The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-10-18
 COUNTY ROADS ARE INSPECTED Government Expert Taken on Trip in Automobile. WNSLOW PRAISES HIGHWAYS Gives Much Credit to Work of Engineer Bullen. Whole County Is Gradually waking Up te the Necessity and Advantage of Well Made Trsmc Arteries
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WINaOW PRAISES HIGHWAYS

After traversing sixty-five miles in three hours yesterday afternoon. an inspection party. including a govern ment expert, unanimously concluded that the roads of Montgomery County were unsurpassed in the Srate.
 The trip was made in the forty horse power White Steamer owned by J. H. Cook, himself a member of the Executive Committee of the National Good Roads Association. and the party included: Mir. Cook, D. fl. Winslow. United States Superintendent of Road Construction. J. T. Bullen. County Ea- gineer. Alderman Ira H. Virgin and an Advertiser representative. The ma chine was driven by Joe Booth, the 5000 mile chauffeur of MT. Cook,
 MT. Winslow was a guest of Mfr. Cook and MT. Bullen. He has inspect ed the roads of most of the counties of the State. and says that the roads of this county are the best in the State. He was pleased to term them "a won- derful system of highways" and com plimented highly the county roads commission and the County Engineer.
 The party left Montgoery at 2 o'clock, starting on the Norman Bridge Road. and traversed successively the Rocky Mount, the Union Academy and Ada, the Pettus, the Mobile. the Upper We- tumpka and the Mount Meigs roads. The itinerary was planned so that MT. Winslow might inspect some of the roads under process of improvement.
 Roads that recently have been bal anced" by cutting through hills and building Up ditches, were passed over pointed out the significance of this feature of road construction. saying that it enabled the farmer to haul two bales of cotton more on a wagon than he possibly could when confronted by such series of rough hills that existed before the work of improvement, was begun.
 The fact that white families are building their homes as far away from the city as twenty miles, Mir. Winslow attributes to no other factor than the development of the good roads move. ment.
 t'Why these roads are so smooth" ex- claimed Mir Winslow. as the big tour ing car was speeding over a boulevard eighteen miles from Montgomery, that a man suffering with appendicitis could be hauled over them in an ambulance and his pain would be alfayed."
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 Mfr Winslow is one of the three su- perintendents of road construction em- ployed by the United States Govern ment. Eighteen years experience In the especial branch of engineering 9de- voted to the building of public high ways, has made him familiar with the science. His duty Is to build model good roads. deliver addresses on the subject, and to advise with county commissioners. His services are free to all interested in good roads. He said in regard to his work:
 People all over the country are waking up to the importance of good roads, the youngest recognized branch of engineering. Good roads were the pride of ancient Rome, bat Americans of today are just beginning to recog- nize the work as almost distinct sci- ence in itself. The least intelligent man of a community can make road. but a good road must be constructed, and the government Is endeavoring to aid the people in the important work.
 ''The feature of Montgomery Coun- tvs good road work. to my mind, is the excellent system employed by the County Engineer. That is, the tax payers know exactly how their money is spent. Any taxpayer can go to the office of the County Engineer and as- certain the cost per square yard of any stretch of improved road in the coun- ty,
 "The recent good roads convention in Birmingham was a success. Montgom- cry is the logical place for the next State convention because of its cen- tral location and because of its aggres- siye lead in road improvements"