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The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-10-22

1 Laflin and Terrell had come Mitenhaus,
 bankers who financed railroads, and as trailers to the bankers had come a band of lawyers famous for their ability to
 direct gentlemen how to do both plain
 and fancy jumping on the law, without
 mussing it so seriously as to endanger their liberty.
 MT. Dayton's failure to follow the doctors orders that day evidently did him much harm, for he was unable the following day to leave the hotel. He had to sit around most of the day in an arm chair. and various persons re- marked on his poor appearance. MT. Scoons chatted with him for few minutes and Montie confessed that he felt very badly indeed He inquired of Mir. Scoons If there was any par ticular significance in the gathering of the private car gentlemen, and MT. Scoons said there was not. L.aflin and his bankers had some financial matters to discuss, he believed. The L., B. & M. was in 8 bad way, he feared. It was in danger of receivership if aid was not given it, or if a bond issue was not foated that would put 1t into phys ical condition to handle its traffic in good shape. But 1t was merely a coin cidence that the other gentlemen that MT. Dayton had seen had arrived there together.
 | Mir Dayton made no headway toward health. He seemed to become weaker and more languid each day. For all other visitors at the springs, golf, bridge tennis, tea, driving, walking.
 baths, had attractions but not to him. He did not feel strong enough to leave his chair in the lobby, except for a short time. Occasionally he went into the brokerage office. where the quota tions were displayed, and where there was a private wire to New York. The manager knew him. Montie told him he might have to send a telegram or two in a rush to his partners in New York if he did not improve, and aske for the courtesy of using the private wire if need be-. The manager as- sured him he would be pleased to do anything he could that would put the visitors mind at ease.
 Seeing he was getting no better, MT. Dayton disregarded the doctors in sctructions and resumed smoking. That soothed him a trife. Some of the ladies took pity on him and tried to cheer him up, but they couldn't. They said the poor mans mind wandered. When they chatted with him he became heavy eyed and dozed. Then he would sud- denly awaken. and finding the ladies had departed, would succeed by a grea effort in remaining awake. Later ill
 the day he would seek them out and apologize. Every one was sorry for
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Is through a road superintendent or su- perVlsor Who is usually a politician and who knows nothing about roads. In many cases he patches up the highways in front of the farms of his principal con stituents, digging out the weeds from the sides and throwing them to the cen- ter. In many places the road taxes are paid in labor This gives unskilled and irresponsible workmen, and in other places the roads are let out by con- tracts, which often means graft. In some of our towns the streets have been torn up and relaid again and again, and the same will be the case with roads of the counties which are contracting for highway improvement. First q gravel road may be made, and the contractor will make his profit off that. Then another gravel to macadam, and a third tear ing up may change it to brick Millions Of dollars are now being appropriated for roadways by the various counties and states, but in many cases the money is being unwisely spent
 How Our Public Highways Should Be
 Managed
 What would be the best system of road improvement" I asked.
 If we could have a general road or- ganization such as that of some of the countries of Europe it would create a revolution in our public highways. Take France, for instance. It's roads are all under the department of public works, at the head of which is a cabinet min- ister. Each province has it's road or- ganization and each district it's road em- ployes down to the road cantoneer who has charge of two or three miles of road way, for which he alone is responsible The system is such that every road in France Is under the direct control of the minister of public works, and if any part of the system is wrong he knows just who should remedy 1t and who is re- sponsible. Some such organization might be made in the various states or for the whole United States. At any rate, the roads of every state and county should be under construction and maintenance These men should have authority to make the plans for the roads, and to improve them subject to the directions of the higher authorities, and they should be paid enough so that they can devote their entire time to the work Such engineers are now employed in many of the states and in those counties which are bond. ing themselves to make better roads,"
 Government Road Work
 What kind of roads does your Of. flee maker"
 We are making object lesson and experimental roads here and there over the country, to show the people what good roads are and how they should improve those of the present. As it is now, we have built in the neighbor-
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hood of 300 such roads in S4 different states. These roads are of the various kinds best suited to the several To- calities. Some are of macadam, some are of brick, some of gravel or sand clay and burnt clay, while others are of sho,l ana others are oiled and ce- ment roads. In this work the govern menr furnishes the engineering super vison, and prepares the plans speci- fications and estimates of the work. The locality pays the other expenses. In addition to this we test road materials g and advise the people as to what roads are the best for their special localities We make plans for the construction. maintenance and administration of roads adapted to the country which ap- plies for them.
 At the same tine we have lecturers going ever the country to tell the peo- pie how roads should be made, and to show them the importance of good roads We arc HOW ccuipping a certain number of cars with models of roads and specimens of road material as well as of bridges, cuiverts and other such things. These cars will be sent over the country stopping here and there to instruct the people as to what good roads are and low they should be made They viii be handled somewhat after the method of the grain exhibi- ton cars of the corn belt.
 Tn eGdition to these things, the of fee of public reads is a training school for highway engineers. Our men are all civil engineers, tie graduates of the best of the colleges, who have passed our examinations. After working with us short time they are In great de- mand over the country where road Improvement Is now going on. Many of them are employed by the states or by cities and counties, where rne salaries are larger than those paid by the gov ernment."
 What the States Are Doing The conversation here turned to the work of road improvement now going on throughout the states, when MT. Page said:
 "N'thin the past 15 years nearly half of the states of the union have adopted the principle of giving state aid to road building. New York has authorized the issuance of $5O,O00,O00 to be spent at the rate of S5,OOO, GOO year, the various coun- ties to supply an equal amount great deal of such improvement Is going on in the south. Virginia has appropriated sa5O, ,O00 a year to be spent under the state highway department, and Louisiana will levy tax om one-fourth of mill on all of her taxable property as highway fund. Alabama has made extensive ap- propriations, and Maryland will spend this year $1.250.0O0 in the same way. At the present time the 16 southern states
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said if there was anything on earth he
 did detest it was treason. He always
 played fair. never sought an advantage
 and was square up and up in his deal
 ings with men. But some one had be- trayed him in the merger of these roads,
 had jumped in and taken advantage of
 him in the stock market had gobbled the
 cream of the profits and had done the job
 through MT. Daytons firm. Now he al-
 ways liked Dayton and was inclined 10 throw good deal of business his way-a
 whole lot. But business aside, he asked
 Montie, as man to man, to tell him who
 the rascal was who deceived him. He
 did not want to punish the man; he did
 not care whether it was Lafn or Terrell, Scramper, Korn or one of those scheming lawyers. All he wanted was to be pre- pared to avoid that person in future. When he said this MT. 2 Scoons did &
 grinding act with his teeth that was de- lightfully reassuring.
 'tIf I have your word of honor that you'll never let it be known that I told
 you I'll give you the mans name,' said Dayton.
 Scoons promised.
 Dayton hesitated nearly a minute, and
 then said: His name is Scoons. Yes,
 you're the man. he added as Scoons
 glared at him in astonishment. "Of course, I knew there was a hen on when
 l saw all of you at the Springs. That
 yarn you told me about the L.. M. & B.
 simply asked me to sit still and listen did so. Every time you telegraphed to
 Rogers you gave the message to me first. Every time Rogers answered. he told mo what he was saying before he told you.
 And when you cabled the basis for con-
 solidation, to Morgan you gave the details to me first, and when he answered au- thorizing you to close the deal he cabed to me first-although he didn't intend to- q don't understandi' Scoons exclaimed, touslng his hair.
 "Oh, you don't" replied Dayton, puffing comfortably on his cigar. What do you | suppose I sat in that hotel lobby five days for, looking like a sick cat and listening to that sounder? If you were not so old, Sooons, I'd teach you telegraphy." Copyright, 1911, by Richard Spillane.)
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of other parts of the country, and the average cost of hauling is, therefore, far more. The average cost of taking corn to the station the United States over is about cents per 100, while in Il of the southern states 1t is more than 15 cents per 100 Those Il states produced last year 855, GOO, 600 bushels of corn. and if 1t had been hauled to the market the total freight cost would have been over S1000.000. Now. suppose that four -fiftns of this corn were consumed on the farms, and that only ITO. 000,000 bushels were haul ed. In that case the cost of hauling would have been more than $14- 00o.o0o and if it could have been hauled as cheaply as in other states of the union one-half of that amount, CT more than S,O00,00O would have been tie saving on the corn haul alone.
 What Bad Roads Mean to Cotton
 ''The loss on the cotton crop is very much greater" Continued Mir. Page. At 15 cents per 100 the cost of hauling is about 80 cents per bale, and as the aver age distance each load is taken is about Il miles, the time consumed is one day. The average load is little more than three bales or 100 pounds. so that it costs about $2.50 to get each load to the market The cotton crop of last year was just under 100000 bales, and to make long story short we figure that the transportation cost of taking it to the ginnery and then to the railroad, in- cluding the cost of hauling the seed, was about $18.000,O00. If the roads were as good as the average this sum would be cut down one-half. making a saving of s9.00O,O00. But this Is in the south. Sim liar conditions prevail in many parts of the north. and altogether the loss on our hauling is one of the biggest leaks of our whole industrial system.
 Uncle Sam's ROadways
 What is the extent of our roadways"'
 'I suppose you mean the United States over" said Mir. Page. 'We have alto gether something like 2,5O0,OO0 miles of roads of one kind or another. We have enough altogether, if placed end to end. to reach 100 times around the earth and leave some to spare. Much of this length, however. Is of a character not worthy of the name road Some of 1t is littls better than a rock pile, and others are wide tracks through ditches and swamps Of the whole only seven miles in each 100 can be said to have any Improvements whatever, and on the most of it the im- provements are such as to be unworthy of note. Altogether not per cent can be called first class"
 But I thought we were doing great deal as to improving our roads, Mir. Page?"
 "So we are, but vast amount of the money spent does no permanent good The ordinary way of handling the roads
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light, 1911, by Frank G. Carpen- ter)
 Washington, D. c.

tCopyrlght, l9lli by trank G. Carpen-
 ter)
 Washington, D. c. NN the corner of Fourteenth and
 B streets southwest, just op- O posite the bureau of engraving and printing, where Uncle Sam's money is made, and across the way from the new agricultural department, where the scientists are making new plans for the farmer, stands a building which has much to do with the United States of the future. It is not connected with the department of commerce and la bor, but it affects every merchant and every one who works With his hands. It affects the factories, the farms anc, fin short, every man, woman and child in the country. It is the office of pub lie roads, where Uncle Sam is plan ming how to better our highways. It is not an automobile institution. It is working for the plain people and its motto is good roads from the farm to the market Such roads will cut down the price of all farm products. They should reduce the cost Of living and put money into our pockets.
 Uncle Sam's ROadmaster
 Have you any idea how much we lose from bad roads? The scientists esti- mate that the cost is over S2,000,00O day, or, in round numbers, about $S00.- 100000 a year have had a long talk with MT. Logan Waller Page, who has charge of this road work, and who perhaps knows more about our roads than any other man in the coun- try He Is civil engineer who grad uated at Harvard a decade or so ago. and who for time acted as geologist and director of the testing laboratory of the Lawrence Scientific school there. He was on the Massachusetts highway commission, and then became chief Of the division of tests in the depart ment of agriculture, after which he was made the director of the United States office of public roads. The inn provement of the roads practically be- gan with him, and the great work that is now going on is under his manage ment.
 Our Highways vs. Europe's
 According to MT. Page we have about the worst roads of any civilized coun- try on earth. Europe is gridironed with magnificent highways, and in France, IGermuny and England one can ride for Xmilestwithout striking stone or pud- Idle. Sald MT. Page.
 sThs cost of hauling over our coun- frv roads is now about 23 cents per ton to the mile. In the European coun- trias as long as Is years ago the cost rad been reuuced to 1U cents, and it IS mach lower today. On some of the roads going into London, by the motor cars bow in use. il is less than cents,
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be without dust, and some model roads now constructed are bound together with bitumen and other materials which make them practically indestructible. One of the most valuable discoveries of recent years as to roads and all sorts of ma sorry is an invention of MT. Page, which has been patented by him, but which is given to the public without charge. This is a process of mixing a little oil with concrete or cement which makes it absolutely waterproof Upon such concrete the water stands in globules as 1t does upon glass, and if the cement mixture is whitewashed on bricks they become waterproof.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-10-22
The Difference

From Judges LibrarN
 Knicker-''Will he sweep the statel'' Bocker-"No: merely raise the dust"
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-05-30
RY Gus MALpERr.

Petersburg, Va, May Richmond
and Petersburg played an exhibition
game of baseball to-day because I'M
pire Eokmnn had instructions from
President C. R Williams that unless
Sullivan paid fines standing against
himself Cowan. Martin and verbout
Imposed last Wednesday IN Danvllle.
no game should be played and the con-
test forfeited TO the Coolers. The tele
gram further said that the fines should
be paid al the plate. which evidently
IN the mind OF Umpire Eckmsn, meant
literally that they must be paid ct the
plate. and neither TO tire west nor 10
the east nor 10 the north nor to the
south OF the plate, but on 1t. for he
absolutely refused to hear Sullivans
statement in the presence OF witnesses
that the fines had been paid early this
morning by check sent through the
malls to President VILLA ms at Roa-
noke. Therefore. he forfeited tns game
to Petersburg es per Instructions, by
the usual score OF to Q. The exhibit
ton game went 10 Richmond II to ;.
What the outcome OF Eckman's deci-
sion IN deciar.ng the game forfeited
in the face OF Sullvan's statement that
the fines had been paid, will be remains
TO be seen. Certain It IL that large
numbsr OF the Cooler fans left the
park Disguised ct the action OF the
umpire. and declared their intention OF
staying away from the pa-k In the
future. a great crowd-prooah!y 400
pcrsons-wes on hand TO witness the
game. eut fully half OF TIE original
crowd LETT ate. II was understood that
the game 20 be played was simply an
exhibition affair 10 protect the gate
money. e
Lack of Judgment.
Literally Eckmen carried out hi. In
etuouoEs. But he should have exer-
cised some Judgment. Even had Sui
livan deliberately made miss tn temen
ns TO the fnes having been paid, he
should have playel the game IN the
face OF that statement and afterwards
had ! been found on: that the Rich
Mond manager did not tell the truth
he could have been disciplined and the
game then declared forfeited. or other
summary aetion taken.
But Eckman erred further In not
notifying Sullivan until Just imme-
diately before the game Of the presi
cents message. it is not usual for the
manager of the ball CLUB 10 carry
around in his Uniform enough money
TO pay hnes. and ickman should have
known this.
The whole affair was faroical, and
Gia nothing 10 help along baseball.
Those Petersburg people are gnod
sports, and they out TO see a hall
same, not g forfeited affair through n
lechnicality. 1t has hurt N. game in
me coekade city.--now rnuch time win
.el. BE ~ said for sullivan that he
naced ms origina' line-up in the field
and played tho game to win. On INA
other hand. Hefaie Busch. after ths
ms. inning. yapkHi Bruckm!ller, Ms
star sta out OF the iox ana pnt in .yc,.ii..
4 Chd nioiiss. who pitched aDout as DOOR
an exhibition rs can we'll 90 ina sin,d
su.l;van claims that the gams Win 20
kIohmond by the sra-s with whiS5
hnished and IL fairnnss. IL his fres
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-05-30
Victory for Pirates.

. Especial to The Times Dispatch1
Portsmouth. Va. May 29.--With Win
Clarke playing a great game at first
the Pirates defeated the Shipbuilders
to-day in a scrappy and hard-fought
game. full OF smuggling by the score
10 to 6. The Pirates got onto Confrey's
curves opportunely, their hits follow
ing free passes and errors by the Ship
builders. The latter team began to
find Vail. and in the sixth he was side
tracked for Henchey, whose slow bend
ers proved puzzle to the yisitors.
Ray. recruit. was tried at short by
Newpore News. but later was benched.
not showing form.
Score: r. H. E.
Newport News. o30aoo O. 10 Q
Portsmouth ....c206001 10 II 3
Batteries: Confrey and Bryan Vail,
Henchey and Appleby.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-05-30
Play pnli Mt Seminary Ground1.

The following is the lineup for a
game to be played at Seminary
grounds, Ginter Park. BY two picked
teams from the employees of Miller &
Rhoads this afternoon at 4 o'clock:
Yanigans-Grlggs catcher; Bache
pitcher; Stephens. >shortstop; Boat
right first base; Frazier. second base;
German. third base; Parker. left f1eld;
Ryder; centre field; Baber. right field.
Regulars-Bates. catcher. Payne,
pitcher; Splatt, shortstop; Weinbrunn,
first base; Major. second base; Chill
dress. third base; Barnes, left field; L,
a. wills. centre field; James. right
field. @
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-05-30
Summer Excursion Fares On
Norfolk and Western Railway

Round trip tiekets at greatly reduced
rates Will be on sale daily from June
Isl 10 September 30th. with final ltnit
october 81. 1911. a Pullman Eparior
enr toroiler service) leaves byrd Street
station on 1000 A. VI. train every day.
Monivale. Blue Ridge, Roanoke. SALEM,
EMISSION. Shawsville Christiansburr
Pulaski. Wythcville. Marion! Chiihowie
Siane Spring, Abingdon. Bristol, and
other summer resorts Intermediates
Call at Norfolk and Western Passen-
ger once. corner Ninth and Main
streets. or send name and address. for
new summer resort folder m
c. H. BOSLEY,
y Distrtct Passenger Agent
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-05-30
FAILS
TO LOCATE COLE
Only One Pirate Reaches Third
Base After First
Inning.
VICTORY FOR CHICAGO CUBS
Bunch Five Of Their Hits in
Fourth, Scoring -Four Runs
and Winning Game.
VICTORY FOR CHICAGO CUBS

Pittsburg, Pa. May 2s.-chlcag go
punched Ave of its eight hits In the
fourth inning. scoring four runs and
winning the game. All this was done
after two men were out, passed ball
by Gibson being the immediate cause.
rli1tsburg could not hit Cole, and only
one man reached third base after the
nrst inning. Chicago did not arrive
from st Louis until late, the game be-
ginning at o'clock. The game was
one postponed from May /, and 1t took
a special train TO get the team here in
time. Score: G
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-05-30
WASHINGTON MAKES MN
3F FOR a SECOND "rY,, conn
Especial 10 The TIro

Ua I.ItSIHI % y he Times Dispatch u
" Its toh salem, y. C., May os2Tb.
v ,,o,,e or the Washington team is neeo.
VIE ,ns lot me purchase OF Left Fielder
oiins o. me Spartanburg team. Car
oHa league Walker is rated as a
second Joe Jackson OF "Ty" Cobb H,s
,'ag record this season is ass. Ia
mas hty-three hits to his credit. four.
.een being home runs. He is the real
aiusser In this league. and has a great
Wins Ills associates say he would
make good In the highest company.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-05-30
Philadelphia.
Totals ...5s 10 p u Totals
'natted for Devlin Ia ninth.
TBatted FOR Wilson In ninth.
-Batted for Crandall in ninth.

.Sc"Fe o! innings; H..5llt r.
'Phiie delrhia ................O! 900 1 1 O o--6
New York o o . g o o n . 81
Summary; Runs-Knane Paskert Luder-
us, Walsh. DOOM. Hurnphrles Devore (2).
Fletcher t2l Two-baEe hit-Doyle. Three
base ~ s-Humphries. Snod grass Luderus,
Sacrifice hit-Lobsrt. Stolen base-Dsvorc
Left on Observation-Disclosures G: New York s.
Double plays-Dooian to Lu6erus: crandaIi
TO Ertdweil to Merkie: Luderus (unassist-
ed; Luderus to Doolan to Luderus. First
base on error-Ph:ladeIphia. J. First base on
balis-Oh CranGall. .; off Humphrics g.
struck out-By crandall. 4; by Humphries.
g. Hit by p!tcher-By iIlmphries, 5 (snod-
grass. Thatcher. Merkle). Time OF game
i:52. rInpires. Brennan end ODay
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-05-30
BOSTON WINS BOTH GAMES

Washing ton, D. G., May 2s.-Boston
won both games OF the double header
to-day with Washington by the re-
spective scores of 12 TO 0 ana to g.
walker and Otey were batted out OF
the hrst game, and Boston won in a
romp, as Knrger was very enoctive
In the second both Gray and Pape were
chased to the bench. but Boston was
favored with bases on balls and timely
hits. getting the decision by one run
Scn-ne.trtN b. l8r iia4 tf+Ii
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-05-30
rarheels pefcat sufrol,s.
especial to The Times Dispatch.

Especial to The Times Dispatch.J
Elizabeth City, n. C.. May 90
Score: r. H. E.
Elizabeth city o1o0ooo12 .-laa1a l
Suffoli; 100000 4 6
Batteries: Stafford and Cleveland,
Thompson and Sheehan. Umpire, Hudg-
ings. Time, two hours. Attendance,
$50.
Stafford pitched brilliant ball, and
not visiting player reached third base.
Robertson. of Elizabeth City, made four
hits in five trips to the plate.