The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1912-07-04

case 81 failuft reported aiief ~ haO
I been given twelve years trial IL
cheapness IS due to the fact that
most inferior stone can be used In
Z It's construction aud 10 tho shallow
excavation required 50 preparing II
To receive the stone II affords =
means of clearing many rocky pas
turc lands and gives the farmer
cash for a product he does not care
to have on the land Few farmers
object to road building when they
receive pay for clearing their own
and al the same time,
In addition v drains act as a
foundation. but It's real purpose is Of
course drainage V drains are fire.
queutly built Of brick bats or Stag;
ny porous material answers IN
purpose
Frequently water from springs APP
pears IN the banks and in some sec
lions this has been turned to good
advantage by providing a drinking
trough for the stock and also sup
oily for the automobile.
The construction Of a bern ditch
an the top OF the banks will dc
much TO divert the water from run
ming down over the slopes. and In
many cases prevent actual sliding OF
the banks Where there Is much
sliding over ledge section, a con.
crete wall has been faced up In
some instances. this is usually done
by clearing off the>,ledge and drill
ag holes and inserting dowel pins
,aforc the concrete forms are put up
Many chlYerts are blocked at their
nlets by having the material In the
slopes slide towards the culvert.
This IL easily avoided by building a
drop inlet with the back high
enough 10 hold the slope, while
The sides are low enough 20 admit
the water from the gutter
Surface drainage | need not enter
into as presenting any special pro
hlems beyond urging the paving Of
The cutters where the volume OF the
water calls for il. II water tend
t. undermine the paving. Il can he
hrckcd by driving two inch plank
The full width of the gutter to o
dapth Of three feet II this Is done
every thirty feet, there viii W little
tendency to undermine.
Many clay pipes are found brok
90. because the commissioner had not
placed "a cushion at the bottom OF
tbc trench, but had laid the pipe
iirectly on the ledge Naturally to
remedy this defect, will require
breaking the surface Of the road
Foundation.
Along this line call your a,fen
lion u tho necessity of cushion
gat wpcn The ledge and the gravel
wherever gayel construction is AT.
ter pted. also 10 the value Of Shout
der drains where advisable
Grades.
There Ia not much new material on
The subject OF grades, but | would
suggest in a lodge section keeping
The profile high as IL will not be
economy 10 balance cuts and fills In
such a section II will usually be
cheaper 10 nsort 10 a borrow pit
and fill low points, rather than
cut tho high points OF the grade
! have already mentioned the ad- /
vantage gained on drainage IN going
around the hin In place OF over It; |
sc also gain on the grading by going
around a hin rather than through |
The hill. as il Is only necessary &c
nj half the section for the road and .
n addition have but a short dis.
lance 10 haul the excavation. Wheel
,arrows can often be used for this
purpose
Line u 81 course a matter Of con.
.ern on a mountain road and sug
TEST tina, as far aa practical sharp
nrne be avoided and II impossible 10
70 this. have warning signs posted
~ way ~ caution In some states
MA Is mandatory not only near
harp urns. bnt near school house
aounda az well I, Is good plan
- sharp sirnE TO widen the road
i that point whenever ii can b.
lone
Many Of The mountain roads would
r. Improved hy omiiting the crown
.nurely and having The road slope
ownrd the han. much the same a.
1aee track i banked at the turns
81 The water falling on the road
hna flows down one gutter 70 out
eis usually euserfs under the
uaa
Sarfaelng.
III. material used for sarfAcing
.li yarF and win likely range from
loas heIpecu bennington and shei.
arne iaelnslye Pare $50 foT the