The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1910-09-02
Good Roads Work All Over COrptr,.

Reports from all parts Of the coun=
try show that the good roads move
ment Is going ahead and gaining i'm
petns. Every mile of improved high
way increases the desire for addition
al Improvement. and the returns for
the current year will probably show
that II stands alone in the mileage Of
newly constructed and repaired roads.
Partly as the result OF good roads con
Quoted tours In koyembero Of last year
and June of this year by the Heraldand
Atlanta Journal the Southeastern
States are doing remarkable work IN
the way OF improving existing high
ways and opening uD new lines where
none existed before. Southern Good
Roads in discussing the work new be
ing done shows clearly the Yaat
amount OF money that Is being spent
in this way as veil as the benefits that
follow such work.
Georgia is. 10 the fore IN road in
proYement In the South aud Is begin
ming 10 boast n very handsome total
of first class highways. Many of tn
roads IN the neIghborhood of SaYan=
nah have been improved With A c.
ment gravel. which is said 10 resemble
asphalt in It's finished condition. Tie
cost has averaged about $500 a mile
and sections that have been in use Tor
eight Or ten Years are reported 10 b
in good condition at present.
Gravel. mari and CLAY are the con
stituenta of these roads. aa they are Of
good concrete. There are about
thirty miles Of that kind Of roadway
already constructed. and as a result
there has been added II the ratahle
property of the city about 500 900 To-
automobiles alone
South Georgia with good roads i
becoming a YerItable paradise. The
soil Is extremely fertile aud the fafm=
ers are growing rich. Tie other day
a farm sold fors65 .O00-S50 an acre.
Ten years arc Il sold for 80 an acre
and twenty-five years ago at 81 N
acre, and the farmers gave away tie
timber TO anyone who would clear
their land
Georgia, with the exception OF feN
counties. paid little attention TO build
ing roads until about year ago To
day nearly all the counties are bus
In this respect. and they are already
enjoying the benefit. Lands have
scared in value.
There are about $1,000 miles Of
roads IN the State. of which BOA have
a stone surface and So 4 shell surface.
ebert and gravel have been uesd On
502 miles and sand-elaY mixture On
3421 miles. b the use Of machinery
and drags 13I56 miles hive been put
In good condition. Last year Georgia
spent s30.5t mile for roads.
A recent estimate of the increased
property valuation for taxation IN
Durham county. n. c.. places the gain
at $4,000 900. as compared with last
year. This is said to be due In large
part to the good roads that have been
built throughout the county. At no
recent period has the gain been larger.
and the figures are being used az an
argument to SHOW opponents OF prog
ress that improved roads mean IN
creased wealth both to the county and
the individual
+. = good road moves the farm near
err town." Gays report from Virginia.
In which is related the details of an
experiment at cnlpepper a short time
ago. 4 large tannery At SperryYille.
twenty mileY away. had been hauling
eoaI from tie railroad # Culpepner
with a six mule team. The company
tried motor truck for a consign-
ment of eighteen tons aud moved It
all n six tfIns occupying two and \
half days The mule team had been
taking two weeks for the same amount
of work.
Tour counties In Mississippi hive
agreed to call elections Tor voting IN
an aggregate Of s1000.0O0 for roads
Kinds county, n which Jackson Is 10
Gated. will vote on sz00.O00 Three
fonrths of the citizens petltioned for
the election showing the trend
of public feeling in the matter.
IN Alabama. Dallas county has sold
Its bond issue Of s250.000and prelimin-
arY steps have beer taken to start On
an era of good roads building. Every
road In the county Is to be put n
good condition. Marengo county VII
vote on 100000 OF good roads bonds
next month. while simIIar issues are
being agitated N several other coun.
ties.
FROM all other States the story Ii
the same. Millions of dollars are be.
in. spent for rood roads With the III
knowledge that the outlay viii be
more than CONTEMPLATED IN increased
reaI estate yaIues