Cañon City record., 1911-08-31
TOOLS NEEDED IN
ROAD BUILDING
Cheap and Practical Machinery
Within Reach OF All.
GOVERNMENT REPORT

Roajs-Future Maintenance of High
ways Must Be Mapped Out Before
Anything Else is Done.
Road building is now occupying the
attention OF the people to a greater
degree than ever before. Building by
the old fashioned way is expensive
Tools that reduce the cost are within
rhe reach of every county. and ON this
subject a government report says:
I'm addition TO the shOyels. picks
and other ordinary implements Il COL
siderable outlay for machinery is nee
essary. In these days Of high paid ia
Dor and short working hours one rare
ly hears in this country Of macadam
stone being broken by hand.
There are maly kinds OF stone
crushers on the market Except for
city use and III cases where large
amount of macadam work Is done
every year within a comparatively
small area. large stationary plants are
undesirable There are several kinds
Of portable plants which may be
bought al prices ranging from Sl.GO0
20 900 which are admirably adapt
ed for country use These plants in
clude the stone crusher engine aud
boiler. portable bins. revolving screen
and an elevator to lift The stone after
It is broken aud 10 dis barge 1t into
the screen.
The outfits are mounted on wheels
and may be moved from place To place
at a comparatively small Gust Under
ordinary conditions from SjD TO 500
will pay th. expense OF SniftinG such
q plant from lis old Iu,ation TO a new
one several miles distant.
stone crush'.rs are variable tn their
output They all need much repair
work from time TO umr on accOuut uT
the severe uSa gp TO which they are
been mentioned from eighty to hun
dred tons tSixty 10 eighty cubic yards
OF broken stone per day may he ex
pected If the plant X kept in good
condition Surh an output IL usually
satisfactory sine a single steam rUstu
roller will not often roll more than
this amount In day The crusher
will take stones which measure up To-
approx imarPly by ~ inches in cross
section: larger stones require mauliuc
before they can be placed In the re-
ceivins oriuCe
In some places II may be found
more economical TO have the stone
shipped In from some permanent crush
ing plant than TO purchase a crushing
outfit and IL is well 10 consider this
feature carefully IL should also be
stated that. while the first cost OF the
road is Important. the costs Of future
maintenance Liust also be- taken into
account Ii IS sometimes economical
even nj greater initial cost TO i'm
port stone froui a distance II thereby
a more durable nd may be bad than
IS possible 5y the Use Of local stone
The crusher ~huud be sci up as
nearly a. practicable IN the center OF
the section To- h.. bIiIt. hut. >in,p much
water i needed tot the boiler for the
roller and for the watering cart the
site is oftru governed by the location
OF the water Suppy
III possible the cruSher should be
set low enough ~ that q platform
may be built az the level Of the open
ing which receives the stone This
platform should be sufficiently strong
to bear the weight OF the carts loaded
with stone for the cruSher With this
arrangement the large stones may be-
dumped upon the platform and fed
into the crllSher without further lift
ing
The workmen who set up the plant
should have had experience in this
work Much depends on the proper
alignment OF the several parts. and
many petty annoyances IN operation
will be avoided n the work Is done
properly in the rrst instance.
The steam road roller is now used
TO so great an extent that discussion
OF its advantages over the horse roller
is unnecessary Mncadam roads msy.
OF course. be Quilt with rollers drawn
by horses They may also be huilt
without ~ rollin. except by the
wheels Of moving vehicles But experi
encc has demonstrated that quicker
and better work can he done with the
steam roller and usually al less cost
4 SO called ten Jou roller Is SutncieEJ
v heavy fnr country ru8dS MuSi Of
the culvcriS and many Of the bridges
are too wcak 60 sustain With safety the
heavier rollers rhcrr are several ex
celleut maL,.s of such 0nlierS which
may be had 100 pr.c,s ranriuS from So.
zoo TO SS.Tat
"Snce water rs always needed ~
rolling tne maradam watering cart
or sprnslrr should ne provided The
rnad official cannot often afford 70 wait
for rain Most ~ these carts are pro
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