Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1898-05-22
Good Combination Roads.

AT dinner given to General Stone
IN st. Louis, at the time of the recent
Good Roads Convention. the general
spoke, as follows, concerning what il Il
good road for general purposes:
The science of building /.
steadily developing and, so far, experi
snce has shown that the very best road
In the world. in good weather. is the
dlrt road. When it is either dry Oh
frozen it makes the best road known
For this reason it is the rule on the
most modern roadways to have dirt
road running alongside of the paved
roadway, and in some instances the
paved roadway has dirt road on each
side OF it, to be used in good weather.
1t is remarkable, on roads built in This
FASHION, how many days in the year
the dirt roads do the best possible ser
vice. and the wear and tear on the
paved portion of the road is thus
saved. Besides this, wet weather is
the time when travel over the paved
road does it the least harm. for tha
Vehlcles then press down the rock an
stone into place, instead of scatteri1,l
them, and by being used only in baJ
weather, it lasts much longer.
'Ihere IS another argumentin favor
OF building roads in this way, and that
IS tnat instead of paved or grayeled
roadway, sixteen OF more feet in width
IL is only necessary to build it eight
teet wide. This reduces the orieinnI
cost OF building the roads lust one
nan, and it has been found to answ4r
tne purpose just as we'll, if not better
thall a road twice its width. How
an, apoul wagons passing each other
Ahat is natural question and simnlv
u, answered. One wagon turns ont on
she dirt road where two wagons maot
Dun as two wagons seldom or never
meet IN exactly the same place, there
Is no danger of wearing deep hole or
'ut in the dirt road, . away VI
Inc cost of building irst-class
, OF this kind recently, in Phila.
lelphla, with Inexperienced honIs
ma other unfavorable conditions yo.
'l-o9 mile. The same kind of road
las oeen built for $500, and even -
y" as 'SSoo mile. The railroads
&c where appreciate the direct ben.
III y, mat good roads are to the fre;obt
.ailc on their lines, and have in
curry every instance, when chilled
pom, given the movement thn;r
earty aid and cooperation Tba
o't ne Railroad Company assured
81 'nao IL would be glad to haul the
ars neeoea tor constructing the road
~ ~ h W stations along its lines. at
= e. pare cost of hauling the cars.
n I nao collecting data on the 5000 .
~ annually, which bad roads
81 thls country, sent ont fan +hnn
road, and the figures are si v
y cav al.ef very careful estimate n
~ n'ale or Iowa the farmer haul.
,1 bushels in a load when, if tIe
WIS were good, he ought to hau) loo
t. one load. That single instance
~ the story in greater or loss IN.
20 u. 'n ,e, bad roads throughout the
' - y mat 5000, 900, 900 loss every
w. through bad roads, is a fax not
, 1n the farmer, but on everybody
' AZ my experience, that one Of
-, most mo. difficult things which fine
'i s OF good roads have TO do
especially those who live IN thn
~ ;m 10 prove to the farmers that
n+r interest in good roads in the
Jury f is real and personal one
L. n ner mas paid the tax of bad
49, o. "iru mas suffered from if 50 Iono
, ne hnds it difficult to believe that
81 TO receive aid from people Whom
eal ; ntana!y oelleved had very lit