The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1919-01-14

OF lJl0SAnA WDFyESOQ1 peCkeQ 1nE0 &:
compact lq8ss like cpR6rSte ON maca
dam. The gravel ,wasr loaded int
dump wagons byA The use Aofsteam
to scraps itupl nnSasbrtage buiitSpye'
a cut where the wagon stood TO sre
ceive the load. A hole In the bridg'
allowed. the gravel to, pour. into thu
wagon when dumped out Of thu
scraper in the center of the LITTLE
bridge. This method Of loading il
inexpensive as seompareds with hand
work, but infinitely more, expensive
than the suse of the steam shovel. "a
Nature Prepared the Way n,sa-,
Nature 5,prepared everything she
could for lusSwhen the gravel with the
cement already mixed inn'was dspos'
tied in the long ridge extending, dowt
from the mountain. Nature also
plowed the gulch night alongside> lol
the gravel deposit SO thatha railroad
tracksscouldl be laid without much
expense in leveling Off the Iroadbed
The elevations are right in every re-
spect for easy operation b The cars
could cbe planted In the right rela.
ton for the height of Y the steam
Shovel n The grade of the road itself
is about right to make o 1t easy to
"spOt'b the cars opposite the steam
shovel all day without the use of "a
lOcomotiveoddThe train crew could
push iasi train of cars up past othe
steam shovel and set the brakes, and
any or all of the cars would move
downsto the steam shovel when the
n,ro II oc rnln caA "a NXyI,a~2 AM al
they would again mo vel downFas far
as desired to make roomu for the
others. When train load wasIready
they would dbe on aasiding where a
train of emptiesl could fbei pushed up
past them for loading, and sthe1loaded
train could be taken back by the en-
CINE andNcrew thatabr0ughtnthe emp
ties up These could be taken down
thru thee county and pushed ups on
any high line and Iunloaded enamsse
by the sweep OF the locip lever The
cost of loading would slight the
cost of unloading 'wouldwbe almost
nothingp and itswouid stflldbe in eie-
waited bins ready to be dumped again
by the use of q lOckieverSintO wagons
or motor trucks that would haul 1t
out tosi its place and again dump II
into the roadbed. The steam shovel
Is the cheapest known method for
loading gravel on the cars, and the
train haul and the motor truck haul
are the cheapest means yet devised
for transport and distribution IT,
gives all partslof the county an equal
chance for receiving the benefits of
hard roads, if they are within haul
ing distance Of the railroad. 1t is
not considered advisable toyhaul the
gravel more than four or five miles
by motor truck and hauling 1t by
team and wagon is Imore expensive
and should not 8 be hauled that far
unless the piece OF road designed toll
be graveled is especially bad and re-
quiring unusual sacrifice to- meet the
needs OF travel 80 o2A1AA aa1Dl q 'Sm|
Every Community Favored II
BY locating the high, lines ,as, in
dictated in, this, chapter and drawing
a line In, any direction, from them and
from the gravel deposits, at Goshen
it will be seen that almost all Of the
heavily traeyled roads in the, county |
will be within five miles of some high |
line. AS the work of road building
progresses, other high lines. can be |
built or longer haufs can Be- made |
where peoples Judgment dictates. !
The first three or four high lines |
could be- built whore the heaviest |
distribution was needed for -fhe initial |
road work and the others erected |
after the; first ones were, In opera
sioh. ipaGs d3fji 5d0N IT B1M bua i
During9a Favorable Winter Eo9J
In @ season like this winter has
been, IL It were desirable to 'use1
teams and wagons and Oct everybody
be making some money, even tho 1t
were somewhat more expensive than +
motor trucks, quite an army OF men |
could be getting the materials on 4
the ground, speeding UP the improve /
ments without letting much Of theI'
money, go out of the county. II sets
of motor trucks and strailers we're
kept at the task all summer, that
would probably be the most economi-
cal haul and the most economical
w" t2ei e79hW ,n9b2u 3ofI
Two Methods OF, Road Making
There are two methods for making
this gravel and the native soil into
3 roadbeda One is very inexpensive
because 1t requires but q small
of gravel. No test has yet
been made to show, how, we'll or how
ong 1t would carry the traffic Of
heavy strucks land swift motor We
1icles. 1t Is one half Of the process
Of the more expensive method and
when the first half was done 1t could
De finished by the application of the
,ther half at, any time without any
oss by the intervening time. The
,ther method, the complete method,
will be more expensive, but yet much
ess expensive than any other hard
urfacei yet proposed, with such ma
erials as are1ayailable in this county.
The process of making the road ID
led will be treated in the next chap
er.
DIED AT GOSHEN
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