Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1914-07-18

De given the drag wherever IL will &C
complish the desired results. The
crown should be made about ga of an
inch to the foot and the roadway
should be II feet wide in a cut and "a
feet wide on FILL The slopes should
not begin either in a cut or a fill until
these widths of travelled way have been
secured. The gravel used for repair
ing should have good wearing quail
ties and be placed along the center
line of the road. After the road ma
chine or the drag has been used and
it is found that more material is need
ed to finish the surface to the required
crown, the best material which can be
obtained within a reasonable hauling
distance should be used and no stone
larger than / 1-2 inch shall be used
within inches OF the finished sur
face. This size will be the maximum
allowable in the finishing of all work.
DRAGGING.
The split log drag is especially adapt
ed to smooth out and fill ruts and
holes and is much more economical
for this purpose than the road ma
chine. The road machine is practical
are to be moved. Use the drag wher-
ever possible.
SURFACE TREATMENT WITH OIL
OR TAR.
When the surface needs Treatment
with bituminous material such as
oil or tar, the road shall first be shap-
ed and a clean, hard surface free from
loose material should be obtained. It
is often necessary to clean surface
with horse sweeper or hand brooms,
The sand to be used for taking up ex
cess binding material shall be coarse,
clean and sharp.
RESURFACING OF WATERBOUND
MACADAM.
When waterbound macadam road Ia
badly worn and needs to be resurfaced
by adding new stone to build the sur
face of the road up to the required
crown, the old roadway be loosened
by using the spikes in the wheels of
the roller or by using the scarifier
which is generally the most economi-
cal.
Resurfacing may be done without
loosoning the old road, where good.
hard stone Is to be used, by being
very careful in spreading and rolling
so that the new stone will be we'll
bonded to the surface of the old road,
This method should be used just as the
frost Is out to obtain the best results.
DON'TS.
Don't use six horses on a road ma
chine where four can do the work and
even two are sufficient in some cases
where only a small amount of materi-
al is to be moved.
Don't use a road machine when a
split log drag will do the same work
and save money.
Don't build a split log drag SO heavy
that it will take more than one pair
of horses to haul it.
Don't place eight men around a cart
to load gravel when four is the most
economical number to use
Don't allow a team to leave the nit
half loaded. The same amount of
gravel should be hauled each trip and
it should be a fair load
Don't haul first load of poor gray,
ell and then load of good gravel, and
place them side by side as this will
make the road wear uneven. Use ma
teriai that runs uniform. Place the
men and the teams so as to obtain a
fair days work from everyone 1t re-
quires judgment to regulate the men
and teams to obtain the best results.
Keep track of the distance hauled by
each team and see that it has travelled
at least Is miles at the end of each day
instead of having made only IA miles.
See that each man has shoveied at
least ~ yards of gravel into the carts.
instead of only 3. Each load of gravel
placed on the road should be handled
over once instead of having the top
Knocked off. Knocking off the top of
the load of gravel makes the surface
of the road full of waves which are un-
desira BILE.
Don't allow the cost of spreading
gravel to run up to 12c per Gu. yd.
when 1t should not be more than SC or
&C per GU. yard.