Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-01-15
PAGE LECTURES ON
GOOD ROAD MAKING
limited states Still in the
'' Middle Ages in Highway
Matter.
nsr BE FREE FROM POLITICS
u.,, pccn Impossible When
l'' ,. Enter Witch Are N6so-
~, rorcign to Consideration

n.r usht was last nisn'
Aa'' i-tob's road building prob
'h'.. w. pase Of washington j..
Page declared that the ro''
.,..sm BOO vogue la the un'too
telonrs to the middle ages. Ine
aa' off the railroad has been
", neglect of the roads Poll
N'. .,,.red into what little road
~ ,,,., has been undertaken with tne
,s,t results have been impossiole
D.. liked the enthusiasm OF tae
good roads convention Ine
here" he said, care evidently
81 tbe needs Of good roads ana
.-,' should have them. Then he con-
wy +, declare that there was no
tau'. srending lot of money lot
us ]. "a ,,itbout also providing ways
s',l -,.,ns 10 maintain them.
lal I',n,sin hc said in his iilustrat-
l.,tieon lecture I'M Armoiy haH.
g. '',,rrisod the third session OF
tl'n roads convention, "that Tue
me United states generally
f-us 80 imam the roads Of any other
if5 ,,,ntrv on earth and for the
oNn ,bst our system of building aad
s...l.irq good roads is entirely IN
h,..s-,t can prove this by the sta
Gathered myself from every
|- hi the United states in l9OA
n ret the information Tor the
VA 49, fben compiled 1 had 10 write
h' mon tnO 900 letters. Those status
.ben compiled showed that out
~ cties we had In the United
- ~ good. bad and Indifferent
soy lroeflv had or mdineren) 2,loo,-
800 Of these roads stone forme !
Ia the construction Of $4,000 miles
"a ias miles were good gravel roads
49, time tribe over z per cent
p M roads were improved IN TINS
80. spJ the improved roads were
m IN the vicinity of large cites ia
~ Of the most advanced states ia
eFance has the most superb system
n road work that / know anything
,sori Records show that I'm 1891 the
,y,,sn Of improved roads In Franco
rs 20 complete that no new roads
/, snv mart OF the country were deemed
l..ir,bie. No new lines were left 10 be
hr1t except in case OF military neces-
INV And the complete cost Of all this
lad work IN France was S6l2,515,OoO.
germany has a splendid system OF
,,ss and In Switzerland, whore the
mountainous country demands expert
engineering work. there is a complete
network OF beautiful, hard, scenic high
oavs 10 every nook and corner Of the
country The roads Of England are uni-
farnlv very good. in that country
here are $4,000 miles OF road and there
l. snent on the maintenance Of those
roads the sum Of about S90,00O,O0O am
uulily
WATEFUL ADMINISTRATION.
Il win show you by figures that the
toad administration of the United
states is Vasteful-extraVag Be
cause We have no system OF maintain
Ing our roads after they are built, we
have spent $500. 00O, 900 In 10 years for
roads that are worn out Under the
French administration the roads they
have built have been maintained all the
hey now have has been not quite S6l3.-
$4,000 The ordinary macadam road
under average travel and use, should
lls % years.
The system Of road administration
ia this country is wOefully inefficient.
SINE states have awakened and have
. passed good road legislation. Here,
listen 10 Pennsy lvania there are 1900
counties and townships. / don't know
ne figures for the whole country. but
4 . Is safe to say that there are 100000
ioad officials IN the United States un-
eef The present system Of road admin.
STATION Il is safe 10 say there are
mat many persons at work On
zoe roads in this country QauehteD
llQ you expect an army composed
aeoa entirely of officers TO be success
J. m battle? suppose the Union Pa
'ae railway should allow the commits
sileis of each county through which
's FQad passes to elect section bosses.
t-ll boss Do turn 20 choose bis own
-ll or ballast decide on his own
si.la' make his own traffic arrange
AsaA etc.-hoW would the road opcr.
lhat ls the system of admins
a.oh h vogue for the rural
sA ways throughout this country to-
~ PIE said that the men VINO are
't9.h.el 20 build and repair our roads
~. required to have any measure
sNH OF experience The railroads
employ men who need the mon
" D." because they are men who have
"lai lo tne Republican party or
n-nocrauC party Such "a system
IL. ~ force boz other departments at