Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1910-01-18

be accomplished, II the powerful good
roads sentiment, now prevailing, is
properly directed and utilized.
II find that your cnaingang Is well
organized and in very effective shape"
said Mr.. Winslow. THE stockade Is
one of the best have seen anywhere,
equal, think, to the recognized model
up in Virginia that Is maintained Ia
part by state aid, and the work 1t is
doing too, is very creditable. They
have been doing some things that are
not in accordance with what is consid-
cred the best practice, and nave made
such suggestions as seemed best cal
culated to meet the situation"
During last Friday, Mr.. Winslow su-
perintended the construction Of split
log drag" and spent the balance Of the
day and a part of Saturday in giving
instructions as to how this contrivance
should be used.
THE split log drag" ne said. rs
the best implement that has ever been
invented to keep earthen highways in
good shape, and 1t should be used
throughout the whole country. Some
of the states, in fact. have made it
subject of legislation, and the better 1t
is understood, the more 1t Is used.
THE object Of the split log drag"
Mr.. Winslow went on, sis not solely TO
round up a road as so many people
seem to think; but rather to make 1t
shed the water. The inventor got his
idea from a hog wallow. Having no
ticed that a hog wallow holds water
longer than any ordinary mud puddle,
he began to study out the reason, and
at last from watching the pigs as they
wallowed and twisted about over the
bottom, decided that the wallowing
and twisting had a peculiar trowelins
effect on the mud that closed the inter-
stices against the drainage Of the wa
ter Then the idea occurred to him
that IL he could produce this same
troweling effect on the surface Of
road, he might make 1t shed wa
ter also. He finally hit upon the split
log contrivance and dragging 1t over
the road after rains found that the
process not only helped to shape roads
up, but that they kept in shape"
During the conversation 1t was sug-
gested to Mr.. Winslow that some peo-
pie are inclined to become discouraged
over the macadam question. The mat
ter was put up to the expert like this:
Some ten years ago several miles Of
the Charlotte road out Of Yorkville
were macadamized at an expense Of
about $4,000 a mile. In the course Of
time, the road was badly cut into ruts
and recent attempts to repair 1t have
been more or less unsatisfactory. The
people thought when they were build
ing the road that they were building
for all time, and realization that this
Is not correct, discourages Them"
WELL" replied Mr.. Winslow, 1T
seems to me that If you people have
been enjoying a good macadam road
for ten years at cost Of only three
hundred dollars a mile year, you
should be congratulating yourself in
stead of complaining, as you have GER
thinly gotten the worth Of your mon
ey."
Mr.. Winslow spoke in a very COM
plimentary manner Of about half mile
of sand and clay road built by Town
ship Supervisor Black and Overseer
Keller, on the Kings Mountain road
just without the limits Of Yorkville.
He said that the work had been done
with excellent judgment, and could
make no unfavorable criticism.
Referring to the sand and clay idea,
ne said that there Is no question Of the
fact that it Is good one. The most
important consideration is to get the
sand and clay mixed as thoroughly as
possible in the right proportions. The
first rain always makes a loblolly Of
slush, and after this has passed through
what is known as the "cussing period"
1t hardens and makes most capital
road that can be kept in shape indefi-
split log drag"
Mr. Winslow superintended the con-
struction Of a section of 500 feet Of
sand and clay road on the work where
the chaingang is now operating and
showed the superintendent how the
split log drag is operated.
Mr.. Winslow had an urgent invita-
ton to address a mass meeting called
to be held in Rock Hill today on the
road question, and he very much de-
sired to accept it.; but was unable to
do so on account of his previous en-
gagement to address the eleventh an
nual convention Of the South Carolina
Good Roads association in Columbia.