The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1916-01-13


Road Crowned With a Slope Toward
the Side bitches of From Three
fourths to One Inch to the Foot.
Keep Side bitches Clean.
Water plus clay or ordinary earth,
when mixed, invariably forms mud.
On ordinary earth roads the rains and
melting snow furnish the water and
the passing traffic the mixing. and the
result is muddy roads. Take away the
water or prevent 1t from mixing WIN
the clay or earth on the road SURFACE
| and little or no mud will result. I'm
other words, keep your road dry if you
wish it to remain hard. smooth anu
free from mud,
| Except In very sandy or arid regions
good drainage is the cardinal principle
| in the maintenance Of earth and grave!
roads. Get the water away from the
road us quickly and completely as pos
si,,le Water naturally seeks the low
est level. You cannot keen the water
from falling on the road, but you can
assist Its natural inclination to get
away to lower level. Keep the ruts
filed and the road crowned with
s!eue toward the side bitches Of from
three fourths to one inch to the foot,
and the water will not collect on the
road and soak in and be mixed to mud
by passing traffic. Keep the side
bitches clean and with frequent out
} let's to get the water away from the
{ road entirely. Do not let the culVerts
clog I'D or material accumulate in the
, bitches and hold back pools of water
, to seal, into and soften the foundation
9 Of your road Water Is an enemy that
+ will run away If you give it chance
e Do not neglect to give 1t every chance.
= Like most other enemies, water +
= not very destructive or dangerous un
70 til it collects in force. Therefore ge
. the water away from your road at ev
Il cry available opportunity and before
4 il has time to collect in sufficient vol
r. ume to be dangerous to the road. ant
: do not invite certain disaster by max
,, ing your culverts too small to care TO
), the largest possible storm. Further
IL more. build the culverts SO that tn
8, water will of necessity flow through
:, them and not find way around or be
:e meath them. Properly designed sui
~ stantial wing and end walls are tn
= Notifications witch protect the culver
'v from attack and destruction during 81
l. we're storms. Do not build dry Weatf
/, err culverts: build them with a view t
5, caring for and protecting the road du'
OF ing the worst possible storms,
G. Make your road dry. build it har
81 and compact with a crown sufficient
~ she'd water rapidly to the side dltche
-. ~, and with ample culrerts and drain
of To keep your road dry maintain IL
A. drainage in good condition. Drag yot
IN roads after each rain. Dragging I'll
4, In the ruts, smooths the surface an
d. maintains the crown. On road whlt
,st has been properly dragged the IA
finds no place to collect and soak IN
Id and soften the surface Unless Il
rain is of long duration the surface
softened but very little AS soon
the rain has ceased and the road sl
'o. face dried so that the clay is Ii
~ sticky, but while 1t is still plastic. Or;
the road again. Any depression or I'll
me which have been formed during al
Is after the rain are thus Elled and t
IS ,oo+ho5 -, md D1astar
10, over with a thin plaster of clay
nj earth which packs and becomes We
to hard under passing tTaf:lc. Thereto
W. in order to make and keep your 70
dry first provide for coed drainage a
old then maintain the good drainage
, systematic dragging after each IA
OK Dilgent attention to these points W
in general insure an earth road fai
passablc at all times and very go
. most of the time.-Scuthern &c
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