The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1911-07-07
ROAD MAKING PROCESS SHOULD
BE TRIED HERE


The following from an exchange
should be OF interest to every citizen
of the county and should be tried:
Under the new state road law in
force there is likely to be a great i'm
provement in the roads of Kansas
during the coming year, as provisions
have been made whereby the counties
/ will have direct charge of the work
on all of the main roads established
as county highways. The state road
law also gives the townships more
their roads. A set of road dragging
authority for the improvement OF
instructions is being sent 10 all of
the township road officials by. State
Highway Inspector Gearheart. The
instructions are as follows:
Make a light drag, which is hauled
over the road at an angle Of about 10
degrees. so that small amount of
earth is pushed to the center OF the
road.
Drive the team at a walk.
Begin at one side of the road or
wheel track. returning on the opposite
side.
Drag the road as soon after every
rain as possible. but not when the
mud is in such condition as to stick
to the drag.
Do not drag a dry road.
Drag whenever possible at all sea-
sons of the year.
The width of the travelled road to
be maintained by the drag should be
from sixteen to twenty feet First
drag a little more than the width of
single track. and then gradually in
crease until the desired width is OBJ
tanned
Always drag a little earth TO the
center Of the road until it is raised
from ten 10 twelve inches above the
edge OF the travelled way.
II the drag cuts too much shorten
the hitch
The amount Of earth that the drag
will carry along can be very consid-
erably controlled by the driver &C
cordingly as he stands near the outer
edge or away from it.
When the roads are first dragged
after very muddy spell the wagons
should drive. II possible. TO one side
until the road has a chance 10 dry
out partially.
Dragging reduces the mud in wet
! weather and the dust in dry weather.
The best results from dragging are
obtained only by repeated applications.
Remember. that constant attention is
necessary to maintain an earth road
in its best condition
| 1t costs from 81 10 SO per mile per
year to drag a road. depending upon
the particular road, the soil and rain
fall and amount of traffic.
The River-to-River road and other
tourists roads in Iowa are not for the
automobile owner and the tourist
alone. People who made such charges
when the project was proposed have
long since been silenced. Farmers in
every part of Iowa are eager to have
such reads pass their farms. One
man has offered z thousand dollars
70 have the routing Of one OF these
main roads changed so that il might
pass his own farm and put his home
On the main Travelled highway be-
tWeea Iwo important points.
RiFec-toR-ve- farmers place the
value o. he road &c their farm land
at Sle per acre. Nor only has the
improved road rl2ced them in easier
and quicker communication with the
market place put is has gone far TO
remove tie dreaded isolation OF
farm life They find il easier 10 20
and come form TIE city and to visit
their ne.ghbors. They find that The
sweeping by with d wave OF the hand
and cherry greeting add a new touch
OF human interest TO the drudgery OF
their farm work absolutely unknown
before. The boys and girls have their
longings for the sights and social
pleasures of the city to a certain ex-
tent and they are more content to re-
main on the farm.
The River-to-Riyer road is not
macadam surface nor a brick pave
mert. Il is simply a dirt road tina.
gets slippery and muddy when it
rains. But a few hours sunshine and
the wind and trip with the road
drag consuming half an hour for a
mile of the road. and it is as good
or better in many ways than pave
ment till the next storm, when the
drag must again be brought into op-
Grafton.
For summer diarrhoea in children