The sun., 1893-04-02

srcesed BY 90 900 or more miles Of mscsdksl
roedways. and it's easy OF demon stration tbs
rofn'nS except dGsSTnaps shs rsBsal q hs
tual and material prosperity. OF her. cItizsni
during the pnrt century as her enlightened
In the, Iowa Be,ter Iloads Convention. held
Nt Des Moines Aug ~ and IL. 1892. Mr.. O. l.
Re'o'rod. That amy permanent pan OF road improve
ment should inc,uds state Engineer NJ Public Hish
ways. with county engineers subordinate 10 him. and
that nll plans and specifications for the PORN
improvement Of roaes and for all bridges costins
more than one hundred dollars be approved by the
| State Engineer. ).
by the deleg tes. one OF whom said: 1T ap.
tnr me wSsh sT Viii S. sh
glye galye permanent nms, roads' roads This we must have.
because enunls % S mot sSeen
i concerns the whole state. II counties take
shs G nn9d I'D Ind he
they will not jise., II must be managed BY
but OF three Com missionere. 1t is a gigantic
work; 4 must be cared for vigorously and
Judge ,Thayer said: Let the State iowa,
Tss sss sas Psrs 81 thS ss ,s
$Ss sFSs y ts
State Roads Commission: Give us some such
systsm a. this. md din " ten yrars Iowa would be
greater exp.nse than the present system en-
tails Ms with M its drp,,oIahIe resSltan
We are always sounding the praises Of aGri.
culture. yet have lived long enough 70 SEQ in
a s hs 5"vHef svs s s the
On isr%ins s!ss. pssn si.ssusnt = M epsr. psr
them: but one Of the most fruitful ' is that At
fonnd, ,ln, In tho neglect OF road building and
WHAT BAD ROADS COST THE COUNTRY.
The BOARD Of Trade in n Tennessee town. in
| a recent nj emorial to tn" Legislature. demon
strHted that bad ronhs were costing the nennls
annually. rroi " carsas Sss Of n she G GniSsrsity
Of Tennessee. after careful! investigation.
Ss SSsHn to gssi ss os the total
hauling could have been done Tor hair the sum
over good dirt ronds. and for one.s!xth Of i
ss RshsrS srSns Ey aHos
A%ercsG Ies1. EsonoRis S thas
SIS a horse . low, estimate for the loss From
CULTURAL @ station Is 'Hs shoWn snss Kat
on On, gravel horse will draw one and a halt
times the load he can draw on dirt road.
COST OF BAD ROADS.
As to the cost OF bad roads In the United
States Judge Thayer says: have made q
aSs 70 usn sush aa bss
which snres m viii viii be Be @ pubsSed i and and fYH% ind
@es hine
t moderate estimate to put the other contri-
sotal hs Of SS%5S nt equal amount making
WILL GOOD ROADS PAYp
Mr.. Stephen Favill OF Madison. Wis. In an
Of whether or not Il viii pay to build and care
for our COZ country , roads is fortunately not all
been worEed oa. En9and Frs%es Gepmany hSs
Snd nnyd ths, ,h Of the sount,ss
have tried this matter far enough to prove
that ss business yen,%re It Is one Of tho worry
eral taking hold OF this matter in this country
e. IN in European e c9HntTies. countries but some OF the
time viii allow me to give only .pne
90 from sood roads taion sounsy
ss sS 4s.d sss &:
OF those best qualified 10 know is that the In
creased valuation Of their lands would more
man owning 13} acres that ne valued at SOS
an acre and could not ind buyer at that. had.
that all land would he advanced in price at
follow the advent OF good roads in our State
Ssm 20 SAY az hs
venience and luxury OF having rond that
eGp es Ssss 2" Rs
good roads have been constructed property
improvement cost absolutely nothing; Take
f IL tSs the DSE Nsx 2f the Bsoss tGs
sass sSs SSo's sS%fs
s esens u N New YORK have ots IN
the Vicinity q tSn1x Mass Sscau's o. ths
New York. with its beautiful lakes and grand
would be safe to say that more than ,$2.UI0oo0
citizens of NEW York State would be-
ed in this State 4 State roads were constructed
The value Of farm lane. would be sufficiently
xii S New YORK tSs
s s The ct Is aS Veins aGs
upon the action Of the other. and their inter
ests are mutual to an extreme degree.
CONFUSION: NOT OPTION.
The act giving counties OF the State option
to build roads Wil be utterly useless. and the
sSsRss TSs xaid W be ssss: a g bs;
deei,ied elections in soma States the past year.
It is a fact that the election Of Gov. Altgeld Of
Illinois was made possible upon that issue
aud the schools issue" and marty lines were
broken upon those issues alone.
CAN THE PEOPLE BE TRUSTED?
The Richardson nil provides that the aues-
tion of building state roads shall be submitted
the intelligenco OF tho people NJ the State. and
an implied doubt as to their judgment. to re-
fuse to allow them to be heard ut the polls In
this or any other matter Of great public con-
cern. CHARIEs 4. WILLIE.
Secretary New York State Road Horse Asso-
citation.
1S9 Broadway. New YoTK.