Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1912-09-27

level surface 80 as TO better accommo-
date the people who use them
Graceful and natural curves conform.
ing to the lay of the land add beauty
TO the Landscape. besides enhancing the
value of property. Not only do level,
curved roads add beauty TO the land.
scape and make lands along them more
valuable, but the horse is able to uti1-
ize his fun strength over them; further
more, horse can pull only four-ffths as
much on o grade of two feet in one hun.
bred feet, and this gradually lessons I'M
til with grade of ten feet in one hun.
dred feet he can draw hut one-fourth as
much as he can on o level road
1.-THE wilfulncss of one or two private
individuals sometimes becomes bar.
rier 20 traffic and commerce. The great
drawback to the laying out of roads on
the principle referred to is that OF the
necessity, in some cases Of building them
thru the best lands, the choicest pastures
and orchards, instead as they do now,
of cutting around the farm line or pass.
ing thru old wornout fields OF over
rocky knobs. But If farmers wish PEG.
pie to know that they have good farms
good cattle, sheep OF horses. good grain
fruit OF vegetables, they should let the
roads go through the best parts Of the
farms.
Straight and Curved Roads.
"The difference in length between a
straight road and one which is slightly
curved is less than one would imagine
Ii a road between two places ten miles
apart were made TO curve so that the
eye could see no farther than quarter
of mile of il nj once, its length would
exceed that Of a perfectly straight road
between the same points by only about
one hundred and fifty yards Even if
the distance around a hill be much
| greater, il Is often more economical to
construct IL that way than TO 20 over
and necessitate the expenditure of large
amounts OF money in reducing the grade
or waste OF much valnable time and
energy in transporting goods that way.
As general rule, the horizontal length
OF road may be advantageously IN
creased to avoid an ascent by at least
twenty times the perpendicular height
which IL thus to be avoided. This APP
plies TO the upper part of Delaware be-
tween Wilmington and Philadelphia and
does not apply to lower Delaware That
is, to escape hill one hundred feet high
II would be proper for the road to make
such n circuit az would increase its
length two thousand feet.
Highways and Schools.
bad roads and schools arc incompat-
ible. The coming generation of strong
men and strong women il crying out
now for good roads. There is a close and
permanent relation existing between
good public roads and good public
schools. There can be no good country
schools in the absence of good country
roads. Let us be encouraged by this
movement looking toward an improve
ment in bodybuilding and woodworking.
see in it a better day for the boys and
girls who must look TO the country
schools for citizenship. l have been long
ing for years to strongly recommend the
large consolidated schoolhouses rather
than the single schoohouses built at the
cross roads. But vehicles could not get
two hundred yards in places ia our lower
counties. Therefore. / have had To
smother my zeal, hold my tongue, and
wait for the consolidated schoolhouse UNI
I'll Delaware awakens to the necessity of
good roads. Then not only shall we have
consolidated schoolhouses. but also the
principal of the school and his wife viii
live in the school building or in one close
by. The library and reading room OF the