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it will be necessary to have ordinances regulating the width 

 of tire and diameter of wheel which may be used on the 

 roads when carrying specified loads. In Europe, where 

 better roads are found and a better system for maintenance 

 exists, there are ordinances which fix the width of tire to 

 be used with given loads. In Bavaria the regulations are 

 as follows : 



Two wheel carts with two horses, 4.133 inch tires. 



Two wheel carts with four horses, 6.180 inch tires. 



Four wheel carts with two horses, 2.596 inch tires. 



Four wheel carts with four horses, 4.133 inch tires. 



Four wheel carts with five to eight horses, 6.180 inch 

 tires. 



Carts with more than four and wagons with more than 

 eight horses are not allowed to use the roads without a 

 special permit from the authorities. 



Other countries of the Old World have found similar 

 ordinances necessary and it is clearly rational and just 

 that such matters should be regulated, for otherwise one 

 man may easily put in jeopardy the interests of a whole 

 community. 



601. Maintenance and Repairs. A sharp distinction 

 should always be made between the maintenance of a road 

 and its repairs. It is only when some accident has oc- 

 curred to seriously injure a road or when, from long 

 neglect, it has become well nigh worn out that repairs are 

 needed, but the daily touching up of slight defects and 

 places of evident wear constitutes maintenance. 



602. Good Maintenance. Good maintenance will con- 

 sist in daily attention to all the details which are necessary 

 to keep a section of road up to the. standard of perfection 

 practicable to its type, influenced by its local surroundings 

 and conditions. It must consist in (1) keeping the road 

 in proper form; (2) in adding materials to the wearing 

 surface where needed; (3) in -keeping the road surface 

 and drainage channels clean ; (4) in keeping the road sides 



