Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1892-04-07
ROADS AT THE WORLDS FAIR.
John y. Cuyisr Proposes an Exhibition
of an Instructive Kind.


John y. Cuyisr Proposes an Exhibition
OF an Instructive Kind.
In letter TO the editor Of tho New
York Tribune, John y. Cuylcr says;
An important subject Ia That of rosia,
roadmakinR and maintenance. IfIcould
mako the roads Of country. good law.
making would b. sire TO follow. This
free parnphraso Is intended to be iinper.
sonnl. There will, no doubt. DO pro-
vided mn exhibition Of machinery aud
appliances Of all sorts for use In con
htructing roadways, aud for their repair
and maintenance machinery for break
ing Stone and othorwis preparing mate
rial required for rondmaking; steam
rollers, excayators, icrapcrE and nppa
rah and tools a-plcnty, a convenient aud
practical exploiting q which will b.
greatly 10 the advantage Of the exhibitor
and OF those who seek information.
Contiguous TO such exhibition thore
could DO provided an open area, where,
within the compass Of u couple OF acrc0,
there could be auan ged many cxuIn.
pies Of road consirut ton. 40 varied In
detail and material s TO afford. in the
most simple and con ,prchensible way,
information 10 thousar ds seeking l,nowl.
edge ON tho subject CIV, rywhoro through.
out the country,
Wowould admit, II you please, street
pavement Ia use In cit les, IA inhpplica.
bic for the purpose dii cussed, but Ia all
else short stretches Of roadway. showing
an open end section which would dis.
close all details, and including In one
form Of construction or another nll
classes OF material earth, gravel,
broken stone and coml lina,iuus Of those,
and Of widths and dc pths intended TO
meet local requirement Is and exigencica
Drainage and the care OF water should
he illustrated. Count css machines and
apparatus could bcpra 'tically exhibited,
und here the visitor from Vermont, from
Kansas aud from Texas, could in a day
get more ideas ON this most valuable
feature OF the public c. onomy than town
committees and supervisors absorb
during term Of office,
As u people we are My awakening 10
an appreciation Of tho importance Of a
substantial and intel ligcnt system Of
road service, and Of Tho business end,
affecting the interests Of all, OF q proper
system Of repair aud maintenance.
More money is yearly wasted by igno.
rant and dishonest use in this branch Of
the public expenditure than would,
under intelligent and honest manage
ment, with modor lto accession ol
funds, mako aud main tain fair roads
The value of contiui ious and intclli.
gent maintenance, tht keeping of tho
surface in order and the proper dispo'i
ton Of water, which Is tho greatest
enemy Of roads, are hardly understood
let alone praetlcod, IN, any Of our rural
districts.
1t Ia the experience Of many engineers
as 1t certainly IS my own, that II rarely
happens but that fair ly good roads may
be constructed ont Of material readily
available at a very 81 aHll part Of the cost
usually supposed TO be necessary. r,
make every dollar ten in construction
and proper attention thereafter, Is N,
simple secret IN moro than enough
instances to justify 81 as rule.
1t may DO that tile project may IN
deemed 10 he impiaaicablc. ! thinl
not, Possibly some such plan has al