The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1912-01-21
CAMPAIGN FOR
|. GOOD ROADS IS
TO Be STARTED
Road District No. I VIII Be Scene
ofActivities d Members oi
Cairo Organizations
GRAVEL ROADS EXPENSIVE
Cot is Heavy for Mile and Repairs
| are Needed Every Sunmer--
| Would Use Maeadan
GRAVEL ROADS EXPENSIVE

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An active campaign fos the build
ing of good roads in Road District
No. Z, which includes the city of
Cairo, will be started In few days.
according to an active member Of the
Comm arcial Club and one Of the
road oyerseers. The campaign will
have MS Its object the taking advan-
tage of the offer OF the state to fur
nish rock for macadamizing the
roads.
Read District No. 7, besides Cairo.
includes the drainage district and
the district north and west OF Cache
The Commercial Club, the Cairo
Automobile Club, the Retail Mer-
chants Association and the Board OF
Trade are Interested in the PROPOSE
tion
prominent member Of the Com
msrciaI club last night said, ,sdn
speaking of the road question;
THE general Impression has been
that the native red gravel, with the
clay mixture, is dry weather
proposition only. and that during
the winter and wet months the prin-
cipal advantage Of this kind 81 road
to travellers is that there Is a bottom
Ito It. when one finds IT, The road
becomes full Of holes and slush.
Expense Heavy.
THE expFnse of construction and
maintenance, 1t Is sad, is out of
proportion to the quality of the ma
terial, costing IN the ncighborhood
or $4,000 per, Jnsfe and not great
deal to show" for IL 'fr.the way of
permanency without fredtiant re-
pairs; one Of the chief items OF ex-
pense is 5000 a year for repairs.
"The construction and mainte-
nance of new temporary bridge
over Cache river, in order to reach
the gravel pit. which supplies this
district.
"The object Of the move for the
macadam road construction is two
fold, one purpose being to secure
high grade roads at nominal ex-
pense of maintenance and at cost
Of very little if any in excess of gravel
roads and, furthermore. TO intro
duca scientific road building methods
In this section OF the state, the
same as Is now being observed In
the central and northern portions OF
the state, to good advantage.
"The state engineering depart
ment is also desirous of seeing this
accomplished and will lead all rea-
sonable assistance
Others to Follow.
ut is believed that other road dis
tricts in this section will be glad to
see It adopted and adopt the State
engineering road methods, after see
ing the practical demonstration,
THE Cairo Board Of Trade, Com
nerciaI Club and Retail Merchants
Association are endorsing the move
IN conjunction with the Cairo Auto-
mobile Club and the Road Commits
toners is expected TO take favorable
action In the matter of constructing
an experimental mile of macadam
road in the arrived district, west or
the present road extending beyond
Cache, which will also serve to ex-
tend the good roads route toward,
and into, the rich agricultural dis
trict tributary to Cairo. The other
experimental project will be that OF
repairing the gravel road and using
the bituminous binder in the way OF
repairing the gravel road for one
mile north of the end of the Syca-
more paved street.
'The Cairo Automobile Club. which
Ia fostering the good roads move
ment in every possible way, believes
It is acting for the best financial in
terests of the farmers as well as the
entire commercial, financial and
professional interests Of the city"