Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1910-08-25

N article which reads thus-is aelf
expianst nv and instructive. A
splendid object lesson In the value
OF Good Roads was given. and the
advantageous use that may be made
Of the Motor Car supplementing the
transportation facilities offered by
the Railroads 10 the great benefit OF
Farmers and owners OF Industrial
Plants and Mines not located direct
ly on rail lines, has been demonssra-
ted In q striking manner by the
movement Of car of coal from the
tracks OF the Southern Railway a
this point to Sperryville. O distance
OF twenty miles. A threelson Motor
Truck being used. The eighteen
tons OF coal were hauled to The Tan
merry In t~o and Q half days, six
trips being made. Ia the past 70
has taken good six mule team two
weeks 10 do this work. The read
over which the hauling was done
In good hard road but leads into q
mountainous country and has many
long and heavy grades. The saving
OF time and labor In this case shows
what can be done TO reduce the cost
OF moving farm, mineral and indus
trial produce 10 rail or water lines
for shipments 10 markets.
Statistics show that while freight
rates are lower in America than In
any other country. the American
Farmer loses the advantage that
this should give him over his Euro
pean competitor chiefly through the
high cost Of transporting bis pro-
ducts from the farm 10 the railroad.
Reports by United States Cousuls
from twenty three points in Europe
show that the average cost Of carry
ing q tom over Q mile of dirt road Ia
between ten and twelve cents. In
the United States IL in twenty Eve
cents. IL has been stated that 10
costs an much to haul q bushel OF
wheat five miles to g railroad 10 ILL.,
coils 90 10 then costs 70 send 10 elev-
On hundred miles over the railroad
70 Buffalo.
In the tobacco regions OF West
Virginia IL costs FIVE times as much
70 deliver that product over eight
miles Of mud road as 10 then costs
10 send il more than four hundred
miles to Richmond.
An improved wagon road from q
farm TO q market or shipping point
Is equal TO moving the farm nearer
the market or shipping point. said
President Finley OF the Southern
Railway in addressing the Missis-
sippi Society Of Washington City, In
this Mr.. Finley urged that every
possible means be taken 70 rid the
farmer Of the South OF this bad Road
Tax. Where does this strike you
brother farmer and taxpayer. in the
chin or back OF your neck. do you
not haul tobacco grain and other
products to very distant markets. or
shipping points. year after year over
bad muddy roads. and can you not
deliver these products oyer ten
miles Of good hard road as cheaply
as you can over seven miles of bad
muddy roads. Then now is the
time % consider. Now see what the
sun" OF July 9Th. 1910 says.
Denton July 26 b. 1910. The an
nual report Of County Road Engi-
neer Hiboard A. Payne TO the Coun.
~ ComDissiM, RS shots that dur
ing the year just ended, he earned
for the county within $l35 90 of bis
salary OF $500 90 by work done for
various towns 10 grading streets and
for corporations. His charges for
services were paid into the County
Treasury and the showing made
has Rratified she Board.
The total amount spent on the
maintenance OF County Roads and
Bridges during the year was
tl3. SOB SO. In the past two years
the Engineer has cleared, widened
plowed and put into excellent con-
dition one hundred and thirty i've
Q35) miles Of old road besides main.
tanning the large milsge o; improv-
cd dirt road under his charge, nd q
cost Of little over one hundred
1OO) dollars mile. Some stretches
have been placed under fiue shape,
rounded and hardened and made
entirely adequate to the trafflc. The
general condition OF Caroline Coun-
ty's Highways Ia yearly vastly i'm
proving under the engineer system
at no greater cost than was neces-
sary under the Supervisor System,
when In very rare instances were
any results obtained for the money
spent.
will every body groan.' For
this seems 10 me. 10 be one OF the
lOudest claps Of thunder I ever
heard; possibly our Commissioner
Court heard this also; wonder Il
they did. Had they not better heed,