The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1910-08-12
GOOD ROADS


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| sociation held meeting In NASH
| vile and devoted most Of its time
to the question Of good roads.
The carriers adopted a number of
resolutions dealing with the subject.
They recommend that there be
schools of instruction for road. fore
men; that there be a State director
Of highways, three engineers, one
for each grand division Of the State,
and also a competent engineer in
every county. They favor State and
national aid for the public highways;
they favor tax on all kinds of
4 vehicles for the benefit of the roads.
| They ask that the plan first to be
adopted in building good roads be
| to build from one county seat to
the county seat of the adjoining
county, and these roads can be
| made feeders for other roads"
They recommend that property own.
ers look after the cleaning out of
| all bitches along their property, and
they urge investigation of the pos
s.sibility of the State of Tennessee re,
| ceiving $1,00O,OOO from the Federal
/ Government on old bonds deposited
with the Government in the fifties.
| The resolutions embody some va1u,
able suggestions. No class of men
| Is more familiar with the needs of
the highways than the rural car
riers, They are on the road prac.
tically all the time in pursuance of
/ their duties of delivering and col.
! lecting mail for the rural popula-
ton. They appreciate the value of
good roads. They know they can
| give better service over good
road than over bad road. Fourth
Assistant Postmaster General De.
Graw said in a recent address that
the rural carriers of the United
States travelled total of. 100000, 900
miles in a year. These are big fig.
/ ures, but there are more than Al 900
carriers, and they are on the go ev.
cry day, Sundays excepted Natural.
! " these more than 41.00O public
servants who hit the road with such
monotonous regularity, through sum
mers heat and winters cold, can ap,
preciate an improved thoroughfare
about as heartily and thoroughly as
any set Of men on earth.
The Tennessee carriers are right
in giving their organized strength to
the good roads movement. They
may be just "a bit selfish In their mo.
tives, but at any rate they do not
constitute a highway monopoly-and
the better the roads the better the
delivery. Good roads will benefit ev,
erybody and the carriers are doing
beneficial work when they exercise
their influence in behalf of improve,
ment. Louisville Courier-Journal.
ENTHUSIASM THAT BUILD ROADS
I One of the most phenomenal evi.
dences of the interest in the All
Around Georgia good roads contest
to be held next fall was the result
of the Albany meeting.
/ 1t had been raining steadily for
several days in that tier of south
Georgia counties appointed to meet
at Albany. The roads were heavy
quilted and difficult of navigation.
Yet, in the face of these conditions
one hundred and fifty good roads en-
thusiasts from Colquitt, Worth, Mitch
ell and Thomas counties braved the
elements and formed part of mon.
ster meeting at the thriving county
seat of Dougherty.
1t is related that so keen was the
rivalry between the towns offering
various routes for the tour, that II
was finally necessary to outline alter
native routes. the definite selection
to be made later. Each of the tour
lists present, many of them important
county officials, reported that senti.
mect for highway Improvement Is
running high in their respective com
munities.
/ The sum-total of the Albany meet
ing is that all that portion of South
Georgia is in the grip of road
building and Improvement enthusiasm
never approached in the history oil
the section
Conditions there are, moreover
simply duplicates OF conditions in
other towns and counties on the 1000
mile swing outlined around Georgia.
Developments of this practical ma
ture are especially gratifying. They
mean that the zest OF the competition
has had the effect expected by The
Constitution in concentrating atten-
ton on that vital phase OF upbuildins
associated with highway extension
and improvement.
If the contest of last year gave the
cause of good roads tremendous i'm
petus in Georgia, it is difficult to fore
cast to what bounds the present con.
test may not go.
/ Certainly, present indications are
/ Of tho most inenirinp dascrinfinn -