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posts should be two and a half feet in length placed in the ground at intervals of 

 eight feet, and bevelled at the top so as to slope the curve slightly toward the 

 boulevard. 



The following illustration is from a photo of a street of one of the most pro- 

 gressive towns in Ontario. This street was laid in 1895, and its condition in 

 1896 needs no comment, the picture tells the whole story. It will be seen that 

 there are fine residences on this street, open to full view, the sidewalks are excel- 

 lent, there are good boulevards, the kerbing is good — but the roadway ! The 

 material, evidently, has not been compacted by a roller and one is m doubt 

 whether a gang-plow has not been used by mistake. With a good heavy roller 

 this could be made an ideal town or city street. 



Fig. 1022.— Ahren's St. Berlin, April 20th, 1896. 



In obtaining drainage, a line of common tile should be laid under each 

 gutter, below frost, and should be covered if possible with a porous material. 

 The surface water may usually be led to the tile drains by catch basins placed 

 where the grade of the road renders them most serviceable. If a system of 

 sewers exists, it materially simplifies the question of obtaining outlets for surface 

 and tile drains. 



Grades should be reduced as far as practicable, having due regard to the 

 draining of surface water and having regard to the elevation of the adjoining 

 property. In fixing the grade it is rarely necessary to injure adjoining property 

 by excess of cuts or fills in front of it. 



