Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1913-07-10

become filled with leaves or rub
Ibish and the water can no longer
Irun away II the driYeways tina!
Istop the ditch water were rebuilt
$50 that no pipes were nj necessary
and the ditch could be left pen,
much trouble from surface water
would be stopped.
| III Sometimes road runs III across
low ground or through a sWa mp
where the road can not be drained
Iby side bitches alone. II the road
We're built higher like railroad
embankment across such low land
and made with crown, it would be
dry and hard. Sometimes a road
passes through what is called a cut,
This is a place where the earth has
been dug out SO that the road can
go over a hill without being too
steep. The water which always
flows quietly under the ground on
IMll sides is known as ground wa
ter. In road cuts # such water
sometimes makes the road very
muddy, and the road Il then needs
what road builders call under
drainage. A good kind Of under
drainage lis a trench to so along
under the side drain and about 3
fleet deep and a foot and "a half
wide. In this trench a pipe lis laid
near the bottom and covered with
loose stones no bigger than an egg.
When the trench is completely fill
| ed with loose stones the ground
water, instead Of soaking into the
roadway, will stop among the
|stones and flow down the hill thru
the pipe.
To keep road smooth and
crowned the best method lis ito drag
Fit with a road split. The log
should be about 6 or inches in
thickness and about s or 8 feet
long. The two halves Of the log
are set 8 feet apart with the
smooth faces forward and upright.
They are then fastened together
with braces set in holes bored thru
the log. a pair Of horses may be
fused to drag the road and are hitch
Led to chain fastened to the front
half of the log. The road drag
should move forward so that it
slants across the road in such a
way that a small amount Of earth
will slide past the smooth face Of
the log toward the center Of the
road, thus forming the crown. The
! edges Of the logs will smooth out
the ruts. The best way to drag is
to begin at the side ditch and go up
one side of the road, and then down
the other. In the next trip the drag
should be started little nearer the
|center and the last trip over the
road the drag may work close to
the center itself. Small ridges OF
/ earth will be. thrown in the horse
track and smeared by the round
side Of the log smoothly over the
road. The smearing of the earth
by the drag lis called pudding
and it tends to make the surface of
the road smooth and water tight
after the sun comes out. The road
is always dragged after it has rain
ed and not when it is dry. "a good
strong pair of horses with a we'll
built drag can drag about 3 or I
miles of road in a day, and til
the best way to maintain good
roads. In every county some far
lner along each 4 miles of road
should own a drag and drag the
road when it rains. He would al
ways find the road in good condition
when he goes to mark ct. 4s3 $ \. #5
i Owing to the fact that many ru-
j raj schools were closed at the time
when the prize maint enance essay
was announced BY Director Logan
Waller Page Of the office Of Public
Roads, it has been decided to ex-
tend the limit for receiving the es-
Says to October IS, 1919. In addition
to the gold medal given as first
prize, two silver medals will be
given as second and third prizes,
If q child who has submitted one
essay previous to the issue Of this
notice should care to try again, he
is at liberty to do 50, but he must
be q pupil Of q rural school. There
1 is some misunde rstanding in regard
4 TO the subject Of the essay. The
4 idea is to set the children thinking
5IhoW to better their earth roads
with the material they have at
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