. Ontario Sessional Papers, 1894, . 1. Showing proper form of ditch I the - li outward > horizontal dul ? I .i frequent] lifech an! quickly cave in at lid I t .-it theTin* form of lit tag for a chance to run down bill; alv king to find its lowest level. In the ordinary country dirt road th<- watei seems to stick and Btay as if ther< 57 Victoria Sessional Papers (No. 36.) A. 1^94 no other place for it ; and this is only because we have never given it a fairopportunity to run out of the dirt and find its level in other places. We cannotmake a hard road out of soft mud,
. Ontario Sessional Papers, 1894, . 1. Showing proper form of ditch I the - li outward > horizontal dul ? I .i frequent] lifech an! quickly cave in at lid I t .-it theTin* form of lit tag for a chance to run down bill; alv king to find its lowest level. In the ordinary country dirt road th<- watei seems to stick and Btay as if ther< 57 Victoria Sessional Papers (No. 36.) A. 1^94 no other place for it ; and this is only because we have never given it a fairopportunity to run out of the dirt and find its level in other places. We cannotmake a hard road out of soft mud, and no amount of labor and machinery willmake a good dirt road that will stay good unless some plan is adopted to get ridof the surplus water. To state it briefly, drainage is the first and most importantthing to be attended to. Side Ditches. The road must have side ditches, of course. Side ditches catch the waterwhich runs from the surface of the roadway and from the surface of the groundon each side of the road ; they also receive the d
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