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THE SAND-CLAY ROAD
IT HAS STOOD EVERY TEST
The Terrific Weather of the Past
Winter Did No Damage To the
Buncomb Sand-Clay Road—Read
This., You Who Claiir.s that the
Sand-Clay Road Is a Failure.
While discussions abound con
cerning the respective meiits of
sand-clay and macadam roads
it is interesting to hear the
Asheville Gazette-News assert
that the road problem for most
s?ctions of Buncombe county
has been solved, because a sand
clay built through Beaverdam
Valley meets every requirement
and stands every test. The
first section of this road was
laid in December, 1910. and a
second section was made the
January-February following. It
has been a good road since its
first day. The terrific weather
of last winter did practically no
damage, it has never been either
dusty or muddy in any consider
able degree, and yet it has
endured much heavy hauling
from the very start. While au
tomobiles play havoc with ma
cadam, they positively benefit
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the sand-clay. "The sand-clay
road leading from Grace up
Beaverdam creek," declares
County Engineer J. C. M. Valen
tine in the Gazette-News, "is the
best road in the county today."
Mr. Valentine states? thg t even
the Baltimore roads a model of
macadam' "construction. have
suffered! heavily; i through the
severe weather, whereas the
sand-clay almost entirely es
icapeil. Thv» formula of this
excellent road is given as fol
lows : Six inches of sand and
j upon that a layer of clay, three
| inches deep: on that four inches
•of sand: the whole finished with
I one inch of clay or gravel. It
l is stated that the gravel finish
| proved somewhat the better.
Mr. Roland Wolfe, the super
visor of the road, says that to be
kept in the best condition the
surface should be dragged at a
cost of about $3 per mile each
year. Regular dragging has not
been practiced thus far. The
belief is that with such care
this highway would almost
never wear out. And the
Gazette-News editorially urges
that sand-clay construction costs
only about S6OO per mile, as
against $2,500 or more for the
macadam type.
THE DANBURY REPORTER
Experience had with another
sand-clay road now building is
suggestive of the causes behind
many of the complaints which
we hear. "Mr. Valentine," it
stated, "said that considering
I everything this road is in good
; condition and that it would
1 not be long until it would be in
| fine shape. The wet weather
and the freezing caused a
thorough mixing of the sand
elay. which was just what
j was needed L although
! some of the people became ciis
i couraged about the road and
some said they wished it had
been let alone as it was. They
will probably sing another lane
next winter.
All the condemnation of the
sand-clay road which we ever
heard came from people who had
manifestly given it an incomplete
or insufficient trial. In most cases
they had notjconstructed a real
sand-clay roadrat all, but!|had
acted upon the assumption that
any dumping of sand upon mud
constitutes a construction of this
type. In some other cases peo
ple who had little faith from the
loss that little by failing to make
necessary jj. allowance, as the
Buncombe people quoted by
Engineer Valentine nearly did.
For real sand-clay road fully
as good engineering service is
needed as for the macadam type.
Nor does it follow that because
an engineer has built good maca- {
dam roads he has all the re
quisite experience for building;
good roads of the other kind.
We have been impressed with
the fact that, notwithstanding
the sand-clay type is compara-,
tively a new invention, exper-;
ienced road engineers every- j
where pronounce well-built ;
sand-clay roads good. They!
know what can be done, as the
layman does not. Condemna
tion comes from people who
have attempted the building
of such roads without competent j
advice. Accustomed to placing j
faith only in rack, they generally
made no more than half-hearted
attempts at that.
There are sand-clay roads and
roads called sand-clay roads
which are not the type known to
to engineers. People who get
the lirst kind are delighted,
while people who get the second
j kind complain. On its proved
merits wherever it has had a fair
I trial the real sand-clay grains
high favor and commends itself
to all who soek an economical
yet extremely serviceable road
which endures severe weather
and the conditions of modern
travel as the far more expansive
macadam does not.
i The Allen Man-Hunt A Game tf
Hide And Seek.
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March 14—Search begun.
March 17—The Aliens in-j
trenched in Devil's Den. Site |
chosen for camp in case of
troops ordered out. The Aliens
hold a conference at home of
Jasper ("Jack") Allen, who did
not part in the shooting. !
March 19- Located at Squirrel
Spur. Hurry calls sent out. l
Get away before posse arrives.
March 20—Sidna Allen at
home. Escapes posse by fifteen j
minutes.
March 21—Trap laid to capture
Aliens. Big secret posse on j
trail. Smaller ones at Hillsville 1
a blind.
March 22—Sidna Edwards
captured.
March 23-24—Deluge retards
the search. Clande Swanson
Allen eludes pursuit. Detec
tives hot on trail of Sidna Allen,
Freel Allen and Wesley Ed
wards.
March 25—Posse finds desert
ed camp. "Battle is imminent."
March 27—Sidna Allen located j
in Sugar Loaf Mountain. Posse
makes early morning descent,
but loses the scent.
March 28—Claude Swanson,
Allen captured.
March 29—Freel Allen found
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in carriage house at father's
home.
March 30—Sidna Allen and
Wesley Edwards located on
south side of Supar Loaf Moun
tain.
March I—Campl— Camp of Sidna Allen
and Wesley Edwads found in
harness, Lap
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| Wagons, Etc.
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clump of laurel on Buzzard's
Roost. Fugitives ran away in
dense thickets when hundreds
of alarmed birds flew up, giving
the warning.
April I—Bloodhounds put on
trail of Sidna Allen and Wesley
Edwards.
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