Show THE LIFE OF A HOAD ROAD IT T ON CAREFUL construction AND ANO REPAIR a arlea taren of maid IU wn weil computed M att IM a attall Ot taLl U lasto and 1 bial holes are allf 11 emeary cl of permanent stu cloth lilt readily to b repaired ired anil which will 14 L free from front awl mud duct dust and ater titer at all 11 II are n the of ci a good road lun dreda of miles ot of are u being built annually with thes acudo tu in view but tho the object desired an are not alway always obtained partly oa on account ot of imperfect mid nod partly ou on no count of inadequate and improper cure faults in ct are ro failure to 0 o pat put down the road metal meta properly and a teu tendency deney to depend eu on irray as t r ewh 11 ri 11 chig friall tri 11 all to u kut 6 eta e ta 0 1 atla 1 I 1 W alio bottom liia crof stoob donile in not rolled until it to bell 11 ell rocked before the upper layer if Is put lint on and this in torn turn is nut but rolled until ill elior 0 r compacted before wrt bugs 0 are 19 applied iturbe roller aro are itly but will bot do the work ly bortt ut uw of a R steam roller of p about 16 15 tout tons la in needed to accomplish its it desired cud I 1 sell layer of acue should be thoroughly rolled ix fore the tb next CUB one Is applied and ilao bould bo be made so firm that a piece of loose laid oa on it would bo crushed by a roller rattier rather than driven drivell into the th roadbed with proper pressure ho the broken alone it bini bind by iti its own angles and nahe make a soled be bt I 1 when this if Is accomplished 1111 the only bic me aerial required is 1 a little bluely tone or kneiling in some rolling Is very foods don lone and before the tone is I 1 compacted quo of clay aro are dump ed on the surface ur fACO after a light r ll i has ha been arru over lbs 1 a mat of UD ant li Is spread on and r boope roller an evey j b but in vt 1 i I 1 ii obtain sin I 1 I 1 tt 1 at op u 1 16 Z t 11 T T TC F I 1 1 I mw N Z t I 1 R 1 I 1 I 1 1 10 I 1 6 I 1 1 IMMA work through the 1 material it uneven and mid rough fa in spots pot very doy doey lu in dry wc weather uther nit ruts appear mud od leopla aa wonder what ie in the matter this method ii Is much la in vogue where aap lock rock li Is plenty cud and in i defended on the ground blat the rock in 1 so bard hard that it require requires a binder to hold it cr or ami and it if 18 then that clay and screenings ni net be banged used to protect the brines ur face ines the hardness of the mat erful and its it exe client wearing aties are lire admitted but a slovenly ll method ct of instruction is i and an effort ele je to unite end and preserve the th oreace u by earth h and dot instead of compacting tho file by their own angler angles barough the awot one of ado ade quote rolling o 0 and to keep it in to ir fix normal norvial state through dry weather by regular anil it sprinkling A good road ie in oua one on which neither just nor mud accumulates aud nuit which doe does not wear into rats ruts travel always tends to accumulate mud but the dim culty ii is auga buted by he the tree free use of any soft or aua material to serve for binding ordinary ac alcum cum lations can readily be removed by crap wrap lue lug te roal road after raia rain jut but this i fit carefully avoided in place places abero here clay 14 used 1 iu in ill abr process of con cot st truc ruction tiou the cil leacy of proper rolling in is ignored and said earth ii is for it removal if t mud ie its not permitted when rala allow alloh a it toworu to work to the tur sur fa but occasionally in 1 dry lher a littia denst ii is wept swept off the way to preserve maca macadam daut in dry weather and t in leep keep it alway always in good condition ii Is to give it a moderate amount cf of r bud and this cannot be insured unless municipal in on thorntie tho ritie ies undertake talo the work jt it if to a poor policy to build expensive road roads and leara leave them to the fate afterward lvery town and city ought to maintain and operate a tit number of carte carts to moisten all it its roaul roa it 1 is an ingari ous arsura and antiquated policy polley to leare leave a ork of such public importance Import anco to private which of course wil will not ea go l immediate personal with the constant removal of mud and duit dust comes the repair bf cd rut ruts and hole holes immediately oil their appearance lvery depres should be promptly ailed filled with stove of suitable tui table fize olm and any piece that work oat out hould should be at once replaced la in lwort constant A atch etch i fulner and care are caseta tint to the vatious cf gond roads and it if it i worth while to pui put into highway highways the urn bitus that the ho beet roads cot cost it ie is barely r arth while to tako take the beaw reasonable em required to maintain them in good goodbub hr satisfactory and efficient care demand the th division of the road roads of any k allty into sections with re to poa epou cible sible bead beads aud mud be employment of a limited number of hande hands to keep then scraped and repaired la in thie this way road roads can bo ba kept al always way clean and good big repair repairs aro are obviated aej 5 1 elan a redo |