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Augusta and Richmond County Good Roads
Richmond County Famous For
Its Beautiful Roads. Many
Pleasant Drives On High
Ways Around Augusta.
There seems to be, unfortunately. »
widely, prevailing idea that good roads
are merely the playground oT the an
tomobilist The old Greeks and Ro
mans, especially the latter, have left
us records of the marvelous roads of
their time. Yet imagine what a sty
gian nightmare it would be to one of
these old road builders if he could
come back and get a passing glimpse
of an automobile going out West
Ciincn avenue at sixty miles an hotir
with exhaust wide open. Good roads
were probably not the cause of their
greatness, but they were a ; art of it.
France, Germany and England,
whose roads are virtually all good
roads, could hardly nave accomplish
ed more titan a very sma.ll percentage
of their wonderful growth sine? the
advent of the automobile. The idea
is not to belittle the (tart the automo
bile has played in the development
of good roads, but to suggest the
enormously broad influence on the
general development of a community.
And when one rides over the wonder
lul country roads of tnose countries
it is impossible no to be impressed
with the harmony of the countryside,
the people and th? houses, with the
good roads; even the peasant who
makes his living front an acre or
two. Perhaps the ambition of the
people is the cause of the good roads
or visa versa. We do know that our
own good toads have enhanced the
value of farms within their radius,
enabled farmers to bring in their
products when needed and caused
city people to move into and improve
suburban sections.
There are many famous stretches
of good ro ids around Augusta—the
Bath Road, the Waynesboro Road, the
Washington Road and the Wrights
boro Road being among the best
in the South
SIXTY THREE THOUSAND YARDS
IN TWENTY THREE DAYS!
This is what A. J. Twiggs & Sons Dug in the
Month of October on the Augusta
Levee Work with a
"70 C” BUCYRUS STEAM SHOVEL
WORKING ONE SHIFT OF ELEVEN HOURS
The material was a very hard clay and shale rock .
No other make of shovel of similar size could
have dug it without the use of powder .
BUCYRUS COMPANY
South Milwaukee, Wis.
Practically every pound of crushed granite used in the construction of the
levee work for the protection of the City of Augusta was furnished by us, and we
The production of any commodity for human use—to supply a need —is an
honorable business. We have seen fit to go into the production of crushed stone,
This is a product that lies literally at the foundation of modern civilization.
It is one of the trinity of structural materials, stone, cement and steel, that
have enabled man to harness the forces of nature. No structure whether it be
stable or skyscraper, sewer or Panama Canal, walk or boulevard, can be or has
been, best constructed during civilization without the use of stone.
Two very important things pertain
to highways. One is the building of
highways. The other is the mainte
nance of highway's. The one is just
as important as the other. Correct
construction of a highway is. as ev
eryone will admit, a necessary thing.
But unfortunately, more than half the
people are under the impresion that
the construction is the total of the
highway problem; that when a road
has been built, the task has been per
formed.
However, the construction of a road
is only the beginning of the task. A
road may be built in a few months;
but its term of use is extended
many years. The task is that long.
During all those years, all parts of
the road must he kept in good condi
tion, as nearly like new as possible.
Maintaining a road means doing
those things which will postpone as
far as possible the necessity for re
pairing or rebuilding portions or all
of the road. Tlius it will be seen that
a distinction is to he made between
maintenance and repairing.
Maintenance consists chiefly in fre
quently inspecting a road and doing
things with a view to preventing what
threatens to happen. Such inspections
are preferably made daily by a per
son who is fitted for such work. If
these is indication that a drain or
culvert beneath the road, or a ditch
beside the road will become obstruct
ed, effort is made to prevent such ob
struction. If there is indication of
the washing of ground by water any
where on the right-of-way, such wash
ing is prevented. If it is a dirt road,
it is frequently dragged with a road
drag to keep the roadway sufficiently
crowned to make it promptly shed wa
ter and thus avoid softening by the
water. If it is a macadam road and
a depression begins to form by the
wearing away of the surface or by
the yielding of the ground underneath,
the further forming of the depression
is prevented by suitable treatment. In
CRUSHED AND BROKEN GRANITE
CRUSHED AND BROKEN GRANITE
Importance of Maintaining
Roads in Good Condition
By Cyrus Kehr, Secretary Tennessee Highway Associa
tion; Vice-President For Tennessee of Southern
Appalachian Good Roads Association.
WESTON & BROOKER QUARRV COMPANY
COLUMBIA, SOUTH CAROLINA
some cases, the stone is cut out to a
sufficient depth to receive a filling
which will properly bind with the sur
rounding structure and come even
with the surounding surface. For such
work different sizes of stone, and per
haps also sand and cement, are used.
r l hese i atrolmen have carts and
tools to take with them on their trips,
and small quantities of material are
placed at stations along the way.
A maintained highway is in good
condition from end to end, it has no
rough places, no ruts, and no chug
holes. It is like new.
Another item to be mentioned in
connection with maintenance is the
matter of wide tires. Roads will keep
in good condition much longer if the
wagons hauling heavy loads have wide
tires. At the same time, wide tires
make easier hauling. Hence there is
no excuse for having wagons with tires
so narrow that they cut the road. Wo
should have a law requiring that tires
shall have a width in proportion to
the load.
GOOD ROADS
By MARY L. RYDER
The interest that the public mind
continues to show in the question of
improved highways is noticeable
everywhere. During the present win
ter the University of Georgia has
been one of an increasing number of
technical schools to hold special road
courses. Such courses were 'held at
the University of Illinois lowa State
College, Case School of Science, Uni
niversity of Kentucky, University of
Texas, University of West Virginia
and at several other institutions.
These, road courses should do an im
mense amount of good in the long
run.
NOTE THESE REMARKS
rHE AUGUSTA HERALD, AUGUSTA, Gi
So one can attend the lectures with,
out being impressed with tile import-;
ance of the service highways render
and the great need of better methods
of administration and' construction.
The office of public roads in the de
partment of agriculture has been
quick to respond to requests for help
to the winter road schools and the ef
fort has been well repaid. The ex
hibit of road models similar to the
one shown at the exposition at Knox
ville during the fall has been in con
stant use for instruction of students
In several universities.
The highway course given at the
University of Tennessee this winter
should mark the beginning of a most j
important development of the func- ;
tion of the engineering department.
There are not enough well trained
load builders to carefully expend the
money that is annually appropriated
lor the roads in the United States.
The office of public roads holds an
nual examinations through the civil
service commission for engineer stu
dents in highway work and pays the
young men during the year they serve
as student assistants. All graduates
of reputable engineering schools may
take these examinations and it is to
he hoped that the University of Geor
gia will encourage its young men to
prepare for these examinations.
There is a broadening field for high
way engineers and the work offers a
roost satisfactory career for many
capable men.
Hard For Calamity Howlers
More calamity for the calamity howl
eers. The signs that business is improv
ing are cropping out on every side. "The
corner seems to be turned at last,”
cheerfully reports the Iron Age this week
concerning the steel industry; and when
tile corner is turned in that basic indus
try, it will soon be turned in others.
The time has arrived when the calmity
editors have to he specially careful that
their own news columns do not giva
= THE =
Planters Loan &
Savings Bank
705 Broad St.
AUGUSTA, GEORGIA
Organized 1870
Upon the Rock of 44 Year*
Daily Experience, this institu
tion has built its well-earned
reputation lor
SOLIDITY, STRENGTH AND
SAFETY.
Thousands of our people cer
tify to a happy experience here,
and give just credit to this
bank for the success of them
selves and their children, in
their effort to acquire financial
independence.
Our Best Facilities are Of
fered to those seeking bank
connections, and no effort is
spared. to enhance the interest
of our depositors.
We Solicit the Accounts of
careful, conservative people,
and give the same careful at
tention to small accounts as to
the larger ones.
Safety Lock Boxes in five
different sizes, $3.00 to $20.00
per year.
Deposits May Be Made by Mall.
Ou r Mailing Department has
been established with great
care and the accounts of de
positors living out of town are
handled with accuracy and dis
patch.
L. C. HAYNE, President.
GEO. P. BATES. Cashier.
them the lie. Instances of this absurd
ity have occurred in the calamity press
of Maine; and it is becoming noticeable
elsewhere. On the editorial page of
Monday’s New York Sun. for example, a
Democratic tariff was running every-
Houston’s Real Estate News
FOR SALE
One hundred farms
near Augusta from
$lO to SSO per acre.
IV. T. HOUSTON & CO.
HARISON BLDG. AUGUSTA, GA.
McCARREL SUPPLY COMPANY
A^HL^JfoCARREL^ Proj^
Building Materials
LIME
CEMENT
PLASTER
MANTELS
GRATES
TILES
PAINTS
VARNISHES
BRUSHES
FLUE PIPE
FLUE TOP
SEWER PIPE
BUILDER’S HARDWARE
PUTTY
SCRAPERS
GLASS CUTTERS
CORNER BEAD
All kinds of Tin and Sheet Metal Work; Cornice,
Skylights, Etc.
Hot Air Furnaces Installed and Repaired*
Phone 1626. - 643 Broad Street. - Augusta, Ga.
Kn P at Vork" rn ' Sh practically all the CTUshed granite necessary to complete this
Wc produce stone in the modem form, crushed stone, in which form with
cement and steel, it stands in all the modern wonders of the world.
We have been fairly successful, if the following facts spell success Two
Z7Z»my P X<m tM,S 8 m " nth '» Pences S to 12^0
Ask us to ship one ear or one thousand cars and watch for results.
thing, and big business was being
badgerered to death. But on the first
page the news editor printed this dis
patch from South Bend, Ind.:
thousand men went to work today In the
Oliver Chilled Plow Works and the cny
INCLUDING
METAL LATHS
6HINGLE STAINS
MORTAR HOES
WEATHER STRIPS
CALCIMINES
WATTRP ROOFING
CORRUGATED IRON
DOORS
SASH
BLINDS
METAL SHINGLES
GUTTERING
DOWN SPOUTS
GLASS
SPONGES
SMALTZ
FIRE BRICK
AUGUSTA IN 1914 J>
has practically no idle men.” With th*
news flatly contradicting him in his
cwn paper in this fashion,, the ealarnl’y
editor has a hard timfe of it. And- it i,
getting worse for him every day.—Port'
land Argus.
FIRE CLAY
MORTAR COLORS
GRAINING COMBS ..
PUTTY KNIVES
COMPOSITION ROOFING
RUBBER ROOFING
TAR PAPER ROOFING
ROOFING TIN
SAND PAPER
IRON WORK
WHEEL BARROWS
PICKS
SHOVELS
BEAVER BOARD
LADDERS
TIN PLATE
COPPER SOLDER
ZINC AND FLAT SHEET IRON