Show COST OF ROAD maintenance ret rest in sou southeastern th eastern nebraska shows satisfactory work can do be done dona for less le than 10 par mile by C V VI CHASE AS V 14 north 0 rth dakota agricultural U tu r a C college 0 le at ai the homo h me farm la in southeastern ut heastern nebraska there to Is a stretch of land one half mile in length that wo we have dragged tor for seven years yeara only once during this period has this thin road been worked work edwith with anything but a drag two tva years ago tho the aide ditches were cleaned with tho the common road grader A careful record of the yme urno taken fodran to drag this road has haa been kept two for ono one man and one team requiring ono one hours time for a single dragging la Is the basis taken the first year wo we dragged it 15 16 times the second 13 the bird 17 and tho the fourth 12 and the afta 14 times or 71 dragg ings ot at ono one hours time in five years yeara this Is ia 30 ants an hour tor foi a man and team to la a year tor for thed ne halt mile for a mile it would lie be annually another road inthe in the immediate vicinity cost less than 10 per mile annually A case la Is noted in public roads bulletin no 48 united states dep department artmont ot of agriculture where the coat ot bf olm liar mat maintenance antenan ce ot at roads in arkansas was 11 per mile state engineer i ge Oear arh bart artof ot kansas puts tho the range ot of cost tor for dragging at from 4 to 10 the cost tor for north dakota should not cost more than 10 a mile while in most cases it would bo be much loss less the coat depending upon the character of tho the soil eoll the rainfall tra traffic illic and grade As an average for all dirt roada roade I 1 would place the annual cost of maln main cenance at 7 60 per mile or to drag in a satisfactory manner the roads in north dakota one year the total expenditure on public roads of at north dakota outside ol of towns in 1911 was it if properly organized and it 11 the people were educated we could properly maintain our e earth arth road with the present road funds and have left for bridges new construction etc the national office ot of public roads recommends tho the patrol system combining dragging the nebraska legislature passed a law that Is not unlike the patrol system tho the substance of the law Is as follows the graded roads in each county are to be divided into road dragging districts dist t by the county boards one person to each township is to be appointed superintendent ot at dragging and is to receive not more than per day rohde roada shall be dragged whenever necessary and all the tha sections of the highway shall be dragged at once county boards may levy a tax of not to exceed one mill tor for road dragging i where tour four horses are used on an eight foot drag the rate of payment Is 76 36 cents for each mile of highway dragged both ways waya where a seven beven foot drag and two or three horses are used 60 cents Is the prescribed rate on rocky rocks highways or stretches ot of road that cannot be improved by dragging the county boards are not required to put the act into effect |