Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-12-09
Com. Sargent Reports
Road Work Satisfactory,
Nearly 500 Cities and Towns
Built Roads This Year.
Dates Of Farmers Institutes for
York County Announced.
STATE HOUSE CALENDAR.
Next Meeting Of Governor and Council
Tuesday, Dec. Fl, at 10 A. m.

Some of the best State roads are be-
ing built in Maine this year." said Paul
ID. Sargent, State commissioner of high
ways, yesterday in speaking of the work
of road improvement which has been in
progress in many cities and towns of the
State during the past season, that have
yet come under my notice, and the inn
prOvement is one that | believe is deS-
tined to increase from year to year as
the value of good roads grows to be more
appreciated.
The number of municipalities in the
State which have built State roads this
year shows an increase over that of
other years, and there is reason to believe
that the work will be carried on from
year to year until all Names roads are
pieces of State road built this year have
not covered a very large area, but they
are each a link in the chain, and some
day the chain will be complete
The number of cities and towns in the
State which filed applications for State
aid at the office of the highway COM
missioner last spring for assistance in
carrying on their good roads work was
800, and while a few of the towns later
decided to lay over their work until an
other year. the majority have been work.
ing through the season. and have COM
pleted the work. Thus far 362 cities and
towns have filed their certificates Of
completion at the office of the COM
missioner, and it is now believed that
probably 100 more certificates will be re-
ceived before the end of the year.
AS might be expected, the work done
by the different cities and towns in the
way of road Improvement has been varied
in it's character, some of it being of or
binary macadam, others of bituminoms
lnacadam, and stin others of gravel, bat
the object in all cases has been the sam ..
good roads.
Some of the best road work in the
State said the commissioner, has been
done in the cities of Hallowell, Lewiston
Westbrook and Portland. the road built
in each of these places being of btu
minous macadam which, while it costs a
little more than roads built of other ma
terals, makes an ideal highway and one
that is durable. This type of macadam
is becoming more and more popular year
by year and is destined to be the mate
rial above all others in the work of road
building"
Commissioner Sargent had Just return
ed yesterday from a trip to Bath where
he went Tuesday for the purpose Of in
speeding the State road work which has
been done by that city during the past
season. The city has this year built about
100 feet of road, the work being done in
the ordinary macadam construction, and
the commissioner expressed himself as
very much pleased at the fine quality of
work done in the way of construction as
well as with the results obtained. The
largest piece Of State road done this year
by any one place was at Rumford Falls,
the road covering Il distance of about
two miles. The road built is of the same
type as that completed by the city of
Augusta two years ago, which is good
enough for anyone.
Another place which has done we'll in
the way of State road construction this
year is the town of Winslow, where after
the work had covered distance of 1000
feet, it decided to build half mile
more. This has been completed and the
'''"i'o attained are very SATISFACTORILY IL
is yet too early to secure a complete list
of the cities and towns which have built
state roads this year. but in addition to
those mentioned above some of the places
which have done good bit in that line
are the city of Waterville with about 100
feet. the city of Ellsworth with 900 feet,
the city of Calais with POO feet the city
of Gardiner witt 700 feet, the town of
Fort Fairfield with 400 feet, the town of
fioulton with 100 feet and the town of
Caribou with 600 feet
Announcement was made at the office
of the commissioner of agriculture
Wednesday that farmers institutes will
he held this month in York county as fol-