The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1892-05-19
.,,.......... - GOOD ROADS. =.
(From the Gospel. Of Good Roads. ~
CHAPTER XIV,

One day the ''rOad Improvement
cruze' took hold of the people in Union
county, and about 60 miles of Telford
roads were put down. The result was
that his brother had just received an
offer of 5000 an acre for the farm
he had vainly offered TO sell for from
$50 to $50 per acre. Moreover, the
farm became profitable. To be sure,
there has been little increase of
taxes, but the owner of farm the
value of which had been increased 1925
per acre could hardly complain of the
slight increase of taxes, which was
after all quite inconsidcrable. The
whole subject was summed up by a
statement in these words: "Why,
there are fully 600 miles If Telford
roads in the state of New Jersey, and
know what am talking about when
I say that the increase in land values
brought about in Union county alone
would pay six times over the cost of
every foot of stone road put down in
the state.'
At another time the same gentleman
stated little incident in his personal
experience which might we'll be
here related. He said that few years
previous lie had bought Is acres of land
for 81 800 per acre rot far from Orange.
Tie opened Up the land and put in the
best kind Of Telfnrd road. This, with
other i'm ,rovements, brought the ex-
ppnsc of the LAID up to about $40 Il
front foot. He snld that tard pr tty
nearly rs fast.as he could draw Up Il Q
deeds and none nf il brought less than
$50 {. front foot. The party from whom
hr had pm chased The 45 acres still
| owned II acres or the other side of the
road and had offered it for Srle 1T
81, ECO per acre before the new road
was pnt down. n year later the pur-
| chaser Of the 4j acres bought tie II
.cre piece at S. ,0C0 an acre. and il less
than two mouths afterwards sold
| "nOugh of it TO pay the purchase price
md The cost Of all improvements and
still retained il portion Of the II tcre
| pirce for which he was then offered
$780, 600. He adds: "This is only one
instance Of what road improvement
has done for me, and it will act the
same way for any individual or any
community that takes it up III an in
telligent way"
Let me cite another instance show
ing the benefits resulting from i'm
proved roads; this one in the State of
Indiana.
In Parke County, in that State, much
improvement in this line has been
shown, and the practical results Of
good roads have created a general de-
mand for their extension in other parts
of the country. 1t used to be the Gus
tom of the farmers in that section to
"work" the roads iii the same manner
and with tile same ignorant attention
to the work in hand that had been
given it by their fathers and fore
fathers away back to the feudal times
in English history. They went out on
that streak of disturbed soil which by
force Of custom they called "road,"
and under pressure of annual assess.
ment proceeded to scrape and maui the
soil for three or four hours Per day.
When the farmer was too busy to in
dulge in this annual diversion with the
neighbors, it was permitted that two
of his boys were allowed as substi-
tute for their father, and one of these
"substitutes," Writing at a later day,
says: 1T was as good as a holiday" ="
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