A Charcoal Road.
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There is always something new being
discovered, in this progressive country
The people Of Michigan, lor want Of stone u
are making roads Of charcoal, and Il is ssaid, !!
they succeed admirably. Tie process ID
thus described in the Cisvslard Herald:


Timber from six to eighteen inches
through, IA cut "A feet l6ng, and piled up.
lengthwise in the centre Of The road about
Ave feet high. being nine feet wide n The
bottom and two al the top; and then cover
ed with straw and earth. in the manner of
coal-pits. The earth required to cover the
pile being taken from either eide, leaves
two good sized bitches, and the timber al
though not split, Is easily chafred, and
when charred, the earth is removed to the
side Of the bitches, the coal rakeds down, to
. width Of fifteen feet, leaving it two feet
thick at the centre and one at the sides,
and the road is completed"


A road Of the kind thus described, ID
now being made near Blissfeld in Mich
igan. About seventy rods have been COM
.pleted, twenty Of which have been used
for seven months, and the remainder for
three months. II is in bad swamp, on
the leading thcroughfare west. tits said
that on an average, sixteen hesvily loaded
teams pass over it daily, and yet there il
no appearance Of rust, but it presents an
even, hard surface. 'e tit


The road is made BY contract a the price
Of $3.50 per mile. It is considered very
compact and free from mud or dust. The
Hon. Elisha Whittlesy and Mr.. Newton,
an engineer, who lately inspccted.this road,
report Of il as follows: - A-


cat each end Of the different sections Of
The coal road the mud on the canseway was
fet-lock deep, where there was that depth
Of earth; and nearly or quite half axeltrec
deep where the logs were broker; when
on the coal road, there was not The least
water standing, and the impress Of the feet
Of horse passing rapidly over II was like
that made on hard washed sand, as the surf
recedes, on the shore Of the lake. The
water is not drained from the ditches, and
yet there are no rnts or inequalities in the
surface Of the coal road, except whdt Il
produced by more compact packing on the
line Of travel. We think it Is probable
that coal will fully compensate for NE def-
cheney of lime stone and gravel In many
sections Of the We@t---and where's 4 road il
to be constructed Though forest land, that
coal may be used at fourth Of the expense
Of limestone"