Southern good roads . and maintains the crown,()ii a Ioad wliiidi lias been pro|)erly dragged the rainfinds lui place to collect ami soak into and sidten thesurface, inh^ss the rain is (d loni;- duration the surfaceis softenid but very little. As s ion as tlie rain hasceased ami the road surface dried so that the cla,\ isnot stiid^y, bill while it is still plastic, drag the mailagain. Aii.\ deprission oi ruts wdiich have beiMi formedduring ami after the rain are thus tilled, and the surfacesmoothed up and plastered oNcr willi a thin plaster of(day or earth which paidvs ami becomi-s \cry haril
Southern good roads . and maintains the crown,()ii a Ioad wliiidi lias been pro|)erly dragged the rainfinds lui place to collect ami soak into and sidten thesurface, inh^ss the rain is (d loni;- duration the surfaceis softenid but very little. As s ion as tlie rain hasceased ami the road surface dried so that the cla,\ isnot stiid^y, bill while it is still plastic, drag the mailagain. Aii.\ deprission oi ruts wdiich have beiMi formedduring ami after the rain are thus tilled, and the surfacesmoothed up and plastered oNcr willi a thin plaster of(day or earth which paidvs ami becomi-s \cry haril un-der passing traffic. Tlierefore. in onler to make andkee]i your road dry. Hrst pro\ ide fir good drainageand then maintain the good drainage by after each rain, Dilligent attention to thesepoints will, in general, insure an earth road fairlypassable at all liiiUs and very good most of thi- time. Ijivingstone count,\. ]\[ will buibl l-i to 120 smallbridges. 14 SOUTHERN GOOD ROADS August, 1915. Published Monthly by Southern Good Roads Publishing Co. LEXINGTON, North CAROLfNA H. B. VARNER. Editor and GenI Manager FRED O. SINK, Sec. and Treas. DR. JOSEPH HYDE PRATT, State Geologist o£ N. C, Associate Editor A. L. FLETCHER, Managing Editor Southern Representative: GEO. M. KOHN1004 Candler Bldg., Atlanta, Ga. Western Representative: JAMES. A. BUCHANAN1313, Marquette Bldg, Chicago, III. Subscription Price $ Per Year in Advance Copy for Advertisements should be in our hands not later than Fifth of month Official Organ of the North Carolina Good Roads Association HENRY B VARNER. President, Lexington. N. JOSEPH HYDE PRATT. Secretary, Chapel Hill, N. C. Official Organ Southern Appalachian Good Roads Association DR. JOSEPH HYDE PRATT, President. Chapel Hill. N, B. SCOTT. Secretary, LynchburK, Organ of the South Carolina Good Roads Association F. H. HYATT. President, Columbia, S. C. BLACK, Secretary, Columbia, S. C. Vol. XI. AUG
Size: 2492px × 1003px
Photo credit: © The Reading Room / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookauthorvarnerhe, bookcentury1900, bookdecade1910, bookyear1910
