Evening journal., 1919-03-10
PATROL SQUADS TO
KEEP HIGHWAYSFlT
Duties of Repair Gangs De-
fined by County Engineer
Crubb
TO FILL IN HOLES
AND COAT WITH TAR


The Levy Court and County Engineer
Grubh are installing the patrol system
for the maintenance OF county roads
Engineer Grcbb has defined the duties
he expects Of the repair squads in the
road patrols IS follows:
(aJ keeping waterproof the surface
mat of tar-coyered macadam by paint
ing with tar.
OBJ Filling and patching holes in sur
face with tar and chips
tcl Filling depressiOns alongside OF
improved road metal TO prevent water
nom prying along stone bed.
(di Removing all trash, tin cans
nails, old iron, bottles. etc.
(el Replacing broken floor boards in
culyerts and bridges.
~ Replacing broken guard rails.
lgl Keeping culyerts open
hl Cleaning bitches and shoulders.
G) Cutting grass and weeds which
keep water from CUTTERS.
90 Trimming brush and trees at
curves.
Cll Painting or whitcwashing guard
rails, bridge and culycrt heads.
The engineer SAYS of the road patroli
The gang patrol system has lis great
est advantage in that a competent fore
man can De placed in charge and held
responsible for all repairs. lie sees that
'-ch detail of repair is properly done and
his direct supervision eliminates chances
10 loaf. thereby producing satisfactory
md efficient work. Records. however.
when both methods have been tried, show
ls overcome by the daily efforts Of the
individual patrulman ON the job every
day he patches while the hole Is small.
mic the gang covers its territory may
1c once in six weeks, the individual Gov
trs his territory once every week Tie
.aves material and catches the repair be-
lore lt becomes weakness Co the road.
q case oi a stitch iu time saves nine.
The individual having 10 depend entirely
% himself soon realizes that the better
le does his patching the less he has TO
io; hc i- interested TO find out the best
means of repairing a hole. Thus instead
oi having the personal interest of merely
a few forcmcn. we would soon have
very individual patrolmau competing
with hls ncighbor. In addition the eane
would often find they had no immediate
u~e for their truck. 10 would stand idle
during the cleaning of 20 culycrt or "a
ditch. As such equipment is ONLY eco
nomicol when IN motion. this would add
10 the expense oi the gang patrol
In strong letter which ho sc-it dur
ing the week TO every supervisor the en-
giHeer said in part:
I'm order that we may be iu closer
touch wiki your work and be enabled TO
Keep adequate records for public exam
nation, showing work contemplated. in
proercs-. and completed. we have had
prepared order blanks which we propose
TO issue for each job. These orders are
60 br known as work orders aud viii he
numbered. They are entirely separate
from those issued by 'he Levy Court for
Our orders VIII Dc primarily
for labor 10 place or use material or
ocred by the cmut.
"For a time they may cause Won it,
Gle trouble in keeping them straight.
However. / feel that you viii soon
recognize how much this red tape simpli-
flies our bookkeeping and how much
better wc can defend ourselves iu show
ing what returns have been given for
money spent Also by having what GER
tain kinds of work cost at one time We
viii be- greatly helped in estimating the
cost of q similar job later
"Nc viii request that before you un-
lcrtakc work that YOU will advise us
by mail, phone or in person that such /.
s, needed and obtain work order for
same. Then when You turn in your re- /
port az the end ot the week place the /
WORK ORDER number alongside of the I
mem, names 10 show 10 what job their .
work is charged.
You receive two copies of each work .
order. both of which are 90 be- filled ont T
on the back; You keep one ON your file .
and mail ms the other when that job /
Is completed These orders are 10 Dee /
held by you until you finish the work /
one week or longer but TO bc F.
turned in as soon as completed