The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-01-27
SECOND ANNUAL GOOD ROADS CONVENTION MEETS SALT LAKE

dawnod and fastened Itself upon the
present civilization OF the world Includ-
Ing most conspicuously the great west
| ern empire OF North America.
What a Horse Can Do.
| On the poorest OF earth roads, not
muddy, but sandy. a horse can draw
| twice as much as ho can carry on his
| back; on fair road. three and half
| times as much; on a good macadamlzed
road, nine times as much; on smooth
| on q stone traclway. thirty-flvc times as
much, and on metal rails. fifty-four
times ms much
Comparing, then. eastern roads With
western roads. We must take sides with
ourselves and claim that for each mile
OF road in Rhode Island. there are ISL
road; the District of Columbia. 1859 peo-
pie to each mile; Massachusetts has l6i
10 each mile; New Jersey, l2T; Ohio. SO;
Utah has s people to. each mile. Idaho, 9:
We are entitled TO conclude. then. that
II horse can draw on macadamtzed
In mud, that while, Idaho, Wyoming.
Colorado. Nevada and Utah are hauling
with difficulty one ton. eastern people
can haul nine tons, The argument does
require nine men. nine wagons. nine
teams. nine harness equipments: nine
times the expense OF feeding horses.
wages for nine men, and the expense OF
upkeep to same. Added to this is the
accelerated disadvantage OF market and
time OF transit, all being Vital consid-
erations.
Good roads OF the eastern states afford
the farmer ready access TO the carly sea-
son and early morning markets, add an
nually to his net prosperity. while his
neighbor, remote from such roads, raises
nothing arketable hence nothing repre-
sents his annual net earning.
Hauling Sugar Beets.
Last year Utah and Idaho produced
$50 900 tons OF sugar beets. which. when
refined. made approximately $4,000, 600
pounds OF sugar. Deducting the price
paid the farmers for each ton OF beets
raised. 1t cost Utah and Idaho nine times
as much to transport this crop as IL
would have cost Massachusetts. Rhode
roads over which TO transport farm
products. which can do so nine times as
cheaply and easily as western states. |
Beet-raising is but one of the varied In
dustries of our western states, and. ap-
plying the same logic to the mining In |
dustry. the tonnage haul Increases to
over twelve times this disadvantage.
The actual loss annually from crops
produced VIII do for the western states
al and more than for eastern states;
While standing on on the $4,000, 900 steel
,innat recently, ! saw an industrial pro-
,esson, loaded with all kinds of com
nodities. going from CoVington, KY, on |
me side, to Cincinnati on the other
There was nothing unusual about the
,arlety OF vehicles or loads they car
led. but there was an unusual fact that
Ill the products OF the neighborhood,
COUPLED with the industry thereabouts,
lad fully warranted the expenditure OF
3, 900, 900 on one bridge, and near by
cores Of others almost as expensive.
The butter and eggs, tho garden truck
md farm products largely built that. as
Ilso the notable structures spanning tho
,rcat rivers OF every other city advanced
n industry and commerce MS they are.
.stf nFnC rNN,si ttsnr
las the same opportunity as those OF
he far east. and with the wealth OF our
nines. our sugar beets, and varied farm
roducts. we can build roads as they do
n the east.
Chicago can have fresh eggs for break
asst delivered thirty-two miles In less
ime than the Davis county farmer can
rive in from the Hot Springs. The same
pplies to all products.
Millions for Pleasure.
Rural townships In the east have
chool routes whereby the citizens take
lrns In gathering the children In COM
ortable carriages, and with ease and
ispatch carry them to and from school
ouses. at whatever distance,
The millions annually being spent for
leasure over the highways of Europe
lvlte us to build roads and share the
eneflts.
Three hundred thousand automobiles
re being built this year by eastern man
facturers. but how many of them we
Ill own. tax and enjoy in the west de-
ends largely upon the building OF roads
pom which the owner Will risk his ex
nnsive machine ,
One OF the best-knoGn road substances
imported from South America and !
her foreign countries, on the water
of miles distant. while in
intah county, Utah, there is almost ,
mitless supply California built road !
her deposits and is today supplying ;
alt Lake City streets. We need II and
le world wants TO buy II. Can't we
lid road to lt9 Every state IN the :
Itermountain country has mutual in )
rests and the bond that has made firm :
,e union of states must be strength :
led by the mutualty Of our common :
terests. The civilization of our times !
,mands action and the golden empire )
the west invites us to join hands with /;
lie east, whose roads have led TO the =
.csent monuments of her industrial