The Red Cloud chief., 1900-10-12
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Solving u yesaiious Question.

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r r ORSEMEN. ~bicyclists and
NJ automobile owners are still
trying to solve the vcXatious
question OF good roads. All
agree that the country should contain
enough good roads, so that everybody
who wishes to move about either for
business or pleasure should have nm
opportunity of doing 50 with the great
est possible comfort and economy.
But what kind of u road will best suit
MI persons Is the question on which
all seem to split. The farmers declare
that the roads ought TO he of stone
50 that farm produce may he taken
to market for twelve months In the
year instead of for only nine months,
the time In which n dirt road may he
used ordinarily by the farmers. The
farmers put up u strong argument,
saying that the farmer Is the back.
bone Of the Republic, and that when
the farmer does not prosper there can
be no general prosperity. Then the III
cyclist comes along with n splendid
argument to show that n stone road
jogglcs too much for the whcclmen,
The cyclists declare that the road
ought To he either of ordinary dirt or
of macadam where II will not pay 10
have asphalt ~pnvcmcnts for the wheel
men. The automobile men who arc
now rapidly increasing In numbers,
rather side with the farmer who needs
n rock road that can bc used I'm all
kinds of weather. but the driver of
light harness rigs cr the rider OF
horses steps into the contest and de-
clarcs that stone roads iujurc MI
horses that have to travel faster than
Il slow jog trot. The horscmcn de.
clare that the stone pavcmcnts breed
MI kinds of trouble for horses tina,
travel moderately fast. including the
horses driven by tradcsmen and deliv
erymen. The injury Of the stone
roads, they declare, are to the foot
leg and lung, DR.. II. II. Kane, Presi
dent OF the Drivers and Riders
League, of New York, IL out with .
: statement on this subject. which will
no doubt attract the attention of nj
classes concerned, and which may leat
to n compromise In the demands mad
hereafter by the various organization
! with the happy result that e erybod.
I will get some of the things he desire
even If he does not have the who'll
road to himself. The plan propose,
by DIR. Kane IL as follows: First
-, there should be one road along tn
main artery of traffic to and from tn
Z principal markets built of stone 70
n the farmers and NIL others WHO hay
v TO do heavy trucking; second, on eitho
!, side of this stone road should be n dill
road about eight feet wide for the q
u peclal use of horsemen and all kline
y OF harness vehicles. The dirt rOa
II might in most cases suffice for Il
wheelmen. but In case there was an
unusual demand for increased spa'
for bicycle riders. DIR. Kane would re
- ommend that on the outside of Il
dirt road there should be a special
" constructed bicycle path. This pla
'e Of having a complete rond, the hors
Is man thinks, would give every class {
I. road users the kind of a road 1t need
.. and would insure harmony among a
= road users. He says that the member
X of the J.. A. w. are strong enough gel
orally to get what they wish, and
some sections the farmers prevail m
they get what they wish. The ride
N and fast drivers. he says, have new
made much united effort to get whit
they want, but he believes the time
y coming when such action will be ne
l. essary for the preservation OF valuab
ic horsefiesh. He contends that the pr
,r posed plan would enable the farmer
the wheelmen, the drivers and rider
'" as well as the automobile men to wo
'g together for n composite r%ohd-cent
stone, eight feet on each side dirt, M
bicycle paths on the outside Ne
n. York Sun.