Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-01-28


the. cost Will be corrcspondingly low.
Both depend upon the condition of the
roadways.
Good roads viii lessen the time of
the haul; Will lessen the wear and tear
on vehicle and animal, and VIII en-
hance the value of property"
Mr. Dodge read from the Engineering
Journal, showing the force necessary TO
haul ton over various kinds OF roads,
loose sand road requiring As pounds,
while on good. modern macadem road
this force Is cut down to only 3S pounds.
The best dirt road constructed requires
liz pounds force. Thus the advent OF
the right kind OF roads would permis
the disposal of many Of the work horses
now necessary. and reduce the number
of hands on the farms.
The speaker went back to ancient
times and traced the evolution of We
hicle building and the crudest means of
transportation of loads up to the pres
ent time. He said mans first attempt
to solve the means OF transportation
was when he used his wife's back for
the purpose. He spoke of the sledge,
the pony. the log in the water that
evolved the boat, and so on up to pres
ent-day vehicles and railroad transpor-
tation,
He said some of the modern vehicles
that have not yet come into general
use, such as the ball-bearing kinds.
possess saving of 20 to 80 per cent.
This saving Is within the reach of the
average farmer. While the construction
of twentieth century roads require the
expenditure of vast sums of money. Hc
strongly urged the use of the up-to-
date vehicle.
There are over 3.000,0 900 farmers in
T,.lt
the effects of bad roads. There has
been but little accomplished along the
line up to the present time Only 3
per cent of the public highways arc
improved roads. The highways OF
this country are of vastly greater i'm
portance to the development OF this
country than the railroads or water
ways. II we do not work together for
road bcttermcnt 1t Will be long time
before conditions will improve"
He spoke OF the splendid results of
bonding for roads in various counties
In Ohio and other eastern states, He
showed how the good roads resultant
from the bonds had Increased land
values In one place from S55 to $50 an
acre to 5000 and $3.50 an acre: In an
other county from $40 to 500 an acre,
and the bond did not seem such
burden to the people. That was the
ioSuit OF puliuiilS ulhcdudnl TOauS bl
the best type.
And now come to how to build
good roads. You have right here ample
rock OF all kinds for road purposes;
you have the Stag. You must have
good material as we'll az good work.
manship. The body of the road may
be built up of broken rock. gravel and
Stag. But the Stag here seems de-
fcient in binding. or cementing ma
terial. which deficiency you must sup
ply. Every good road must have these
three essentials: hardness, toughness
and ccmcnting power
Raise your roads up high. and
squat them down. tight, Is a motto
good enough for any road builder. The
surface must be of hard, smooth and
durable material. Our best roads arc
cemented with tnr. which binds tho
other materials tightly together when
put on hot
The following resolutions will be In
troduced this afternoon by the commit
Whereas, The delegates from the
states OF Wyoming, Utah and Idaho
have met In convention here assem-
bled pursuant to a call OF tho Hon
William Spry. governor OF the State Of
Utah. for n good roads convention. to
be held In the city of Salt Lake, State
of Utah, Jan. &c, 81 and 2s, 1910. and
Whereas, The states OF Wyoming.
Utah and Idaho should be and arc
Jointly interested in promoting har-
mony and prosperity In the said inter-
mountain states. and
Whereas. Good and safe roads for
the use of farmers, merchants. profess
sional and business mon viii result in
direct benefit to each. and will In
crease the value OF all farms city and
rural property. and will induce a large
number of trans-contInental tourists
to visit the scenic beauties of the in.
termountain district,
Therefore be 1t resolved. that this
convention do memoralize the lcgisla-
lures Of the states OF Wyoming. Utah
and Idaho to pass such laws az sball
be necessary for the laying out and
constructing within these several states
road to be known as the trIstate high
way connecting the capitals of the
states of Wyoming Utah and Idaho.
and To that end appoint a committee of
three from each state from the dele.
gates here assembled to draft such q
memorial
Second-That the legislatures of the
several states enact suitable and adc-
quate laws for the licensing of auto
mobiles owned within the confines of
revenues so received shall be used for
The construction of the intcrmountain
state highways and for no other pur-
pose. and that there shall be as many
miles or macadamized roads built each
year as tho revenues derived from huch
licensing viii permit in addition to the
regular appropriation which each state
ana county within the several states
snail be able to appropriate from the
general tund for such road building
purpose.
Third-That all the states and torr,-
tories between the Pacific coast and
eastern line OF the Rocky mountains he
invited TO become part Of and partic-
ipatc in the future conventions of tho
lntermountain Good Roads association
Fourth-That the annual meeting Of
the 1ntermountain Good Roads ASA
clation shall hereafter be held durin-
the summer or fall months when prnc,
teal road building may be demonstrat
ed. and that the United States 20
ernmcnt be invited to co-opcrate a.,
such demonstrations.
Flfth-That a committee consIst;ne
of the governor of each state In tbc
inteTmountaln district and four others
appointed by him shall constitute and
are hereby appointed n special COM
mittee from each state to mcmorIalizc
Congress to appropriate to each of IN,
intermountain states 1000, 600 acros az
the public lands TO be used exclusively
for the building OF good roads In such
states. and that the Legislature of said
Inf A. IN In lat