CONSTEUCTION AND MAINTENANCE OF CEMETEEIES. 25 1 



from five to six inches above the gutter grade, bearing in mind, 

 however, that on a hillside the incline from center to gutter must 

 be greater than on level ground, in order to prevent the water 

 from accumulating and. forming a gutter or gully down the center 

 of the drive. The surrounding lawns should be sloped gentlv down 

 to the gutter, care being taken to make no steep terraces where 

 avoidable. 



In selecting material of which to construct the road, one will 

 have to be governed by location. If convenient to stone quarries, 

 the refuse rock is as desirable a material as can be procured. I 

 am at present building a piece of road in Lakewood using rock 

 usually thrown into the dump at the quarries. This is hauled and 

 dumped onto the subgrade, then broken with hammers into pieces 

 about three inches square. This course I make four inches deep 

 at the gutter line and eight inches in the center. Next I haul 

 coarse, sharp sand and wash as much of it as possible down be- 

 tween the broken stone, and then go over the road with a heavy 

 roller. Next comes a course of from two to three inches of stone 

 crushed to about inch cubes, and another flooding of sand and 

 rolling. Following this is the final coat or dressing of one-half 

 inch of stone screenings (screened gravel may be used instead for 

 dressing, if desired). If stone can not be procured at a reasonable 

 cost, cinders or slag will make a good substitute. 



In case there are no subdrai'ns to carry off surface water, it 

 will be necessary to build gutters wherever the grade is very steep. 

 These may be constructed of cobble stone, cut stone blocks or 

 paving brick, laid eighteen inches wide to the contour of the road, 

 on a base of sand, and well rammed. Where it is possible, there 

 should be a complete system of drainage provided and proper 

 inlets from the gutter at frequent intervals along the drives into 

 the same. 



After outlining and grading drives, all land should be plowed 

 and brought to a uniform surface with scrapers, care being taken 

 to save all the top soil which is necessarily removed, to be used 

 again on the surface. Stir up the soil well with harrows, remove 

 all sticks, stones and roots and sow with pure Kentucky blue grass 

 seed, about four bushels to the acre, rolling well with a light roller 

 immediately after seeding and again when grass first shows 

 through the dirt. Let the grass get six to eight inches high, then 

 cut with scythe two or three times before using a lawn mower. 

 This method should give in two years a fine, close lawn, which 

 will last indefinitely if properly, cared for and a little new seed 

 applied occasionally in August. 



