Southern good roads . nd the contractor stillhave something faiily definite on which to base his bid. The second point to which 1 wish tn call attentionis the general tendency to neglect grading when a road is heine surfaced with saiid-iday. \Vliere\-er macaibimis Used, ynii will (ind a fairl\ well ei-adcd , hecaiise saiid-cla.\- is • niipa rat i \ cly cheap, a greatmail>- penpic seem In ha\e the idea that it dnesnt paytn iinther ahniit cntling ilnwii tile had crades. linr im-prn\il|c- the Iniatinll wllene\ll it Is placlical to (hi s:lI hey seem In think that aiiynhl place
Southern good roads . nd the contractor stillhave something faiily definite on which to base his bid. The second point to which 1 wish tn call attentionis the general tendency to neglect grading when a road is heine surfaced with saiid-iday. \Vliere\-er macaibimis Used, ynii will (ind a fairl\ well ei-adcd , hecaiise saiid-cla.\- is • niipa rat i \ cly cheap, a greatmail>- penpic seem In ha\e the idea that it dnesnt paytn iinther ahniit cntling ilnwii tile had crades. linr im-prn\il|c- the Iniatinll wllene\ll it Is placlical to (hi s:lI hey seem In think that aiiynhl place is e-nul enough In iliiiii|i dnwii a long pile nf sand ny clay, as thi casemay he. spreail it nut and mix it with the materialalready there, .w. n\ cniirse. that is niie way tn im-pm\e a mad. but it is cerlainly iint I 1 hi- ecniiniiiical. and it is selilnm satisfactnry fnr veryIniie-. In a slinrt lime tlinse wlin Use the Ioad will Usu-ally he cnlidelllll llie hea\y crades as \-inlentl\- as tlUM. Sand Country Roail in Lowndes Georgia formerly c iiidemiied mud ni- deep sand, ( deri\ed Imm a Iniie lei-m hnnd issue shniild hespent III any siicli manner. \\liei-i\er niniiey derivedtrnm hniids IS spent ill mad the pricecniisidei-at inn slmiild be cixen j,, craile an alignmentInr these are m >re lasting than any siiiface. nn matterwhat mateiial is tn he used, and wniild he nf benefit tothe future inns cniiipelhd tn help i-cdeem thehniids. even thniieh the suiface were allowed tn wearentirely away, fuilhcriiiiirc. the cost nf niainlaininga saiid-(day road is \ery niaterially lessened when pr ip-er attention has been ci\en to the grades. The prnjier width fnr saml-clay lu- any other ty[>e ofmads, fnr that matter, of course depends largely on and character i\\ the traflic. but my nhservatiniihas heeii that the general Iciideiii-y is tn make saiid-cla\roads too nairow. especiallx the sand nr
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