| Show ROAD 40 USE BURNED CLAY ON ROADS sticky or plastic qualities are del dei sti strayed 6 and bears traffic in wettest finzi kind of weather by OLIVER BENNOCK colorado asri agricultural ri college in some sections of the country the only material available aval lable from which roads can bo be constructed la is clay tn in such buch localities traffic Is almost entirely impossible during tho the wet seat beai sea bea i t sons pone as the wheels of the heavy ve bides will sink to the hub in order to correct this condition the united states office of 0 public roads made the experiment of 0 burning the day it was found that by burning the clay even at ano a ono heat beat its ita f 4 4 t I 1 4 entrance to ute pass paes new near manitou Man itou colo one of the best examples example of mountain road building in west sticky or plastic qualities are d destroyed st so BO that even in the wettest weather it will bear traffic this pez pei MRS the firing of the clay along the entire length of the road thus avoiding the cost ot of hauling it and at the same time gaining the advantage ot of burning the foundation ot of the road as well as the matei material rial to he be placed upon it good solid wo wood Is wd laid at intervals along th the S side of the road about one 1 cord tor for eight linear feet of roadbed twelve feet wide the road bed Is first brat evenly graded and then plowed as deeply as practical furrows tour four feet apart a are then dug across the road and beyond the part to bei beb orned bUrned on either side the first course of cord wood Is laid longitude i V nally daily so vo fire a series of 0 flues in which the firing Is IB started from 15 to 20 of these flues are fired at once the rest of the cord wood Is fen placed on this flooring aad then the day clay Is placed over the whole structure as evenly as possible in a layer of not less than six to eight inches this I 1 la 5 tamped camped and rounded off so that the heat will be held within the flues as long as possible after burning the road Is graded and rolled until the ro road bed la is smooth and hard bard |
