Southern good roads . o high Ihni a hea\ily hiadcd team wouldvery inconvenient to tiavd. are h;ird on the wagons, apt Id he stalled. Woodni i-ulveils shouhl be avoidedand should be avoided \\here\-er p jssibh-. They can lie il possibh and wheie iHM-cssary to usi them they shouldavoid<d if the grade is kept l)elow 4 l-o pel cent. In be niaiie of good lindnT and all planks securely ?_. is illustrated a steep gradi on a road in David- Ilicy slioiihl be cxannned si that lluy can son county, X. (.. which could readily be eliniiiialeil by be k-opl in g 1 idition. The sui-l
Southern good roads . o high Ihni a hea\ily hiadcd team wouldvery inconvenient to tiavd. are h;ird on the wagons, apt Id he stalled. Woodni i-ulveils shouhl be avoidedand should be avoided \\here\-er p jssibh-. They can lie il possibh and wheie iHM-cssary to usi them they shouldavoid<d if the grade is kept l)elow 4 l-o pel cent. In be niaiie of good lindnT and all planks securely ?_. is illustrated a steep gradi on a road in David- Ilicy slioiihl be cxannned si that lluy can son county, X. (.. which could readily be eliniiiialeil by be k-opl in g 1 idition. The sui-la f the road relocation of the road. Tlie surface of tin roa::nv form of culvert. ?Tlm,nk-you-niams liave l:>eeu made across tlui road tj turn the water off the surface of the road, wliiidi agreat deal to the discondiut of travel ovei- this Ioad. Fif?. 3. .Surface ditch in dirt road for carrying water from one .side to the other. These ditches should not be used, and the water should be carried under the surface by means of a culvert The dirt road is more susceptible to damage b,- v,;i-ter than, of course, any of the sjieidally surfaced roads;therefore, great care should be taken t > work out naefficient system td drainagi for the road. Water mustbe kept away from tlie road, and the rain Avhiidi fallson tln> road nnist hi? permitted to run off as rapid^v asl)ossibli\ and by a very easy grade. It nuisi no, onlybe taken otf the surface of the road as ra[udly as pos-sible, Ijut also out of the side ditchis. ( should betaken tluit these side ditches are not too steep, and tliatevery opportnnit\ is seized for liirniiig the watei outof the ditches into the adjoining iields. ilany of onr count ry roails are bad because in theireoustrnction no arrangement «as iii;ide for taking careof the water, and thus they are \cry mudd
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