The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1907-02-23
ADDRESS On GOOD ROADS.
n. Ward King speaks ~ the Ifftsae,
Of tn. Split Log Drag.

II an aHUItHN uttiNfffd az lt'At
son u few days ago u. Ward King Of
Missouri spoke in part as follows on
the subject OF good roads
The mud road problem Is one of
the greatest problems Of the times,
not only the great problem Of this
county and state. but the great prob
lem OF every state west of the Alle~
gheny Mountains.
The mud road problem ~ not only
one OF the greatest problems which
these states have to solve. but IL Is
a problem that will still confront us
when the grandchildren Of the
youngest person IN the house is
dead. Let me say just here that al
| though | spend a good deal of time
| and have given a great deal of study
to the mud road problem that there
! is not in these United States a more
strenuous advocate of macadam or
gravel on our main travelled roads.
! Now Investigators tell us that nine
tenths OF the roads carry ninety per
cent of the travel in the agricultural
states of the west. and this ten per
cent must be macadamized before
these young people living in COM
munities live up to opportunities
And in the more thickly settled
portions of these states in certain
localities where manufacturing cen
! ters have built up. twenty-five per
! cent of the roads will need to be ma
icadamized: but YOU will perceive
! that even when this has been done
which will not be done for great
many years, there win still be even
in the most thickly settled parts OF
the country remaining seventy
! five per cent of mud roads. There
q fore the mud road problem is .
problem that will always be with us
Nov. ii is stran9e-when one
considers the Importance of this
problem and the fact that We shall
have it always with us-it is strange
say, that more careful study has
not been given it as a problem. You
have at the head of your schools in
this city man who has made edu-
iCatiOn life study. There is at least
ole such in every town of import
arce in the country and yet ! doubt
: if there is in the country a single
Imam taaj mas made a life study OF
this other prt blem. Is the problem
, OF education at SO much more impor
lance in the country "A single mar
that has made life study of thi,
other problem. Is the problem %
education of so much more import
ance than the road problem wher
the problem of education itself il
your rural districts depends in ST
large a measure upon the solution
of the road problem.
The split log drag has earned il
fame because it is the cheapest kline
, and most efficient implement know
J with which 10 bring about and main
:. tain these three essentials. II is cas-,
, pcatedly up and down the eartl
road will leave It smooth. and IL il
not difficult 10 believe that If thi
=, drag IS hauled at an angle OF 81 de
grees with the direction of the roa,
.it will gradually. hy gathering "a tit
Gee dirt at the outside edges Of th
road and moving 1t toward the mid
die. gradually elevate the road il
the center. and thus after "a Tim
makr it both oval aud smooth. Bu
huW du.s fhp road become so hard
7, This Is query that ls Indeed mnr
difficult fu understand aud the de
, 4rur uf hardness rnat i~ attained Fl
, sfiil mog" difficult fuf Dumpfchcu
sion What sort of loads du yuu fulk
haul hrue leo rvxar { 1m unt sal
usl.utlv acquainted with yuur meth
ODDS Zee know. huf lee oar country a.
hauI FORTS bush"ls uf corn sad some
tsmes uftF HHshvi~ ~ wheat un
eaHuu hass Bof4sed thaf must u
fyaur ahrsh hofv sHe uar oar t'
Missouri madr attn our sud aBp
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d Ia wagon Wsh 1aur shw-sas. NhlFl
have anss anss nus=9aarfsr iurh tlfes
estlnlatas fhat vash she~2 bears a'
. ana 4nrh road surfsee. wlh srial
! ] greater pTsssQrF p~r square 4zfa -
TIE read thsn rhe heaxlfNs sfsaH
/ rollers last are made
The greable on al roads shsr
a the split Jog drag is not used - TIA
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: on~ after the ether in russ fall q
z mud and water. exert their grsa
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