La Junta tribune., 1912-06-01

make satisfactory cuivertA TIE asst
viii ,oon decay. and the latter Il liable
10 break unless II il very carefully laid
Stone or concrete cu'verfs are the besa
and cheapest In the long run The
main things to bear in mind iu build.
,nr cuirerts are thnt they should have
sufficient csmcity 10 pu. kly iispose
OF the maximum now u rainwater
and that they nre given susiiciea fall
10 Keep themselves clean. In. ressed
fsI also increases the capacity. but II
much fall Is given the xpiliway should
,e paved and the outlet md intake pro.
t,-ted with suitable wing walls.
Al material subiet 10 decay. such
a. sod, grass or weeds and vegetable
mold. must be carefully excluded The
aim must always be to build n road.
way as solid and impcrvious to mois-
ture as possible. Water from every
source. surface or underground. must
BE- got rid Of Except In sandy or very
arid regions. water is the great enemy
II earth roads.
The earth road can best he crown.
81 and ditched with a reversible road
machine or scraper and not with picks
and shoyels. SCOOPS and plows. One
rad scraper with suitable power and
OPERATOR will do the work OF many men
with picks and shovels and do Il bet.
t#r The road scrapcr should be used
when the Soii IL damp. ~ that the soil
wil pack and bake. II II IL worked
dTg II takes more power To operate the
machine. and. furthermore. dry earth
aud dust retain moisture aud quickly
rut after rains.
shoulders are often formed on both
sides OF the road by constant travel In
from flowing into side bitches. retnin.
luE II In the ru's and softenlng the
roadway. These ruts and shoulders
con usually be- entirely eliminated by
d Judiciuus nse of tn. split log drag
The price OF good roads IL eternal
vigilance In maintenance. This II per
h1IrS even more true Of earth roads
fhJu any other. The rains and melt
ing snow soften the surface more or
less. ana passing traffic forms ruts
and depressions These. II allowed TO
rHmain. viii retain more watcr at tn.
ueXt rain. and more mud and deeper
rfs aud larger deprcsslons will he
formed II IL self evident. therefore.
that the main thing In maintaining
heavy soil roads must be To keep the
irIinagc good. For this purpose there
is nothing which equals the split log
.iE or other similar devices.
The principle NJ the action Of the
drag Is simply this: The ciays and
most heavy soils will puddle and Set
very hnri II worked when vet. The
!Hag IL essentially n pudding machine.
A ftcr each rain and while the earth In
.iili plastic. bu, no' sticky enough to
idber~ to the drag. one or two trtps
lp and down the rOad arr made With
I,se 1ssG. Outy . snsil aasvnt ~
Psrth h moved. just enOugh to Oil ~
ruts and si~pr~s~ions sud sDootis over
The surface with = ibtn layer 0f plastic
rlay. which packs very hard. 70 that The
'stAs iWso- sss~s~Sst w uu~sAU8 okS9
Bepre-sions in whkh 10 collect. runs
~. les~tnx the surface bUt little a.
fested
The time and istoe Involved 10 keep
Ing an earth mad pOprrly draGRed are
amaiI- Five dollars irrr mile pes year
s~~ms to lr aiSut the average Gust In
Ih~ mkidIr states The essential req
uisit~ is that the work shall be done
NJ the time II IL R-siesi This h the
point which s~-ins hardest to impress
IN the sverngc man The little atien.
riou the earth rosd nerds must bs
Eiveu promptly and 1t the prOl-r time
II the trst results are to liz OtNainesi-
We have lesOlne 20 accustomed In
Inc old habit of doing our rad work
II our convenience that we can hardly
force ourselves 10 reaiixe that any.
hing elae should IL even suxg~ssed
One thing IL sl's",usely c~vtain. and
ihrs IL that w~ win never have any.
hing like lmpN,vsSi earth r0ols until