Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-10-08

men on the Job and expect them, dr
not doubt but that we should receive re.
ports if patrolman should neglect hls
duty II should stand as a binding rule
that should a patrolman be found of the
Job by those in charge he should be dis
missed at once. ! have divided the miles
Of improved road into 80 districts. list
of which | attach showing the district
members, the location, length ~ miles
and the most convenient location for the
patrolmans residence along each patrol.
Also | attach a map showing these dl-
visions. On the 35 Of these 30 districts
which vary from four 10 seven miles N
length, depending on location, type Of
road character Of country and kind ~
traffic, should recommend an Individual
patrOlman paid q wage Or working day
and expected on the job every day rain
or shine For only during rainy weather
can he discover the drainage defects and
see how bcst to remedy them Also in the
winter he can keep culverts free of ice and
cut openings 10 get CUTTERS through snow
thus preventing the melted snow washing
down the wagon rIts and cutting through
the road surface ON the remaining dis-
tricts have called for patrolman givin.
but portion Of his time one week every :
month. These arc mostly short Isolate"
sections carrying light trafFic, but yet re-
quring some maintenance due primarily
70 action Of storms on them
ADVANTAGES or 0ANG PATROL
The gang patrol system has its greatest
advantage in that competent foreman
can be placed IN charge, and held r-
sponsible for all repairs He sees that each
detail Of repair * properly done and his
direct supervision eliminates chances to
loaf. thereby producing satisfactory and
efficient work Records, however when
both methods have been tried, show that
this greater efficiency Of the gang ls over
come by the daily efforts of The individual
patrolman On the job every day he
patches while the hole IS small While the
gang covers its territory maybe ionce IA
six weeks, the Individual covers his ter
ritory once every week He saves ma
terial and catches the repair before -
becomes q weakness TO the road, case
of A stitch in time saves nine, The in
dividual having to depend entirely on
himself soon realizes that the better he
does his patching the less he has 10 Do,
he IS inter sted to find out the best means
of repairing hole Thus instead of
having the personal interest of merely
Inc few foremcn, we would soon have
every indlYlQlat pAtfOnlAN CpWtetltR
with his neighbor In addition the gang
would often find they had no immediate
tse for their truck; u would stand idle
during The cleaning of a ciilvert Or . ditch
As such equipment is only economical
where IN motion, this would add 70 the
expense of the gang patrol.
DUTIES
The Duties of the individual patrmman
NAV be enumerated as follows
al Keeping water-proof The Irfsce
mat of tar covered macadam nv painting
with tar
- Filling and patching holes sur
face with tar and chips
tc Filling depression along side Of inn
proved road metal to prevent water from
lyiug along stone bed
4 Removing an trash tin cans nails.
old ron bottles etc
Replacing broken foor boards p
cuverts and bridges
t Replacing broken guard rails
Il Keeping cliiverts open
hi Cleaning bitches ard shoulders
II Cutting grass and weeds which keep
water from CUTTERS
ii r trimming brush and trees At curves.
Painting or whitewashing guard
rails. bridge and culvert heads