The Republican journal., 1910-06-09
rur ROAD DRAG IS DOING.

,,o drag seems to be giving
III ie aSccount of itself, and to be
ell od - all that has been claimed
goo w advocates. While it has
y ~ ne in a number of different
!. II t he town, it has been given a
" .o,,gh test perhaps on the Mays
I uoI1jton and Pressure Isle roads
where. Ca. 11.,,
Ave w. M as far as Mr.. Columbus
o !. an the Maysville road, and out
4 y road a couple of miles.
. ,' the good results of drag
u mite evident. On the Mays
NTH the exception of several
b. which we're too soft and muddy
drag on. the results were sur
ME road was quite smooth and
mad and ruts on all parts of it
been dragged, and also plainly
l5t the drag when properly used
rons out the ruts and smooths
re but has a noticeable tendency
and crown up the highway so as
.ainage. The difference between
and the road scraper, according
snection the reporter made, is
re- the road machine scrapes in
s. mon the top a layer of loose
lv worked up into dust in dry
and at once converted into a
i Of mud in wet weather, the
onIy smooths and shapes the
4rmly packs the soil, so that
nut it hardens into a firm and
faced road bed. This would
ra, that contrary to what some
r5 Aroostook soil is amenable
.t rag treatment, and that as
Ills may be expected from its
~ those sections Of the West
such favor.
h.. As Star-Herald heard from
III the comments made by those
oqv area the drag, or noticed
No fire and after its use, were
re. that it was doing very eff
5-s. and that very good results
. teiag obtained for the amount
ul money expended. On this
.1Umbus Hayford, who is
Aa-.astie, declared to the re-
It. 5000 laid out with the drag
In a40ds, will go further than
7r.ed with the road machine
NJ epair of a road after it is
s tIrnpiked. We do not I'M
.hst the advocates of the drag
,urnpiking of a road is its
t merely maintenance after
giO,. MIR. Hayford, however,
. ny the use of pillow and har-
T. ne says, should always be
IN uaking the most effective
aj machine, the split log
I in shaping a road quite
, l9- machine, and it has this
dat as it shapes it also packs
while the scraper leaves
. hat il has no resistance either
,c or to traffic over it.
Oh. as regards the drag and
.r this section, seems to be
I--a town properly districted
hands of men who will use
gently and take an inter-
work. Next, to so arrange
ar viii be used as it ought to
just at the right time to get
salt, from using it. There is
a- that the right handling of
uIre some experience and edu-
that in order to get the best
Anuld be used just at the
1a Which is when the mud is of
o .syency that it will spread
down under the drag to the
tage. If it is too thin and
is useless to put the drag at
# it is too dry little can be
ned with it in the way of
, and filing ruts and packing
-arface.
aa, the Star-Herald reporter
the work of the drag he Ger
moved to the conclusion that
If ranged so as to operate it
g gat time, it will give us bet
with the small amount of
cd this year, than we would
twice the amount expended
Ni methods.
'o.r is one that should be care
out the coming season, and
et to the end that the merits
+ he drag may be fully de-
rh time the town comes to
A natter of road building and
another season. -Presque
raId.