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About The gazette-times. (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 13, 1914)
Importance of Road Mainte nance "HEBE is no phase at tho mA I problem more important than that 01 maintenance. Tho general im pression that there are certain types ruaus mat are permanent is crrone ous. no permanent road has ever bee constructed or ever will h inff tO thfi rnnri nnoninKo TT o Ttvlullai0 iud U. O. Department of Agriculture. The only iiuugs aoout a road that may bo eon oiuurei permanent are the eradiuir. cu verts and bridges. Roads constructed by tho most skillful highway engine?rs wui soon do destroyed by the traffic, frost, rain and wind, nnli-as th J properly maintained. But the life of meso roads may bo prolonged by sys tematic maintenance. A poor road will not only bo improved hv nmnr min. tenance but may become better in time man a good road without it. The first and last enmmnmlmnnt- earth road maintenance is to keep tho surfaco well drained. To insure good U"""K me ditches should be kep open, all obstructions removed nnd i smooth crown maintained. Except for very stony soil the road machine or scraper may be used very effectively for this work. The machine should be used once or twice a year and the work should be done when the soil is damp so that it will pack and bake into a hard crust. Wide and shallow side ditches rhould bo maintained with sufficient fall and capacity to dispose of surface water. These ditches can in most places be constructed and re paired with a road machine. All vegetable matter such as sods ana weeds should be kept out of the road as they make a spongy surface which retains moisture. Clods are also onjectionable for they soon turn to dust or mud and for that reason roads should never be worked when dry or hard. Boulders or loose stones are equally objectionable if a smooth sur face is to be secured. A split-log drag or some similar de vice is very useful in maintaining the surface after suitable ditches and cross sections have one been secured. This drag can also be used to advantage on a gravel road as well bo nn . earth road. The principle Involved in "ragging is mat clays and most heavy soils will pudillo when wpt and very nam when dry. Tho little atten tion that tho earth road needs must be given promptly and at t.hn timo if the best results are to be ob tained. In dragging roads nnlv imsll amount of earth is moved, just enough to mi the ruts and depressions with a thin layer of plastic clav or Pflrth which packs very hard so that the next rain, instead of finding ruts, do pressiocj and clods in which tn 1. led, runs off, leaving the rurface but iirtio nrreetcn. The drag should be lirht nnd shmild be drawn over the road at nn angle of about 45 degrees. The driver should ride on tho draff and should Tint drit-o faster than a walk. One round trip, each trip straddling a wheel track, is usually sufficient to fill the m. and smooth the surface. If recessary ine roao snonid be dragged after every bad spell of weather, when tho unil is in proper condition to puddle well and still not adhere to the drag. If the road is viry bad it mav be UrnaafU when very wet and a?ain when it h. gins to dry out. A few trips over the road will give the operator an idea as to the best time to draw. Drag at an seasons, Dut do not crag a d;y roao. The Slope Or Crown of an earth fno.1 snoum oe about one inch to the foot. If the crown becomes too hioh it I be reduced by dragging toward the oucn instead or rrom it. If the drag CUtS tOO much. Shorten the hiteh dti d change your position on the drag. If it s necessary to protect the face of the Irag With a Strip of iron it alinuM he placed flush with the edge of the drag and not projecting. A cutting edge Buouia oe avoided, as the main object in dragging is to smear the damp soil . ... into position. lonce tran rock, touirh tough limestone, ordiuary lime,' tough sauuoiuuu. HE HARNESSES HIS AUTO. f HANK TREES, a farmer of Wa Brackenridce. Pa., make a use of his hiph-nnwer nnfnmn. bile, when he is not out joy riding. He uses it to cut hav intn ,;. m Formerly tho hay was raised by means i a uiock and tackle and horsepower, but it was hard work had to be rested ofton. Now he fastens mo touring car to the block and tackle by means of a "harness" he hn. vised, and can stow the hay away "" s .last as lormerly. OOOD BO ADS TEAR BOOK FUNDS available in all of the states for the improvement of roads dur ing the year 1914 are shown in the vii.eiai wood Koads Year Book issued by the American Hichwnv A. which is ready for distribution. This ?ne 01 tn new features of the book which will make it invalnahlo tn ,, date, county and municipal highway The year book disclosea fnr time that appropriations by tho state icgiBiaiures tor road improvement in the various states are available to the turn of $62,201,016. The year book lists u or tne patents relative to roads and bridges, all road ftXnendiriiraa In recent years, all associations' work for roao. improvement, describes all the dif ferent methods of road construction and different road materials, giving directory of all road bulletins, cir tulars, and documents of interest to personB working for better highways and for all officials engaged in super vising work on roads. Sections of the year book are devoted to work in different states and the progress of road improvement. One of the interest ing features, for instance, is the de scription of dust preventives, while one chapter is devoted to convict labor and another to the financial phase of road improvement. A summary of the road laws in the various states is of particular interest to motorists, while descriptions of specifications for high ways in the various states will h nf Interest to engineers. There also is a chapter devoted to important events In the road movement in 1913, and another section devoted to road sys tems in foreign countries. The year book is issued annually by the Ameri can Highway Association as part of its campaign to give the United 8tat an adequate Bystem or improved high ways. Price, $1, postpaid. usual ione. As soon as-the automobile stops the alarm is set automatically, and if anybody iumns into the mnehino and tries to Bteal it the horn will set up a fearful noise the moment the wheels begin to turn, and will not stop until tne car comes to a standstill. No thief would be daring enough to jump into a car that would make itself so conspicuous. The new invention is proof against carelessness on the part of thfi ehntif. feur, because the moment he gets out or tne. ear or stops it the alarm gets into position and will criva forth it noisy blast unless the combination is readjusted. This device will be a hnnn in wiun of cars whose chauffeurs are in the h'.bit of going out joy riding. A chauf feur on a 10V ride is liahle tn r'-inlr t much and become very careless, but wun tne norn alarm on his machine there can be no chance for a thief tn slip away with it. A NOVEL HORN. ANEW device for protecting auto mobiles against robbers has been invented, and it promises to put stop to the activities of the thieves who have been stealing so many cars. The new contrivance has a powerful horn attachment with a weird and ua- ROAD DRAINAGE. HE first and prime essential of any good road is drainage surface, sub surface and side drainase. When finished, the road must shed water. To ao tnis tne road must be crowned from i to of an inch to the foot, depend ing on the wearing surface, and must nave an impervious or waterproof cov ering. There must be an unimpeded slope from the crown to the gutter or to tne side ditch. The gutters or side ditches have at least 4-10 of a foot full per 100 feet, and, if they are earthen ditches, they should have i foot per 100 feet, and free drainage at frequent intervals into natural creeks, channels, or, in the case of a city with a sewerage system, into the sewers. "In order to drain awav the siih-nnr. face water and prevent it from soften ing the foundations, it is well to lav two lines of tiles. The second essential, which is an essential of any structure, is a onnA foundation, and this is especially re quired for roads where the loads are concentrated on such small areas. Because macadam roads are more er. pensive than eravel roads i n fifHt. enf they should be built verv carefullv. The materials in tho order of their excel- Hotel Benson Formerly New Oregon ITJOW open under entire new manage-jn-nj ment. In the re- (tnement of detail, excellence of equipment and superiority of service is absolutely unexcelled. Large, light, airy sample rooms for commercial men. 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