Southern good roads . ascertain the best kindof roads to liuild in this section, and have experimented with various kinds of shell, gravel, clay, oil, ma-cadam, cement and \ilrilieil briidc, and have come tothe conclusion that vitrified brick is the best materialto build jieiaiianent ly good Iliads, largely for the rea-son that lliey aic very easily repaired. These aie laid on a sand base, after the grade has beenthrown up. i-ollcd and watered. The brick are laid onthe side. ()ne man with a \vhicl harrow, shoveland tamper can many miles of ioad in repair, asall the mat
Southern good roads . ascertain the best kindof roads to liuild in this section, and have experimented with various kinds of shell, gravel, clay, oil, ma-cadam, cement and \ilrilieil briidc, and have come tothe conclusion that vitrified brick is the best materialto build jieiaiianent ly good Iliads, largely for the rea-son that lliey aic very easily repaired. These aie laid on a sand base, after the grade has beenthrown up. i-ollcd and watered. The brick are laid onthe side. ()ne man with a \vhicl harrow, shoveland tamper can many miles of ioad in repair, asall the material which is neiM-ssary is a little sandwhich can be obtained by the sidis of tli(> Ioads. Theseroads, ol course, ,-ire cxpensi\i to Imild, but, inexpen-sive Id kcep up. Including the grading of a !•) f the vitrified brick [lavenuiit has cost ) to . pii- mile. At the pivsent time, cdii-Iracts are in jirocess of for about tweut\miles of brick jiavemiiit in tlie Mixint? Sand and Clay With an Eighteen Inch Disk Harro^v,Near Quincy, Florida Allot hei great advantage of the lirick roadway isthe fad that it is a dustless highway, a thing verymuch to be desired. Iowa. Iowas new cross-state hiehway. the Blue Grass Roadwas offici;illv oiieiied August 11-17. During this timethe officials and promoters of the road crossed the state,starting at Council Blutfs and following the improvedhiglnvay to Burlington. 24 SOUTHERN GOOD ROADS September, 1911 More than $40,000 has been spent in putting thisroad into good shape. This money lias come from do-nations from the farmers along the line, assisted by thebusiness men, who are equally interested. The com-pletion of the road is a great satisfaction to those whomeans, and then to place the surfacing coat of brokengave their time to its promotion. Not only has the ag-itation resulted in improving this road, but it has en-thused the farmers living on other roads to form com-binations and agre
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