Show MAINTAIN ROAD AFTER BUILT Improper Methods Have Havo Placed Economical Economical Eco Eco- Types in Disrepute Says Colorado E Expert pert Prof E. E B. B House of the Colorado Agricultural College Is a firm believer in the Importance of maintaining a aroa roa road l after It Is built He supplies the following taken from The EngineerIng Engineer Engineer- Ing lug Record News-Record and says of It It Is Isso isso so 30 true and hits the nail so squarely hat I quote It direct The tendency In road Improvement is to select types of roads which require require require re re- re- re quire very little J. annual maintenance The lie genera feeling among laymen seems to be that when a road surface requires some annual maintenance e to keep It In good shape It Is nn an expensive expensive expensive sive type and should be avoided Yet If the Interest on Inv Investment and the repairs are taken Into consideration the cheaper wearing surface may may In Inmany Inmany Inmany many cases prove to be the more satisfactory satisfactory sat sat- and economical It Is not uncommon to see roads of ofa ofa a 11 go good d type constructed and then after they begin to show signs of wear to see them neglected entirely or some method of f repair or maintenance Im Imposed imposed im- im pos posed d which has been found by long practice to be defective When we see gee mud holes In earth roads filled with crushed stone or cinders It Is not the engineers engineer's fault that an enormous enor enor- Inous price Is paid for the repair materIal material material mate mate- rial the road engineer knows that proper drainage and repairing with Ith earth from from th the side of the road are th tho economical methods of nance Old gravel and macadam roads are often repaired by filling ruts and depressions de tie- with Inferior material that thatIs Is I dl displaced placed by traffic or ground to dust Bituminous surfaces ar are often patched If patched at nil all with loose stone or gravel and In someI some I i. i v J 5 Splendid Type of Road Well Taken Care Of cases with concrete In a number of streets and roads recently Inspected brick was used to patch concrete surfaces sur faces and concrete used to patch brick surfaces When careless methods of or this kind are a applied to the maintenance of public highways the result Is that a good type of road Is made to appear unsatisfactory and uneconomical and road Improvement Is discouraged discouraged- particularly the cheaper types of Improvement Improvement Improvement Im Im- Im- Im provement which In most localities are the best If properly maintained It Is the utter neglect of maintenance and the many Improper methods of repair that have molded public sentiment against types of roads requiring annual annual an an- nual maintenance and have led road promoters and officials to disregard many economical types |