Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1897-11-12
Good Road. Pa.

uat'ohs SUCH as recentlv .,,
4 small town in New Jers. .Alseth
miles from Philadelphia TO- tvsss
ting object lesson of the nrosa M l.
roads. In consequence Of ~ " set
roads the wagon maken ,h. ~
constructed four-horse yeh,clss 0sx
~ fifty-five bushel basket, =. T" a.
mum load, which was ree,,s.s sazl
heavy hauling. Real estate h.s =
a-begging for years; there va. ..a ~
sible market for it. 1t had - ~ p~
possible to settle up estates hec.n a ~
purchaser could be found for N. ,s
hut a few years ago the peonls - .n !.
community woke up. The town ~ @e
*4o'ooo worth of bonds and appl,s sS. ~
proceeds to better roadway 4. e
suit New Jersey wagon maker. ;. = n
vicinity Of Philadelphia ara m y. ~
two-horse vehicles to carry NJ. =.
five bushel baskets. but load NY
up from ninety to 125 bushel b......
and still the loads are not rep,rd.s
heavy. Two horses are able 10 ~ NY =
WORK tnan four horses, and with muss
more ease. ~'ea
On the old roads two men and ,,.
horses, with wagon weiphin. , osa
pounds. could take two and a hsm wv.
OF produce to market and brine h.o.
an equal amount Of fertilizer maxim.
one trip a day. Now, on tho ,o,s
roads, one man with two horses. and
wagon weighing 1890 pounds NAL.
four trips to market, bringing back :,
equal weight and making four trims
day.-Jersey City Evening Journal
Good Roads,
The Lake Charles Echo. t,kIn,
Troutwine's tests as the basis Of h,
calculations. estimates that II cs,.
Louisiana IS, $50, 600 a year to move N
crops. and that two-thirds of this could
be saved If he had good roads, Traut.
wines tests show the number az
pounds Of pull required to move Ton
on different kinds of roads to be !.
follows: Plank road. 80 to so; cubic,l
block, brick. 30 to so; macadam. 81 IA
IS; gravel, 40; common earth. 200 to
300. The pull on earth roads In dr.
seasons is from six to eight times u
hard as on brick, and three or four
times as hard as macadam, and In wet
seasons much greater. and in Louis
lana, with its heavy rainfall, we have
longer wet seasons than any other
part Of the country. and, as conse
quence. worse roads.
The United States Agricultural Blu.
reau figures that it costs the farmers
$3 per ton to haul their crops from the
farm to the railroad or market. With
a total production Of 1.750,OOO tons Of
corn. cane, cotton, rice, etc, the haul.
ing costs Louisiana farmers $5,250OO0
now, which cost can be reduced s..
500, 600 II the roadways are made bet.
ter.
II, therefore, Louisiana spent s..
400, 900 a year on its roads. it would be
better of financially. their cost being
less than they would be saved in haul
Ing. The expenditure of such a sum Of
money would put our highways In
splendid condition in a very few years:
but such an expenditure is not dreamt
of. nor would the people favor it.
The best course in Louisiana would
be that which has met with such sue.
cess elsewhere-to build Just enough
miles of good roads to enable the peo-
pie to see and appreciate their value,
and how much they can save by them.
II this were done, as in Massachusetts.
New Jersey, Pennsylvania and other
States, 1t would not be long before the
people demanded better roads In ev.
cry part Of the State.
1t is proposed to bring the matter
before the Legislature at its next ses-
sion, hut it would be well to inaugurate
\ preliminary campaign, SO that there
will be popular backing to a good
road" law when 1t comes before thu
General Assembly.-New Orleans
Democrat,