Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1913-01-30
GOOD ROADS
Meeting Will
BE CONDUCTED
IN ATHENS VERY SOON
Will Sumter County Have a
Representative?

Announcement has been made here
that there will be held in Athens IN
February a meeting of.the Good Roads
School of'the University of Georgia To
this meeting are invited representa-
tives of the road department of ev-
erye county in the state, and invita-
tions have already been sent out to
these departments. The letter of ex-
planation of the purposes of the meet
ing is as follows:
1--WE will hold an important special
road school next month in Athens from
February 10th to 18th, inclusive. The
object will be to offer a short, practi-
cal course in the most important fea-
lures of local road improvement, so
that it may be of the greatest possi-
BILE benefit to those interested in the
practical solution of the road prob
lens of the various counties of the
state.
This course of one week will consist
of instruction by lectures and labora-
tory demonstrations and exercises,
supplemented by object lesson trips
over the roads of Clarke county. The
course will cover the following sub
jects:
Il. Methods of determining the
suitability of local road building ma
terials, including sand-clay mixtures
and top-soils.
"2. Principles of road location aud
relocation to reduce grades, remove
dangerous railroad crossings and inn
prove drainage.
"3. The selection of sand, stone Tor
graveD and cement for concrete con-
struction for every purpose.
a. Best methods of constructing
culverts Of concrete and other perma-
nent materials.
IS. Methods of mixing and placing
concrete for abutments, piers, culverts,
etc, and proper proportions to use for
these different classes of work.
"6 How to build and maintain earth,
sand-clay and top-soil roads to secure
the best results with local materials
"The above course is open to any
citizen of the state, Everyone at
tending this special road school is
urged to bring with him samples OF
the local sand-clay mixtures, clays or
top-soils used or proposed for use
in surfacing the roads of his county.
"Or if this is a new thing for his
county he is urged to bring samples
Of these materials which may seem of
value for road work. Those attending
will be instructed in the methods OF
analyzing these materials in our lab
oratory and each student will analyze
samples of materials from his own
county brought by him, and the in
struction given will thus apply di-
rectly to the problems of the counties
represented
Every feature of the course will
be based on the actual road needs OF
this state. The Today road school
held here in 1909 was attended by 65
persons and today in almost every part
Of the state there are to be found con-
siderable improvements in the roads
largely due to tle knowledge and ener-
gy of tn men who took this course. En-
orgy without knowledge often leads to
waste and loss of efficiency.
More than forty counties have al
ready taken up sand-clay or top-soil
road construction very largely as a re-
suit of the 1909 road school The
benefits accruing to each county
through the men who have taken this
course show the value of having your
county represented.
The only fee win be a registration