Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1922-01-12
The New vs.. the Old Way Of Keel :,
Up Roads.

curing tIS year you nave wIittSn
N the Register about the good con-
aItion OF the streets IN Snepnerdstown.
IL seems to me IL may be worth wni.e
10 try 10 pass along the way the streets
were tred.ed ~ your readers, IN hopes
inat II may reach some VINO nave
charge OF Ioad making ana repairing
tnat are sliIng 10 pront by the exper-
.ence VI MAJ UT Moicr. Inc Snepner4S-
Gown counCn p.acea the repair OF the
streets IA MAYOR Mo.ers nanus and ms
mas gwen tncm MS personal attention
ana considerable time.
by last Spnng CONSIDERABLE nUleS
haG SHOWN up N PAGES, and kuoy
jenkins was employed 10 maui hneIy
cruSntd Stone WIN nlS UuCN IrUIn
h~a,nSy SN lie 10 hi tneSe noleS. He
struck an e~tenoed RAINY spe.I, so that
tie wafer IN the hoes dIu not auow
tiS some 10 pack, ana al the end OIL a
Oupie ~~eAS most VI the S.Ons mad
been SpiaShed out OF the hoIeS.
Mr.. MOIer was somewhat AIScour-
as~I, Uu', Il was pointrA out TO MN
mat II tneSe NOES haa not uLvn uticu
~nen Ihey werc they wouiu nave been
sSiy mucn larger at Tie enc oi the rainy
spei. tnan they nen were.
After SIuoyIng the matter he de-
cINed 10 Try aga.n, ana Inis time the
results were mucn more satisfactory,
and soon we had smooth streets, and
the vehicles using the streets aid not
have TO urIve over rough stone until
they had them ground DOWN, as is the
case wnen SIone from our crusher are
used.
hill hoI
Tor some time, so men were employed
10 ciean the gutter out and throw the
material over IN the middle OF the road
lnen two car-loaAS OIL ninety crush
Cd rock were Snppel from EngIe'S
Enough trucks and carts were gotten
TO maui the rock from our Stauon, so
t.'at al nanuS, ioaQerS ar me car,
iidu els ana distributors On the road
were kePt ouSy and no tlme was Ost
linen coat OF oil was put on the
i.SiS- stone ana a Coaung Oi line
SAM on Top OF. thar. IIIS AL mas
packed nicely, and as the miudle of
'Iie ROAD is now nIgn enough the
ram water IS turned into the gutter,
"nrre lormerly mucn OF TIE wafer
ian aown tne m.dAIe or Tie road.
Aoout $4,000 was Spent on this nil
and about oiIo.OO putting IN pipes to
carry ram wafer unQer me street at
the flremen'S nall
Inc corporation has up to date spent
al! told aoout 900 on this KIND of
work, and aoout $1,000 more snou Il
keep the streets in fine shape to the
END OF the financial year. Mr. Moler
ANS TO Keep nliing the hoes up as
sOon as they appear, ana with ten
oency TO Keep raising the centre of
the road, IN TO case hillng clear across
the street, as he realizes that water
on the street Is what causes them to
wear. AS soon as he notices a num-
Der OF hoies he passes the word to Mr..
JENKINS, ana IN a few hours tney are
| hXed up, and as only Shovelful or
TWO are needed In many places, truck
load goes quite piece, ami as Mr..
jenkins distributes the stone himSei Il
there is NJ time oSt.
Mr. Moier Gains that the finer the
stone the better, and by putting oil
and little sand with the stone will
PACK PETER an last longer, as the oil
| excludes the water. AS | SAID above.
water Is the roads greatest enemy. In
othel ~oraS, the roads can be kept
]
1t pays to use oil.
Inc citizens of the town paid S237.-
w 10 buy oil, and in front of their
properties the streets were swept, the
| art hauled out and a coat of OIL and
sand app led. The property owners
were willing TO pay for the oil to al
! ieViate the dust nuisance for the sea
son. The corporation paid for sweep.
ing the streets, hauling the dirt away
and putting the oil and sand down
| some th.ni ii would be better 10
sweep that dirt TO the middle of the
Street, and then put oil enough on to
absorb all the dirt. Last year the cor.
porahon spent $1,000 on the streets
aont Know of any special work that
was done, but suppose it was prac.
tcaliy al spent in getting out rock
crushing and hauling them and keen.
ing machinery in repair.
so we have not only the big diff.
! ference IN TN" amount spent, bur very
much smoother streets.
heari a successful business man
say that 1t would pay our county IN
sell every piece Of machinery we have
| In view OF the fact that we have these
| hnely crushed rock at Kearnevsville
Engie's and M,llvil c, he may be about
right The stone hauled to Shepherds
toWn were paid for by the ton, so il
Is possible even trucks could be dis.
penSed with, as it is claimed much time
Is lost with our trucks. In this CON
nectlon | notice that farm oreanlza-
IONS over the country in increasing
number are protesting against spend
ing such big sums of money on sho1,
pieces of roads, to the neglect OF Other
ROADS They want more OF the money
spent where most Of the people will
gel the benefit OF it, and are gradually
setilng around 10 using the an Mir
Moler used in Shepherdstown last