Show maintenance OF DIRT ROAD great care should do be taken to work out an efficient of drainage for highways highway hy by JOSEPH matt north carolina state the dirt road la Is more susceptible to damage by water than of course any of the apeci specially ally surfaced roads therefore great care should bo be taken to work out nn all 41 chent system of drainage a 9 e for tho the road water must bo be kept away from tho the read and tho the rain w which itch rails falls on oil tho the road must bo be pors POE quitted to run off as aa rapidly as aa possible and by a very easy caay grade it must not only be taken oft tho alio s of bt tho clio road foad U a as possible but bu also out of the aide ditches caro cara should bo be taken that those these side dit mitchels chels are arc not too stoop and thai chat ovary every 0 op pa port unity IQ for or turning tile the water out of 0 tho the ditches into the joining fields vany many 61 dotur otur oar country roads are bad in their construction no far ar was made for or taking care of tho the water and thus they tire very muddy and tilled with ruts and holes instead of the middle of 0 the road bei baing ing higher than the edges so that tho water can readily run oft ob on each side puny many of them aro are flat or oven even concave with tho the center of tho the road the lowest point it if the ibo road has been constructed so BO that it is well crow crowned tied with the about one in twenty from tho the center of the road to the side eldo ditches and those these ditches have been graded so BO as to take caro care of the water and yot yet not steep enough to causo them to cut deep gullies on the side of the road and if tho the water la Is taken from these ditches at every available point so BO as aa to prevent seep beep ago of water under the surface of tho the road there should be little difficulty in ili keeping the road in good condition very often it Is necessary necea aary to carry the water from ono one side of the road to the other and when tills this la Is necessary it should be ba done by means of either concrete metal or terra cotta cu culberta culverts cul verta lverts or pipes which will carry tho the water under the surface of the road after tho the system of drainage has haa been installed proY lelon should be made to keep it up so eo that tile tho drains and tho culverts cu lverts will not become stopped up the surface of a dirt road should bo be kept cl dirt and whenever any holes or ruts have developed in the road they should not bo be filled up with stone or brush but with dirt and with dirt as nearly hearty as possible of the same character as the dirt composing the surface of tho the balance of the road if on the other hand holes or ruts are filled with rock gravel or brush the wearing effect will bo be uneven and the wheels will begin to scoop out holes just beyond or on the opposite side of tile road from tho the hole bole filled up it if there are stumps or rocks in the road they should all be removed so BO that the dirt surface can be smoothed over and brought to an oven even slope elope from the center to tho the ditches di tchee after the road has been well con constructed strutted ted and the right slope and surface obtained it can be kept in this condition very readily by judicious application of tho the splitlog split log or king drag |