Southern good roads . is material. Duringthe year 1914 about yards of cement gravelstreets were completed. Renmrkable as it may seem,though some of these streets have been used for nearlylive years, no money has been expended for mainten-ance and repairs. This fact, and taking into accounttlie low cost of cement clay gravel makes for it claim that it is the cheapest paving material forthe money that can be supplied any community. Several of tlie streets have been treated with a flushcoat of tar or asphalt, which is found to adhdere asreadily to cement clay gravel as to macadam
Southern good roads . is material. Duringthe year 1914 about yards of cement gravelstreets were completed. Renmrkable as it may seem,though some of these streets have been used for nearlylive years, no money has been expended for mainten-ance and repairs. This fact, and taking into accounttlie low cost of cement clay gravel makes for it claim that it is the cheapest paving material forthe money that can be supplied any community. Several of tlie streets have been treated with a flushcoat of tar or asphalt, which is found to adhdere asreadily to cement clay gravel as to macadam or othermaterial. The advantage of cement clay gravel over macadam,among other things, is that the gravel streets will weard3wn smooth and will not ravel and the aggregate makes a homogeneous mass of -water proof has shown that this pavement does not dis-integrate or wash aAvay but wears uniformly. The writer is satisfied from close observation andexperience that this cement clay gravel, which must. South Street, Wilmington, looking north from the Dock. Acement gravel street not l)e confounded with ordinary gravel, makes ftroadway that far excels broken stone. It is agreeableto horses because of its resiliency and autoniobilistslike it because of its ease. Illinois Road Dragging Rules. Illinois Highways, the official organ of the state higli-way commission, prints the following suggestions forprofital)le road dragging: ilake a light drag. Ride on the drag, dont walk. Dont drag a drj road. Drag when the road is muddy. Drag, if possible, immediately before a freeze. Begin at one side of the roacl. returning on the op-posite side. Alwaj^s drag a little earth toward the center of theroad until it is raised 10 or 12 inches above the edge ofthe roadway. Do not attempt to move very much material at onetime with a drag. If the drag cuts in too nuich sliorten the hitch. The amount of earth the drag will carry can beregulated by the driver, according as he stands near
Size: 1842px × 1357px
Photo credit: © The Reading Room / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookauthorvarnerhe, bookcentury1900, bookdecade1910, bookyear1910
