Southern good roads . olling. .\s p:iiii(cd oiil in the last article, if li is dcsireil111 ciinsiilidale Ihe surface .-il once, as snun ;is liie sandand clay are (iioiouuhly mixed. Mie roadway shouldbe sprinkled and iiarrowed imtil the sand and cla\a Ie wii|-ked inio a mud of h niiogeneous cinsistency.\s sunn ;is it ; dried out suflicient ly. llie surfaceshould be snioDilied with the Ioad inacliinc and giventill proper croAii. And just before il becomes en-tirely dry it slioidii be rolled itiilil it bicomes hardand ceases to show lln tracks if oidinary loaded ve-hicles. The roller should
Southern good roads . olling. .\s p:iiii(cd oiil in the last article, if li is dcsireil111 ciinsiilidale Ihe surface .-il once, as snun ;is liie sandand clay are (iioiouuhly mixed. Mie roadway shouldbe sprinkled and iiarrowed imtil the sand and cla\a Ie wii|-ked inio a mud of h niiogeneous cinsistency.\s sunn ;is it ; dried out suflicient ly. llie surfaceshould be snioDilied with the Ioad inacliinc and giventill proper croAii. And just before il becomes en-tirely dry it slioidii be rolled itiilil it bicomes hardand ceases to show lln tracks if oidinary loaded ve-hicles. The roller should wi-iuli frnm six to ten \ei more, .?md max be either horse ur a steamroller. Maintenance. Tile ma nileiiiiiice ut the sand-clay road is exceed-ingly simple and easy, if pripcrly and consistentlyatleiiileil I0. The siufacc should be kept smo ith andi\en. and fice fnoii all holes and depressions, andruts and trans\erse drains. It is imperati\e to |Ue-\ent well defined waler courses. e\en thc\- be I:.....] Slit HI , After AlinK tin- I lopo^ .Xiitii ffiiii fiinniiig 111 the sanil-i-la,\ siiiiace; fur the sand-clay is iicciiliarly subject to the destructiveaction of laumine water. .\fter each rain, or at leastonce e\-eiy month immediately after a rain, tiie sur-face .li the sli mid Ie diacged -with a spilit-liig drag or some siiiiilai ile\ice inilil the snifai-e issmooili and Ihe crown rislored. Whene\er tiie svu-face becomes \-cry rough or badl\ worn it is iiesf tojiloiigh it up and |iul\ei-i/,e the material -with a har-row, after ?\\ Inch the surface is reshaped and consol-idated as in the case of a new r lad. Whenever thesand-clay has worn too thin, new surfacing materialshould be added before the roadway is ploughed andharrowed: as olherwise the old and new material willnot mix or slick together, and the new surfacing willscale oif and soon be wasted. The side ditches should b
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