The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1912-03-26


iresomeiE away at one bale Of cotton.
Modern methods an in, and in a
ear or 50 that road was transform
eo ihlo q turnpike, upon which the
same teams pulled twelve bales OF
cotton. lie showed pictures taken
rom actual life IN Neek!enburr.
heS We're great tributes 10 that pco
n'e. At the close Of the address. col
ohel smith was voted thanks.
Mr.. Leonard A.. Tufts.
'haTman Griffin called Mr.. Leon
ard 4. Tufts Of pinehurst. 10 make
q short address.
Nj. Tufts is q national figure in
road-building. told of the $50 miles
of good roads in Moore. of that
mileage he said only three places are
now bad. It used to take a day to
make the double trip. \ machine
now travels it III an hour and a half.
lie spoke Of the privately-built
ROAD III Moore county to Southern
i1nes. -Four miles Of that road are
TO-DAY better han the day they were
finished. because they are kept in
order. lie said that nobody had
trouble IN getting q private suLserip-
ton for roads.
If You want bonds or a road tax
he said, YOU Wi. find thai the best
way to get it is to maintain = nriyata
stretch Of road He said that the
conducting Of a demonstration would
do great things for this. This Moore
county road kept men and mules on
1t all the Year, and it is always in
shape.
Mr.. r. b. White.
ms gentleman came to give en-
enlargement. He came from Frank
lin 'Thic mi lo- ca -
roads, and not one place on them has
more than a five per cent srade, and
| very few more than four.
Mr.. White told Of that road. de-
clared that it looks good for 4 hun
dred years.
! lie did not think there would ever
; be any difficulty carrying a bond issue
, there after seeing the goo.i done there
) after two and q half years.
: People Will not have good roads
:. until they are ready for Them H..
said. and they won't be ready until
:. they are told their worth. To get
: them ready, we must have a pro
gram Of education. And C all the
o agencies for creating such sentiment
! | think the newspapers can do anC
: are doing us the greatest service. W,
: ought to appreciate it.
He said that people must be shown
= that it is a financial aid TO ~thenselve:
to have good roads. He spoke o
three men in his county whose pair
- otisln had caused them to do. without
e pay, great public service in disburs
: ing the funds Of the people ana look
ing after their interest. And | be
lieve that they can do more 900
/" there than they possibly could do 4
United States Senators or as Cover
q nore." lApplause,)
s. Mr.. White said good roads stop
u lot Of cussing. Hope deferred mai
I. eth the heart Sick and road build
At ing delayed makes a man mad" h
ld said. He believed that the bond iss'l
is the only way to accomplish the enc
"A 5000. 600 bond issue would DO tn
work. he said, and [ believe thu
- the best thing to be done would '
:, to have roads built as fast as YOU
Of engineer could survey them, SO tn
every man might run out and Sc
81 what is going on
az Mr.. White said that the Capital
# Capital Highway appealed to him, BIT
nd the people 1t large must see the bent
fit to come to them. They aren't il
80 terested SO much in the automolil
"a We must take the public into O,
IL confidence and show them what tbs
k are to expect. But We have 60 mil
at of good roads and YOU can get YOU
an and | hope YOU will hurry up and {
at it,"
$500 \ Mile.
Mr.. White was asked bow much II
le- roads cost. lie said the average ";
MS about $500 Il mile and the bOnd issl
no was S40.0Op. He said the county II
he bought SO mules, but that it Wou
his sell all Of them except four, Whi'
would be kept to maintain the roat
ely W. will get Our money back on Ii
mules he said. Nov We have spe
Sc, more than that 81, our roads. b
about $4,000 of this was Il specl
ie- tau" He said the roads We're Val
ously called sand clay. gravel. t
surface. etc. Fake Your choice,
or said.
Ire The bility of Offering the boz
issue at the earliest possible time "
by considerably discussed. Mr.. John
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