solid foundation.
The rocky and hilly portions u county
roads are a much more serious problem
than the comparatively level port'oni
, II the dir, roads IN this distnoL IN th'
, matter u being mcndcd with the lol
b drag. but In reality the, are not Al
serious a menace 10 tcamstcrs a. ih'
r level undraincd portions of road, 70
, the level dirt portions of road are oftci
4 allowed 10 become ~ "boggy" A. 4
q b. almost impassablc.
=. The 'boggy" spots are, In the crud
method u treatment often received b
. them. very much like the sweet appl
n tree In the old orchard. Rock, fcnc
, rails. relics ~ old wagons lcft alonI
!. the trail. and anything else that come
!, handy arc SHE'D at the "bogEy hole
/, 10 tIi u up. and In that respect bean
!, close resemblance 10 the apple trc
!, filled with clubs. old shoes. broke
4, fence rails and other hric.a.hrpc.
IL al apples were gathered by III
method. or al mud.holcs mcndcd b
~ the use of rocks, poles, fence rails, etc
"a thrown Unfortunately into them. ,
n. all wheat cut with the hand cycle ar
p, thrcshcd with the fail and market,
a on mulc.back. or u all travelling wei
= dependent upon the 18th century s,al
coach. the works produce nigh, rca'
sr the market just the same tas Maj
N. Clement sanguincly expressed the OPT
d. ton AZ the Road Oycrsccs Conycntt
or that u would. but Il seems extreme
,c doubtful. to say the least u IT,
~ Last week RECORD rcprcscntau
as was travelling over comparativ,
good stretch Of road not many mt
- from Marion. and, in fact, Il was q
ccptionally good owing to the consid'
able amount of effort a private c.
W. tribution which had been expended
Il. However. he met teamstcr
the narrowcst and wors portion of
'cp rnad to be found on stretch II y
haps two miles. After some diihc
The mancuvorinr a means Of passage v
,ill provided, and then some solilcquy v
lis. indulgcd In by the two travellers o'
that weak link In the chain. Rs
iid. were. and the hog wallow" VIII
afforded its chief dc,petion.
18th The tcams,cr indulgcd In some m
of tai calculations as TO which would