Excerpt from Construction and Care of Earth RoadsRoads should have plenty of light and air. Of course a shady road is very nice On a hot day, but such a road can not be kept in good condition, since shade is nearly sure to breed mud holes. Therefore the road officials should use all possible diplomacy to have trees adjoining the road, particularly those on the south side, trimmed with reference to the benefits of the roads.A tall hedge cuts off the view of the adjacent country, shuts out the breeze, and in a dry time keeps in the dust and in a wet time retards the drying of the road. Therefore the road officials should enforce the law concerning cutting of hedges.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.