Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1909-03-04

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Oon'ts---Suggestions to Rod
Supervisors.
BY ROBERT A. MEEkER, State superlsofof
Roads, New Jersey.
Don't leave grass and weeds on pc
shoulders and in the cutters.
Don't dig the mud out Of the gtt-
tiers and throw it upon the road.
Don't leave dirt in piles on the rod.
Don't throw grass and weeds upn
the road surface.
Don't dump stone or gravel onan
old road without first preparing he
surface to receive it, because you
thereby cause wilful waste and|woaul
want.
Don't place new material pn. The
| road without leveling and shaping it
| so that the grade and cross SEXTON OF
the road will be unchanged.
Don't expect travel to spread and
| roll the new material; one-hal of the
money spent is wasted H this
method.
Don't put new material oman old
hard road surface before first picking
or loosening the old covering 1t is
good; for the quarryman and gravel
owner. but bad for the taxpayer and
road user.
Don't try to do work Without
proper tools. =.
Don't leave your scariferfin the
she'd.
y Don't forget to use your ~sp4nkling
wagon. A
Don't let your steam roller be idle.
Don't think any old tools ate good
enough for road work.
Don't use dull picks, broken show
els, dull .scraper blades or broken
and leaky steam rollers.
Don't waste your rainy days.
Don't let water stand on your road.
Don't try to repair a road In dry
weather without a liberal use Of
water.
Don't allow culverts or pipes to be-
come choked up.
Don't allow the outlets of under,
drains to become stopped up.
Don't let water get under aEoad.
Don't let ruts form.
Don't let the road lose its original
cross section.
Don't let the shoulders get higher
than the centre of the road.
Don't fail to widen your fills al
every opportunity. No better place
for the mud, grass and weeds take1
off the road than on the sides of high
entertainments.
Don't use guard rails il you car
get dirt to widen your road,
Don't bury a stone road. unde
mud.
Don't crown your roadss8o, hisl
that no one will travel on tho sides.
Don't forget that the entire widt]
of the road is intended for use.f
Don't expect a road to take care o
itself.
Don't fail to locate all good repai
material lying on or near the road.
Don't wait until you are ready t
go to work before you procure tn
necessary materials for repair.
Don't be constantly changing you
road gang. ..H
Don't let experienced men go sim
ply to give someone a job.
) Don't lose sight of the fact ths
road repairing is a-trade andsmust b
learned.
l Don't guess at the amount Of ma
terial required-measure and know
Don't depend on some one else t
tell you what the condition Of you
roads is.
Don't fail to visit every road unde
i your care at least one a week.
Don't refuse to try any new m,
y terial that may be offered, unless tt
q same has been proven bad.
Don't think there is nothing mo-
r to be learned about road building.
Don't forget that nobody know
t. it all.
Don't think because you do n
It hear the comments that your work
not being praised or criticised, as tt
case may be.
Don't look down on your work.
Don't lose sight of the fact tn
good roads are n of the create
factors in the development of =
country. t1~
Don't forget. that churches a,
schools cannot thrive without go
roads.
Don't be satisfied with anythi]
u but the best.-From the Good :Roa
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