Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1905-10-07
A COMBINATION ROAD
ADVANTAGES OF A DIRT AND STONE
HIGHWAY

Less Expensive to Keep In Repair
Than One Built Entirely of Either
Material - Cheapest and Most Com
Ncnicnt R"nd For Many sections.
There are not few people who de
cry the dirt road as being utterly
worthless under any and all circum-
stances" says William +. Voorhees, in
the Good Roads Magazine accord
ing to these numerous critics no road
worthy of the name can be made of
dirt. 1t is a Wast"ful and cXtrayagant
creation, a thing that swallows taxes,
mircS horses and wagons, fills the trav-
elcr with dust, and, in short, is an evil
from any standpoint that 1t may be
viewed. The opponents OF the dirt
road naturally look upon the stone
highway as an ideal thoroughfarc.
They point to its excellent tractlve
qualities; they call attention to the
fact that it is dry in winter as we'll as
!" H""'''''' anu '''H al SUI '"'' IL 10
III" contamination To u" desired by
every progressive community.
"NoW. the fact of the matter is-as
any unprecedented student of the road
question will admit-ncith"r of these
views is wholly correct. The dirt road
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Nl'r" ar" seasons "ll"h art roau IS
preferable to a stone highway tor hight
driving. The stone road, if we'll built,
Is so far in advance of the dirt high
way that many pcoplr have reached
u,, cnu,Ir.fnu th,t a.. , r,,ttnr of can
y,nio,,,.. and .,nun,uv IN. fnr,nnr
s,,.,rIl .,,,,,,I,nt thn lntt,. in o,.nrv
it,ti,u. In d,.v ,,,,tI,nr If is NOT
nI.,,,nt tn travail oI.r an ,rrnunt of
IN. u,i.n tI,,t is cou.nd I,y tho horses,
hn,fs and tho wog,n tires coming i'm
,,,,,,,., ,,.ith IN. h,rd r,,t.ri,I Tho
ideal highway world therefore ouprar
~, lao NH+li ,h hn hos
fo,turo. of tho two most ur,unuuc.d
t,,n. nf r,oJ,y,y- u,,,nIy IN. dirt
anil ia, .,,,,n rho hast ,nn,hod +,
.c,u,,uiy, I'm stan. ro,d cnp.truction
l.. g., l,,,,,o.,., ,r,., ,,.i,ltl, ,f tho tr,c,,
4 st,n,. r,,I ot,rt foot I'm width u,ca..
.,riI, costs hut nun.hoIf nc much as =,
,i,,,,,,.,. ..i,.,,,,, f,,,+ ,,.i,l, ,,,j T., +,o
lor,,o r,.fn,itv of ,.osn. If win answer
tho ,,,,,,,ns, inst o. ,,oIl nc tho r.idor
tn,rnu,,,foro If win tnnrnf,rn ho soon
th,t tI,n FIRST ,I,.optoo,. in favor Of tho
combination ro,d +, th,t ~ chn,rn.ss
ON nrcnuut of thn n,rrov STONE track
u-,i,.h T., ,nssiIlo with t,,is tr,o of
li,,n,,.o,.
am, ,,roo+ li,,l,.,ut,oo Of - d,r+
,,,,I j.. +I,o, T. yin I,,Il ,,.,+,r o,,1 =.
oosiI,. ,.,,t INT, rrts and holos n,,riro
,I,, ,,.i,t,r ,,,orths nf oI+orr,+o f,oo,
i,,, o,I tl,,v.i,,, Il t., ,,r,,.tiooII, IN,
r,..i,Jn to Loo,, u.atnr,ogooi dir+
road in nossoh,n rondftion fn, travel
M, ,,,, ,tnor hand ,,o ,t,,o r,,d how.
i,,, .,,,rr,,, tI,,t t. ,,r,,ti,.,u, In,
,,,,r,.i,,,. 70 ,,.,t,r ,,.iIi ro,,,tr hand
ANA finn, o,.o, in Mad ,ro,tnor Tho
st,,,o r,,J +, t,orof,ro st,,u,, ,+ tho
,,,i,,t ,,horo t,o ,,i,t ro,l i. ,,.o,l, hut
IN Ifl,n u,orr,r tho l,ttor is stror,
u.horo tnn f,r,,or t.. ,.n,l, II, o,od
,vo,t,or -, ana o,ros To uso - storo
rn,d for ulo,.ur. dri,.ing Tho dirt
ro,J i, ,,nis,Io.. o,l no aus+ +h,t
,riso, from, If ,s mat usuolI,, ca mn
,loo.out nc ,hot ,,.hich risoy from, -
noc,dor nirnv,ov
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