It is dangerous. Here is where
you want the rope. An engine should be run across a bad bridge very
slowly and carefully, and not allowed to jerk. In extreme cases it is
better to run across by hand; don't do this but once; get after the road
supervisors.
SAND.
An engineer wants a sufficient amount of "sand," but he don't want it in
the road. However, you will find it there and it is the meanest road
you will have to travel. A bad sand road requires considerable sleight
of hand on the part of the engineer if he wishes to pull much of a load
through it. You will find it to your advantage to keep your engine as
straight as possible, as you are not so liable to start one wheel to
slipping any sooner than the other. Never attempt to "wiggle" through a
sand bar, and don't try to hurry through; be satisfied with going slow,
just so you are going. An engine will stand a certain speed through
sand, and the moment you attempt to increase that speed, you break its
footing, and then you are gone. In a case of this kind, a few bundles
of hay is about the best thing you can use under your drivers in order
to get started again.
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