The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1895-12-20

should be taxed TO aid the construction
Of good roads in this county ana every
other portion of the state We are u
great people 10 advocate good things
If we had everything that we say We
shouid have we should be enjoying d f,
civilization compared TO which u pres
eut c~iyiIization would be a mere snaao"
But nobody is willing TO pay for secuF-
ing what everybody says we ought F"
have
Let the state compel the construction
Of rood roads. is repeated over and over
again by rich men. great corporations
pleasure seekers and f~ownspeople gen
orally. All right; but who Is to p tne
bill? Let anybody pay IT, 50 40 ho'
have Ia. is the answer. Now we start
out with the undisputed claim thar II
would be- profitable 10 the farmer II we
hal better roads. We 60 still further
md make the assertion that II IS prac-
,;ral to have good roads without great
L. huriening the farming community
In the first place. il will probably &c
canaraliy admitted that not one man IN
! hundred who has charge of the roads
knows any more about the SCIENCE Oh
road building than a choctaw knowso'
The principles Of the Christian religion
Euiid IN The center and perhaps cur
Itch on the sides. That : tine oegin-
ming and end Of our road construction
ms 4 rule. That il does not work =
abundantly proved by the condition q
our. roads. Something more Is ~
ouirxd. The advocacy of state aho
county surrrintendcnts of roads thes'
: oerrials 10 be practical road builders OF
engineers involves the correct primer
Me OF road construction. inasinueh "
I, recognizes the fact that to construc
roads requires a practical kno"ie"sa
. r,,, such a system would lie eNpensi''
md nrettv sure { o become a poAtica
: ,.x-.atinr machine. The people. ~
understand their temper. are NOT favor
: abl.. TO an increase of the onices- In
prac,ical thing TO do is for the Peopi
sh.mselves TO learn the art OF prope
n roaa construction. and this j. not dil
ficult. Perhaps there - nothing IN 'n
ordinary affairs of life that comes m
!. existence SO much from chance ana 2
a ~axs remains about as IL is first mac
=. :. I road or street. In the west. whel
~. roads are SD often run on the Sc
,;op lines. there is a little more syste
~ than in the older portions OF the cou
er try \,
n The crook in the roa remains. al
49,. waste time and horse muscle In ira
- .l;pv the crook. The original hill "
=. r-main for a century. as II u did 2
cos, ANYTHING to pull a load uphill. !
|, the principle Of draught anybody 9
undersfand. and the Importance OF ca
;-ncl;nations in roads any body can co
- pr.hend. For instance. the force ~
.sarx 10 draw a a which with
Load weighs six tons along a level M
adam road is 2Ji pounds But on rs
with an ascent of one loot In ~
ny. force required is 45o pounds. M
we ,hsp mean less weight 10 a load !
&c? more trips or a larger number OF hor
wer - he load. Ii requires no civil 81
hat peer at a high salary to decide nat
Us? rim In Improbable. and II requires
hirh engineering ability to reduce
his ,prl;ue: and vet the permancncy
ity? h;us in the road would indicate !
one. nobody ever thought of removing o.
un- duc;nr them. ard that nobody kl
hcr 70 do H. Then il would be an in
and. 70 the intelligence Of any farmer 20
H. 20 him that the only way TO const
-permsnent roads IL By the use Of q