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Show good o . j j O ROADS, j II nw Is Itepalr llna.li. Charles Williams, a contractor In Coltliersvlllo, lnd , gives n few points on rond repair In a papir before a farmers' Institute, which will be of Interest: Now, some points on how to keep roads In good condition and bow to repair them. A road must have con-atant con-atant attention if It la to bo of any use or vnlne. Whenever a rut forma It abnuld be rcpnlrod at once. The rond abnuld be ffrnilcd In the aprlng and graveled lu thn fall. The road will then bo hard and smooth, and the gravel will be packed down, bnt not worn nut. before bad weather acta In. It depends on what abnpo the crown of the rond la In what tbo condition or the rond will be for travel through the winter: If the crown la lu good shape It will abed th water to the able dllcbea. anil If they are In good alinpe tbo rond will remain dry and anlld. I Now I will tell a lew way lo anoll a good road: The aurest way la In use the road grader and pile all the mini, and and weeda from the aldea and dltchoa Into the centre of the rond. Thla makea the road sort and muddy, and It will be Im-poaalble Im-poaalble for Hie next cent of gravel to nnlte with the old roadbed. The re-anlt re-anlt la the rond will be apnncy. The boat plan la to acrape It up Into plica and haul It to aome gully, of which all roada have a few. and dump It there The Mad grader la a good mad builder In Ibe bnuda or a man Hint knows how to uae It. but otberwlae bo will do a grent ileal nf damage. Another way to spoil a road I to make the crown ao atoep that all the travel will tnko to the centre. Tbo re-suit re-suit Is the rnsd la worn out In the centre, and tin nae hns been made of th remnlnder nf the rond. The centre Is cut lip by three gullys. which hold water and cause the road to be soft and nimbly when It otberwlae would ba In good abnpo, Aa Obi Pollllrat ! tlevtved. In the enrly dnya of our national hla-lory hla-lory whether Hie tioneral flovernmont alioul.l tnko a bund In making Internal Improvement became one of the grent political laauoa. The matter waa fought out lu emigres anil In political campaign, cam-paign, and finally settled In the nlllr-matlve. nlllr-matlve. Among the lniprn-einoiila die. cusaed the building of ronila was prob-bly prob-bly the moat Important. TMnns were made for connecting the different parts of the country by nntloiinl highways. The National I'lko waa built from Cumberland, Md.. to the Ohio Itlver, and then on weatwerd. The plan wna to build to Ht. I.onla, but before that point wa reached the building of team railroad hnd begun, and the people lost Interest In the road question. ques-tion. In theae dnya when river and harbn bllla are looked upon aa a matter nf course, and nntlnnnl aid to rond Im-prnvoinent Im-prnvoinent la considered a novel propo-allien. propo-allien. It la Interesting to recall that the iiieallon of rond building by the nation wna a grent nnd burning Issue long hcrore river nnd harbor bllla wore ever heard of. It la nlao worth noting that I'realilcnta wore vetoing river nnd bnrlior bllla na uncnnatltutlonnl long after nntloiinl aid to rond Improvement hnd beiume a settled policy. II does not accm probable Hint the question of constlliilloiiiillty will ever be seriously raised ngnlnat audi legls-Intlon legls-Intlon ns Hint proposed In the llrown-low llrown-low bill for nntlnnnl aid In the building nf muds. It enn lie defended as strongly strong-ly as river and hnrlair legislation under those rluiiaea of the Constitution which authorise the Federal (iovernment "to promote the general welfare" and to "regulate commerce between the Rtntoe" lint In addition to theae It duds Ita strongest warrant In the authority au-thority conferred upon Congress "to eatnbllah poat roada." s provision that Is growing In practical Importance every yenr with the extension of the furnl free delivery ayalein. Head ItvOAlrlfi. The work of repairing the rond a la In larder. All culverts nnd gnlleia should bo cleaned out, nnd nil shoulder shoul-der on tbo roads should bo pared down so that they shall be below the traveled portion or the highway. Thla will penult of the water running nfT Into the gutter, tlravel mad should have a Utile grnvel placed 011 the toe uiarka III the centre or the mud anil lu the nils, ir Ibis la not done nt this Season 110 good will result All loose atones should Im removed from mii-cailiun mii-cailiun mad with a back of a rnke, not the teeth. Ixxise stones Injure Ibe rond na nili'ii as any one thing, because they are driven Into the surfaco end break the bond. Where the stone la beginning begin-ning to ahow through, little splinter or chips of stono should be applied to form a cushion. This cushion should not bo mora than tbree-foiirtba of nn inch thick. No sprinkling or rolling I" necessary. A ton of splinter will suffice suf-fice for from to :usi sipinro feet. An ordinary furni roller weighted down and run over the rond after loose stones are removed will liuprovo It. It Is not necessary to use screenings on a stono road, aa Ihey only fiirnlah dual In dry weather. If the road la watched a new aiirfnco will not be necessnry, as It will not have the chance to get In bad condition, lie congratulates the selectmen on the fact that the roads have been ao well looked ufter by tliom In accordauce with the means at their dlsiwsal, and this fact will greatly aid In securing to the towns the State aid they at preaeut enjoy. |