The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1912-05-16
AIDS IN ROAD WORK
State Tells of Best Methods
for Improving of County
Roads.
ALL COUNTIES ARE ACTIVE
Road Work in State Promises to Set
Record for Year and Make Steps To-
ward Permanent Improvement of
Roads in All Sections of the State.

sion mas issued TWO new ledHeCS, NO.
u and No. 3, for the information of
highway officials for building stone
and gravel roads and the second con-
taiIs the opinions given by the attor-
ney general office since the state aid
law went into effect, which are re-
garded as Of general interest to those
in charge of road work
In the suggestions for stone and
gravel road building the commission
states that itAexpects all roads t. Sc
built in accordance with the directions
given unless they are modified with
its consent and says if they are fol
lowed good results will almost certain
lily be secured. It adds that while the
state commission will help with sug-
gestions, each county commissioner
must cultivate the habit of going
ahead and getting results; that the
man who must have each small point
settled by the state highway engineer
is hardly move valuable than tie man
who does bigger things wrongly--but
does them.
After giving specific instructions
for the building Of stone and gravel
roads, the leahet concludes with these
general suggestions to road builders:
Don't try to finish over 400 feet
of road at once 1t is customary to
finish up each night or every other
night the road ready for finishing.
Have all loads hauled the same size.
1t helps to make spreading easy.
Keep traffic off the road while it
is being built. A road can't be finish
ed with teams constantly passing over
the stone.
Usually it is best to commence to
build road at the point farthest from
Irock or gravel supply, for many rea-
sons, although if built the other way
Tue new IOdu Cdu De uSGu DIS uHlSuou,
which cuts down the hauling cost, es-
specially over sand.
Don't lay stone in the mud, but
wait until it dries ont.
Don't roll first course of stone too
much. If dirt comes up SO it shows,
stop rolling.
Don It be afraid to roll the second
course after you commerce to apply
screenings. The more it is rolled the
better the road win be.
If the stone crawls ahead Of roller,
roll very slowly. In general, it is best
not to run roller too fast.
Put screenings on evenly and a thin
| layer at time--the roller will work
them into the spaces between the
stones.
One cubic yard Of stone will lay ~
lineal feet of 8 foot road, inches
thick; 9 feet, inches thick; feet,
5 inches thick, and 6 feet, inches
thick.
The road you are proud of building
costs very little more than the road
you have to apologize for.
Attention to little details that seem
hardly worth while will make the diff
ference between a fine road and just
road.
Hustle!
From all over the state come reports
of activity in road work this spring.
The skirmish is over and the good
roads battle in Wisconsin is on in
earnest. From Rio, Otsego township,
Columbia county, John j. Hansen
writes that the one and three-fourths
miles Of crushed stone road, built ON
the Madison and Rio highway last
year cost 81 rod, including the
1quarrying and crushing Of the stone.
/ The road is nine feet wide and ten
inches thick. This piece of road was
almost impossible in dry weather be-
fore its improvement, on account of
the deep drift sand, but it is now
one of the best in Columbia county.
This season another mile Of road.
running west from the first, is being
heavily macadamized in the same way
and the highway commissioner has al
| so started work at the village limits
on the Rio and Columbus road, to con
meet with last years work. The
amount to be expended on this road
this year is $1,000.
In Ripon the road officials for some
time past have been working with the
idea that permanent road building is
the cheaper method in the end and
with the completion Of the macadamiz-
ling of Eureka street all the five
main throughfares leading out of Ri
pom will have been macadamized to
the city limits.
!. Exclusive of the down town dis
Itrict, says f. A. Preston, about eight
miles Of macadam road have been
built, with the result that in all wealth
sers the main roads leading into the