Gunnison Gazette | 1918-01-25 | Page 6 | Check Heavy Water Flow

CHECK HEAVY WATER FLOW Catch-Drain Should Be Constructed on Side of Hills to Carry Flow to Ends of Cut. On the side' hills where the flow of water is heavy it should be kept from reaching the road by constructing a catch-drain a few feet back and above the -dgo of the cut. This will carry Ihe valor along tji the ends of the cut and thus keep it: off the road. If the cut Is a long one, the water In the catch-drain catch-drain can lie disposed of at intervals by dropping It through a pipe or gutter gut-ter into the culverts.