Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1921-06-10
Road PatrOlmen Discuss Matters
With Expert Road
Engineer
PEAK-CROWNED ROADS
SHOULD BE CHANGED
State Engineer Points Out Waste of
Material As Well AS Danger i'm
Such Construction

An interchange of ideas on road
a county road school held at the court
house Tuesday afternoon, though some
other points, such as patrolman reports
came up and were discussed.
County Highway Commissioner
KOehler presided and after opening
remarks introduced Wm NJ Sherlock,
of Superior, assistant division engi-
neer of this district.
Mr. Sherlock spoke on the con
structiOn, repair and maintenance of
dirt roads, and he illustrated his talk
with cross sectional diagrams showing
three types of roads common to this
part of the country. But only one of
the types presented was the right one
to construct and maintain, according
to the state highway commission. and
as explained by Mr.. Sherlock.
The Ideal Road
The Illustrations showed high
rolling-crowned road, a high peaked
crowned road, each having sharp, mar
row-bottOmed side bitches, and a third
IOdu III Il uIOIP lever Dul
with grade enough to carry off the
water, with shoulders more nearly
square, and bitches with rounded bot
toms. This kind. Mr.. Sherlock said, is
nearly the ideal grade for the dirt road.
He seemed to make it all very plain
III his talk to the road men.
He spoke of the Inconvenience and
n ,f bo i,rJ,
ticularly the peak-crOWned road, when
rains make them slippery, and he re-
lated his own experience of SlippnG
into the ditch with his car because OF
the utter impOSsibility of keeping out
of it i'll passing or meeting vehicle,
on account of the sharp side grades.
) There is waste of good road ma
terial in the peak of sharp-crowned
road, Mr.. Sherlock said. that should be
placed where it will do some goOd-in
broadening the shoulders of the road.
This may be done with the grader very
nicely after a little practice.
Careful Planning Counts
On the question of the amount of
work a patrolman can accomplish the
assistant engineer said that it was
largely in the planning. He said he
knew of some patrOlmen who had ten
miles of road to keep up who would
keep it in good shape and have time to
go fishing, while others with six or
seven miles under their care were al
ways behind in their work, simply be-
cause they did not plan ahead care
fully enough. and far enough.
Another subject he touched on was
the matter of keeping the mile posts
in plain view of travellers by keeping
brush or other Instructions away from
them. and also keeping the culvert
ends free from weeds, grass and brush.
PatrOImen Reports
Commissioner KOehler called on Fl.
W. True to address the patrOlmen on
the matter of making up their reports
to the county. The speaker held a
bunch of reports in his hand and in
friendly way and with kindly advice
pointed out errors in some and com
mended the good work in others. Mr..
True has had Il good deal of eXper-
fence in highway bookkeeping and
The following is list Of the patrol
men at the meeting and who took
part in the discussion Harry Olson,
Hawkins. No. 1: JAS. Chambers In
gram, No. .: c. J. DeMuir. No. 3; RObt.
Prouty, Ladysmith. No. 4; j. r. Nc
Farland, Conrath, No. 5; Alex Skelly,
Bruce, No. 6 f. ID. Tuttle, Apollonia,
No. Z: John KaSsela, Weyerhaeuser,
No s: Sam Stewart. Bruce, No. 9:
John ScOleS Bruce. No. 10; NJ. 5.
Deerwester, Bruce. No. II. The fol
lowing foremen were present: Joe
Koehler. Albert COuey. Sole Garfield,
H. $. McHugh, ThOs. Gunderson. Hen
ry Gerberding, Sam Johnson. A few
town chairmen were interested in the
talks. among who was noticed j. K.
Ducklow, Frank thinner, Burbank, and
Jobn Erickson