New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1912-02-21

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ditching or crawling to be done.
This work, If approved by the county
board, shall be constructed by the
township board under the supervision
and advice of the State Engineer and
by the Commissioner of the District,
and subject to bis approval. When
such work has been completed and
approved by the state engineer and .
detailed statement showing the nature
and cost of such work has been filed
with the county auditor the county
board will pay one.half the cost of
such work, such cost not to exceed the
estimate of the township board and no
allowance to be made by the county
board in case work is not approved
by the State Engineer.
In all new road construction whether
making grades, ditching or cutting of
hills, the services of the State
Engineer shall be required and all
work must be carried out as designated
by him. Such services are paid by
the State Highway Commission and
entail no expense on the county or
township.
All roads, before crawling is done
on them, must be perfectly drained
and properly graded and rounded up
and must be perfectly smoothed and
rounded up in the center with split
log drag. Such grade shall be at
least l6 to 20 feet wide and the crown
shall not be less than six inches and
in new construction work not less
than ten inches. The distance between
bitches along both sides of the road
shall be 30 feet and on swampy ground
the distance shall be SO feet. No sod
shall be used in the construction of
any road unless it can be covered by
at least two or three feet OF solid dirt.
II order to encourage proper
graveling OF roads the county COM
missioners will agree to pay at the
rate OF 10 cents per cubic yard for all
gravel placed on the road which 10
taken from approved gravel pits and
placed upon roads that are properly
drained, graded and crowned and all
holes and ruts having first been filed
with solid clean dirt, provided further
that such gravel be free from sod,
vegetables, soils or foreign matter
and that it be evenly and smoothly
deposited to rope lines laid true and
parallel to the center line at q distance
of not less than or more than 8 feel
and all stones more than one inch in
size be kept below the finishing surface.
On all roads designated as state
roads no change shall be made there
on without the consent of the State
Engineer and after state or county
funds have been expended upon any
portion of said road all work there
after done on such portion must be
done according to the rules and
regul atoms of the State Highway
Commission, whether done by county
or town authorities. No further
allowance of county or town funds
can be made on such improved road
If the postmaster or township officers
allow sod or vegetable matter to be
placed thereon, or allow dirt to be
placed upon graveled portions or
allow bitches and culverts to become
or renain clogged to the detriment
of the drainage system. The practice
of using the highway for turning
place with plows or other farm imple-
ments must be stopped, by enforcing
the state laws against destroying
bitches and mutilating highways, 1t
necessary.
A very important part of road work
is general maintenance and to this end
the best qualified man in each district
should be chosen and when an over
seer has demonstrated his ability he
should be retained as long as possible
in this position, thereby becoming
more valuable to the town through his
increasing knowledge of the details OF
road work and especially the drainage
system.
Whenever q low place appears in
the travelled track it should be filled
with the same material of which the
road is made. Weeds and brush must
be cut down on the right Of way and
burned. Whenever the growth of
trees on the sides casts too much
shadow on the travelled track it should
be thinned out and all remaining trees
trimmed to height OF at least feet.
It is most important that ruts and
holes be kept out of all roads as they
hold water from every rain and soften
o,d bod This can he accom-