Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-05-17
E''7 DAILY KENNEBEC JOURNAL. MONDAY MAY II. 1909

ana ruts. material like that composing
me surface should be used in order
That a perfect union or bond between
the old material and the new NAV he
obtained, and the resulting surface he
uniform.
NO one would think of repairing a
macadam or crushed stone road with
clay; neither should surface depres-
sions or ruts in clay or other earth
road be filled with stone. In the latter
case a depression. if filled with stone
VIII become a hard spot, on either side
OF which the travel will make a new
depression. thus giving two depres-
slons or mud holes in place Of the orig
inal one.
"Sods and vegetable matter should
not be used upon the surface of any
road unless it be sand. On first thought
it might be said that this material
would tougher the surface, but it
wears out or decays quickly and will
never unite with the original surface.
When sods are placed within a foot
OF the surface frost coming out of the
ground causes cleavage Of the sod
from the adjoining earth over or under
1t thereby making open spaces for the
accumulation of water which will cause
either mireS or washouts in the road.
I'm repairing roads by use of the
road machine all sods brought to the
center of the road from the shoulders
and sides should be raked out and car
ried away. The old worn out material,
too. that has been washed from the
center or surface of the road upon the
shoulders and into the bitches is not
fit to surface or grade a good road
with; properly it should be scraped up
and hauled away and put on the slope
of some embankment. There is more
| or less manure in the road washings
| and 1t will be good fertilizer to use
whenever it is desired to encourage
the growth of sods to prevent washing
of slopes.
bringing this worn out dust and
dirt upon the center of a road and
| leaving it seems to us to be about on
a parallel with the housewife sweeping
all dust and dirt from the corners and
| edges of a room into the center of the
oflor and leaving it to be scattered and
! tracked over the room again There is
| not > householder in the State of
WHO Noulu tOuULeIidncc THAT
kind of house cleaning We hope pub
| lie sentiment will at no very distant
day denouuce this system of road re-
pairing, which we believe is too prev
| alent
More new material drawn upon the
roads in wagons is what is needed and
less dependence on road machine work
The latter is all right to grade and
shape roads with. and keep sthem
| shaped. bust as ordinarily used it sim
| ply puts upon the road year after year
material that is more or less worn out
| when bitches are cleaned out. the
mud taken from them should be cast
| to the back side of the ditch or loaded
into wagons and carried away. 1t is d
dctrimcnt to the road surface and il
| put upon it will only wash back into
the ditch.
when rocks are rakcd out of the
| road they should be gathered up and
hauled away. Too often they are left
| bcSid" tie wheel rut where passing
| travel works them back into the road
| or into the ditch only to be handled
over again. They should be deposited
in piles outsid" the travelled way, but
upon the road location, and later used
| in drainage work"
| Announcement was made Saturday
] at the office of the adjutant general
of the issuance OF the following orders:
Augusta, May Is. 1909,
| Special Orders No Az .a
l. Captain Michael n. Brogan. com
manding Company ]. First Infantry.
| having made application for retire
mcnt. will at once transfer to First
| Lieutenant George w. Hilton, Company
| |, First Infantry. all military property
! in his possession and for which he is
accountable. making duplicate invoices
for the same. He will also make re-
| turns thereof to this Office. accompanied
| by the proper vouchers
IT. Lieutenant Hilton will receipt to
| Captain Rrogan for the military prop
erty in his possession and for which
he is accountable. which has been is
sued by the Quarterinastcr General for
tn. uniforming and eQuipping of Com
pany |. First Infantry. or which has
been taken up ON his returns.
BY order of the Commander in Chief .
ELLIOTT G. DILL.
Adjutant General
Augusta, May 10. l'o..
Special orders No. AZ.
I, An election is hereby ordered for
the position of captain in Company /.
list Regiment of Infantry. N. G. S. M.
and any other commissioned positions
in the company whose present ocru-
pants may be elected to higher office.
H. The election will be held in the
company's aimory in Lewiston on the
Gath day of May. 1909. at o'clock r. NJ.
III. The Immediate commander Of