Show ROAD construction the four our points to be considered in constructing or reconstructing roads are arc ns as follows follow fi tirade grade dral tinge proper form orm of 0 roal read foundation surfacing they abound lo be 10 considered in the order named la common practice tills bordt la Is reversed lien fience the necessity beal of if doing over a great d deal of work A row few words on each of these 9 f points s I 1 peirre a C grade rude systematic e efforts it 0 r c a to 0 reduce grades axe are rarely made outside of 0 city limits limit in ili europe no expense Is spared even among the mountains to reduce grades erodes to at least one awen 1 while this limit la Is beyond us iia at x t elar present es ont no year should be allowed to pass without the reduction lit in grade erada 0 f ome tills lulls in each town nother neither should work 0 of this sort oft a be considered complete till the manda a grade la Is at 1 tallied the ahr gi kiado ade level win easily an ami 1 accurately acci irately determine the changes that arf e necessary arid and will gave data dali for pre preliminary llin inary c nini atos of 0 cost of this improvement such should never be undertaken till a complete plan tor for reduction to standard grade lias has ben been adopted much labor may be wasted b drainage no permanently good road surface sur lace exists c without suitable drainage fortunately most of our roads axe are well drained by nature when not so ill drained allied it sufficient full fall cannot be obtained the road surface must be a raised sufficiently to lo l luiere jil alie 17 desired d c alred result tills Is c expensive x p anil and all bloum be avoided if 1 practicable side drains such as are described in lie ruc are usually effective it if ground contains springs these must musi be directly tapped by the side drains side dutche dl tche must ile be kept open and clear I 1 c foundation the proper form of 0 foundation of 0 a road may be availed vai ed hat in detail the road ala machine Is indispensable for much of this work the poorest material it if well covered in and drained will make a food foundation for fop a country road it will not make the surface the expel show tint that rock fill 11 however near at hand la Is expensive unless easily cosily loaded and simply dumped dumpe d in place it if rock foundation Is necessary to secure drainage this extra cost will usually prove a wise expenditure do not make the travel traveled cd way too loo ri narrow arrow tills this Is 19 the most common though not necessary defect of road machine construction d surfacing after forming a road it generally needs surfacing iiii it is not as la Is lisua usually visually llY considered complete without for this surface macadamize as rapidly as possible otherwise clay or gravel it a sandy road gravel crave a a clay road in any ally case draw on some fresh mater material lal not already worn out that will pack with the cc and with travel use a sprinkler a and n ad ro roller 11 II or otherwise surface late ale in ili t the he fall or early in the spring new hampshire bul 30 |