Middletown transcript. [volume] (Middletown, Del.) 1868-current, 1910-10-01
THE KING LOG ROAD DRAG
Farmers in the Stale TO be
Instructed in Its Use

More and more are those interested il
good roads realizing the work that can b,
done by the "King Log Road Drag" i
used properly; and plans are to be inan
gurated in this State, as stated in Ecer1
Evening 8 few days ago, to instruct The
farmers in tie use of the drag. Thou.
sands of these drags are being used in
other States and so successful have they
been that the number is increasing BY
leaps and bounds each year.
Those who are familiar with the main.
tenance Of roads claim that the king drag
with but little work and time, improves
the roads 100 per cent. if properly used.
County Engineer James Wilson has ad.
vocated the drag in this county for some
time, and is using q few of them. Now
sshtsat shtsatt the tthe DelaWare- Automobile Aasncia.
tion has also taken the matter up, il is
expected that hundreds Of them will be in
use this fall and next spring.
James M. Mcdonald, the Highway
Commissioner Of Connecticut, who is
recognized as an authority among road
builders has the following to say on Che
subject.
There are great many different kinds
of systems advanced for improving our
country roads. One of the simplest, and
one which every individual farmer can
employ now, to-day, without any money
and with much benefit to his road, is the
system of dragging the dirt road by his
farm by the Split-Log Road Drag. Farm
ers can make such drag in a few hours
by simply splitting log in half, eight
feet long. If the farmer takes these split
pieces, the split surfaces facing to the
front, and fastens them with stout slaves
three feet apart, according to the direc-
tions given by Mr.. King of Maitland, No.,
the inventor of the drag, the farmer will
have a simple road implement that will
make fine, smooth country boulevard
out of the worst neglected dirt road in the
community. The secret of successful
road making with the road drag will de-
pend upon dragging the. road after every
rain, filling in the ruts, smoothing outthe
uneven places and building a high crown
in the middle of the road SO that the
water will run into the side bitches in.
stead of standing in the middle.
That interest in the improvement Of
our ordinary, neglected, country high.
ways throughout the nation is being slim
llated and is also leading to much in
JURY regarding the split.log method of
-oad improvement is evidenced from all
Iides through the activity of many auto
mobile clubs.
Over 100 drags are in actual use in Lam
,aster county as the result of the Automo-
bile Clubs efforts for good roads. Many
more persons have been induced to adopt |
his system in Chester Co. The Motor |
Jiub of Harrisburg took the matter up
md introduced the drag in Daughin |
county among the supervisors. The Pitts. |
,urg Automobile Club, under the efficient |
Erection of their secretary, Paul G.
Wolff, has induced the supervisors of
Allegheny county to take hold of the
natter with the result that they have
ound that while it formerly cost $35 to
a piece of road, noW-it costs
$50. The Good Roads Association of
.ycoming county has over 800 drags work
Dg on the country mileage of their dis.
riot. There are over 10000 drags
7orking in the State of Illinois, through
be agencies of various good roads advo-
ates. There are over 10000 drags at
Iissouri, and an equal number in Iowa.
thirteen years ago only one man was
Raging the roads regularly after each
ain or wet spell. That man lived at
falkland, Missouri. His name was D.
Yard King, the inventor Of the split-log
rag. Eight years ago there were two
len in Mr.. Kings territory that dragged
be roads regularly. The following year
here were seven men. Gradually the
dings of the good results achieved by
lis economical method of road making
nd road maintenance have spread, and
ven as far as Australia the good roads
ord Of salvation from mud by the use
the road-drag has gone forth.