The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-04-12

tire" law, regulating the width Of tires on
every class Of vehicle known in the state.
Aside from the bond proposition the leg
1slature has already appropriated for road
building this year the sum Of $500, 900, to
be used on roads in which counties will
expend an amount equal to that given by
the state. AS the counties and towns
have already raised $960,00O for 231 miles
of good roads, the state will be compelled
to increase the appropriation to meet the
demand This, be it understood, is SIM
ply for the summer of 1902.
OF the good roads movement in New
York Hampers Weekly says:
The $50, 600, 600 bonding scheme, referred ia
above, is Of such vast importance to the peo-
pie Of New York state that It's passage In
the legislature would mark a new era in
the history of the commonwealth. It would
mean the work of many years boiled down
into three or four. Instead of waiting until
the present generation was gray haired for
the state highways to become passable and
1T for travel, it would mean that every one,
farmer, merchant, automobilist, cyclist, and,
In fact, all those who ride or drive for bust
ness or pleasuref might enjoy the benefits
of perfect roads all over the state within a
comparatively short time.
The benefits to real estate, rural as we'll
as urban. would be incalculable. The instant
AASo IL values WOulu D6 astonishing. LOCAL.
ties now inaccessible because of poor roads
would come into the market. The march of
improvement would be accelerated, and GER
tain sections, now almost isolated and unpro-
ductfve would literally, we'll as fguratiye-
ly, blossom like the rose"
Perhaps one of the most encouraging signs
of the good roads agitation and activity is
the happy and harmonious blending of all
interests. The farmer, business man, and
gentleman of leisure are equally interested
and anxious to attain the common end v
Bringing the Matter Home.
Some day articles in a similar strain
will be written about Minnesota and the
northwest When that time comes the
present inciscriminate and haphazard dis
trlbutlon OF work and money will be
abolished and the ineffective and farcical
system of compulsory road work will be
forever shelved. Road work will, like ev-
erything else. be done according to mod
ern ideas and rational methods.
Some there are who are keenly awake to
the necessities Of better roads and who
are devoting themselves to the work of
rcusing the public mind on the subject.
Two of the most advanced men on this
subject are right here in the persons Of
Surveyor George w. Cooley and Professor
w. R. Hoag, Of the state university.
When Colonel Moore comes here he will
find most able, intelligent and willing CO.
adjutors in the Introduction of his peri
patetic good roads school.
A Practical School.
The method employed in running this
school is very practical. Like q kinder
garten, the prime thought is simplicity.
The points at which the trains stop are
designated some time in advance and the
fact as extensively advertised as facilities
will admit. From 500 to 5000 people con-
gregate and every one is pupil at each
stopping place lessons are given in the
art of building roads, from half mile to
mile and a half of first-c1ass dirt road,
gravel road, or stone road being con-
structed. The kind chosen depends on the
material at hand;lif the stuff is available,
sample of each is built, There could
be no more simple and effective means for