Mexico weekly ledger., 1891-09-17
No. 2. To improve the condi-
tion ovar .he entire State,

No. 4. No; our laws are very
defective, and should be amended.
No. 5. No.
No. 6. Improved Reversible
Road machines viii effect a saving
of not less than rs per cent. in
cost of building road over old
method of pick, shovel, drag,
scraper and plow, and do the work
100 per cent. better.
No. z. Austin; manufactured by
T. c. Austin Manufacturing Com
pany, Chicago, Ill.
MR.. j. D. ADAMS.
Mr.. J. D. Adams, of Indianap-
oils, Ind, says:
No. /. We think it a progress
sive one, and will be felt In every
part of Missouri.
No. 2. It will result in a gen.
eral improvement of roads.
No. 3, Yes. The people are
wide awake on this subject, but the
present system practically pre-
vents them from securing the de-
sired result.
No. 4. We do not. Local au-
thorlties, such as overseers and
township boards, are legally pow
erless to provide for payment of
machinery.
No. 5. But very little "pet
contractors have proven them
selves d~eservedly unpopular.
No. 6. From fifty to seventy
FIVE per cent. less than the dump
scoop method.
No. 7. The Steel Champion
and King Reyersibles.
MR.. GEO. B. SHARP.
Mr.. Geo. B. Sharp, superintend-
ent of agencies, of the Western
Wheeled Scraper Co., Aurora, Ill
inois, says:
No. 1. The move cannot be COM
/ mended too highly by the public
spirited men of the State. We feel
that we can trust your brilliant and
handsome young Governor, who
has honored this meeting with his
presence and active support, and
the good sense of the Missouri
people to adjust matters wisely.
No. 2. The effect will be te
stimulate the building of good pub
lie highways, and a noticeable de
termine to find the best methot
for producing the best result.
No. 3. While not SC much i'm
proved machinery is now in use al
in some other States, yet the de
mand in that direction would in
dictate as much or greater interes
than Is shown in most of States.
No. 4: The road laws of Mis-
souri, are confusing, by many no
fully understood, and is the prin
cipal barrier of their buying large
~ of improved machinery.
No. 5. The letting of roads b,
contract, while possibly the prin
; ciple is good, has not met will
approval, nor been satisfactory t
the public and taxpayers, and ha
been largely abandoned.
> No. 6. The result of improve
machinery has been to make dill
roads 100 per cent. better, and t
i. reduce the cost, at least calculation
+ fifty per cent. necessarily effec'
g ing in a short time, a correspond
ing reduction in taxation for roa
: purposes.
No. Z. represent the "Wes'
ern ,"made by the Western Vince
ed Scraper Co., of Aurora, Ill.
Il j. NJ. HOLLAND.
Regarding the first question, M
Holland says: That they hay
shown great good sense and publ
spirit in besining go prominent
before their people the importans
u OF our public highways.
Second. It should result
marked improvement in the ne'
future.
e Third. We find Missouri pc
o progressive and fully up with Il
d people of other States, and loo
for this meeting to give them tt
post of honor by placing them
g. the head of the procession.
Fourth. We find Missouri Ia
se as it now exists, acting as a BARR
to some extent between those wi
g would willingly buy and those wi
rs would gladly sell.
Fifth. My observation SO far
10 that it is not fully salts factory.
Sixth. That it costs less tn
half as much to do more and bett
work with machinery and that b
ter results are obtained.
The Mount Pleasant Road N
chine, manufactured by the n
r. Pleasant Road Grader Co., i
re Pleasant, Iowa.
a.. VISITORS INTERVIEWED.
I'd LEDGER reporter interview
a the following prominent gent
men attending the contest on
lie road question. More intervie
will be published tomorrow: