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Show H , -.in 1 i 1; feitol CONCRETE CULVERT IS BEST H Plat-Top atylo Doing Dullt In Kansat B Is Shown In Illustration Good Hp Roads Savo Money. H ' Had wo begun not moro than flf- t tccn yenrs ago to build concrete cul- H vcrtH nnd bridges In thin township, B and continued nl tlio rnto we have HI ' been building them the Inst three H yenru, wo would now have- no placo to H imt unothcr one. Uesldcs our expenses Bi would not have been inuch more than HH f they havo been In building tho wooden HB sues, writes J. T. King, trustee of Liu Htf . coin township, Lcbo, Knn., In Farmers' H t Mall and Breeze. Wo began with tho H full-arch stylo of concrete culverts. H j That was beforo we know tho good ot Hi the flat-top hind, Wo now ttso tho full Hf arch only whore there are high banks H.I on both Bides, so we can grado up to Hi the toi of tho nrch and malco tho H5j road level. For all other places we 'i prerer the flat top. Wo build them J from 2 by 1C feet, to 20 by 10 feet. iAll concrete work must bo well ro-enforced ro-enforced with Iron wire. We use any kind of bar Iron in tho tops, laid hit and jiiIhs leugthwlso with tho road. Heavy woven hog wlro Is laid cross-wlso cross-wlso of tho top and In tho wings, Intermingled, In-termingled, so as to unlto tho whdlo culvert Into one piece. Tho topB have , Hi $0&Fm MklK ml 1 icr- H Flat-Top Style of Culvert an Approved Hj Type. H a crowning of eight Inches nnd aro H made 8 to 1G inches thick In tho con H tor, tho thickness varying with tho wlcMh. Tho forms aro placed so tho H -topi and abutments are all In one H piece. The bars or rods must be H shaped so ns to bo partly embedded H' In the abutment walls. R Wc have just finished four culverts B 12 by 1G feet, made after the plan of HBW tho Illustration, at a cost of $150. A This may seem to be qultu a price, R; yet If thoy lust as wo expect them to, HBm. thoy wlll ho cheap in tho long run. H-" ' We use a lot ot Iron, any length, In H these tops. Wo get them cheap from V ' Junk dealers. H r This good roads move Is a money Ks. eavef to the people. Moro has been V dono to improve our highways In V-' the last flvo years than In any 15 Bj ' years before. |