The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1910-04-21
THE NEwsHERAID HILLSBoRo THURSDAY APRIL H. 1910

| beBun 10 STUDY JnlS question:, ana Jne
deeper they delve into 1t the more
they will realize the necessity Of the
construction and maintenance of all
market roads and the more they will
demand from the state and national
treasury.
Some have plans for national aid
for the national government to pay a
certain per cent of the construction
and maintenance of all roads built In
each state; for the national govern
ment to designate, lay out, construct
and maintain certain through national
highways or boulevards; for the ma
tional government to loan to the
states money necessary to construct
all post roads and to construct and
maintain them under government 81.
pervision and others to have the ma
tional government donate money to
the states to build and maintain roads
without government supervision and
without return Of any of the money to
the national treasury.
favor federal aid but II will be
some time before we can centralize
all Of our ideas and compromise all
our notions 80 as to present a solid
front to our national congress. but the
time will come when the people will
demand and will secure from the gen.
eral government as much money for
roads as is being spent to build canals,
construct irrigating dams, bitches and
reservoirs and to maintain our stand
ard in foreign possessions.
Better Roads Demanded.
In the state some favor a continu-
ance of the policy now in force of do
mating $4,000 to 10000 annually to
each county; some favor the state
paying a per cent Of the cost of con-
struc,ion and maintenance of roads
built in each county; some favor the
designation of state aid roads by
the county commissioners; some
by the state highway commissioner
/, and some by a commission to be ap-
pointed by the governor, and while we
have these many suggestions the gen
eral public demands better wagon
roads everywhere, for everybody rec
ognizes the value of good roads, the
farmers know II, the owners Of good
horses appreciate 1t and the automo
bile enthusiast dreams about 1t.
The 5000 100000 spent on account
, of the Philippines and other island
possessions would have built S5,7l4
miles OF high class roads at cost OF
$1,000 per mile and would have
brought hope. happiness and prosper
ity to people of the states.
The $685.. 900 900 to be spent in con
= structing the Panama canal will build
52,142' miles of macadam road with
!, an approach and hitching post to ev
: cry farm house along which It passed
:, and pave and curb the street in every
. village and city through which 4
= might run, and would bring enjoy
ment and profit to our own people o.
our own kind and tongue.
The sSO0.000 sent by our govern
ment to the sufferers at Messinf
u would have built a water-bound ma
. cadam road from Columbus to Cincin
= natl and more people at home woulC
. have been lifted out of the mud an'
:, unfavorable living conditions thar
;, we're in that foreign land.
The millions now proposed to be eX
pended on rivers and harbors, ditche
and dams, and the enlargement Of tn,
army and navy would bring joy to tn,
homes of those who now live alonI
unimproved roads in the states.
The cost of one modern battleshil
would build, according to specifca
tions now laid down by the highwa,
: commissioner for a. water bound ma
+" cadam wagon road, main market road
:, 16 feet in width connecting the cit
y |, Of Columbus by direct and separat
II routes with Toledo, Cleveland, Pitts
Q bug (Pa), Parkersburg CIV. Va
i Portsmouth and Ironton, Cincinnati
Richmond Gnd), and Fort Wayn
Gnd.), and build connecting road
a. from every county seat in Ohio 4
t. counties not crossed by roads a
y named.
j. Do not understand me to be protest
ing against the development Of ou
j. national resource, or against charlt
'r ! to q calamity stricken people, o
- against the early completion Of tn
n Panama canal, or against the malnt,
IS nance and Improvement Of our arm
"a and navy, or against the continuanc
g Of our national policy as outlined 70
u our island possessions, but do clas
n me among those who favor interns
improvements as we'll as big exhib
"a on the seas, as one who insists tina
'e we should show somo charity a
m home"
te From 1902 to 1908 $3.50 900
900 went out OF our national trea'
IS 'ury for the purpose OF the improv,
ot ment, of water ways to which the pre-
ID ducer could not haul a load of grail
u meat mineral or timber, and froI
ID which the consumer could not procur
8 a pound OF either without WACO
B. roads to the waterways. Any arg
z ment for government aid in the dredl