The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1912-05-27
As They Increase Value of
Properly and Give 0ppor-
tuqity to Reach Markets.

EAt1oas sbdWg MT 20 -conStrucp Two miles
Of rock, road, from a small 1towa south
through a rural school district Six
children of school age lived on farms
adjacent to the rock road, and six
ON the same length Of earth road in
the west part Of the school district.
The earth road was in poor condition.
mostyef the time. :. r., =. 30
The children on the good road went,
to the city schools. walking most Of
the time. The children on the almost
lmpassable earth roads went to a
rural school.
Two Of the children living on the
rock road are now sophmores in
agricultural colleges. two are seniors.
in High school. ALI of them are in
terested In agriculture, will graduate
from agricultural coures, and return
to the farm.
Two children living adjacent to the.
earth road finished the rural, school.
Their interest IN education. vas bal
lnced against,the almost impossible,
,onditionsipf the road the greater
part of the school year. Now they
IRE hardly average farmers, -Four
oecame discouraged and quit. the
tufal' school before they were grads
lated. Three of, them are day-1abor-
ers in a nearby town. The fourth isI
he owner of small restaurant in
he same town, ~
The children of the rock road
walked to church, Sunday school and
lectures, and attended the social
vents in town and in the country adj
Iacent to the rock road.
1t hardly seems probable that a
stretch of two to four miles of poor
'oad would make such difference
n ones life, does it?-Kansas City
Journal,
At the meeting of the State Road
association of Iowa, held December
70, 1910, it was stated on good au-
hority that the dragging of roads in
hat state had enhanced the value OF
'd3acent lands, about $40 per acre.
which, would be. equivalent to $500
Der square mile of territory:
Operations in the Scio, w, Va, oil
ieids, were suspended recently be-
'ause Of proceedings against the com-
,anies by the Society for the, Pre-
'eption of Cruelty to Animals. The
Dads in all directions were almost
mpassable and the society ordered
III horses kept out of the fields, OH
veil supplies Of every description
we're tied up and hundreds of employ
es were idle, waiting for the roads
improve. The situation was pc
;uliar for booming oil terrdtory. e.
,upplies had been started with roads
their bad condition, the society
you'd have instituted proceedings.
ahHH r
Prof. W. c. Latta, OF Purdue Uni
'ersity, Indiana, has made valuable
contribution to good roads literature
y his report on the investigation in
the subject of increased money
'aluation Of land where good roads
ire adopted. The data was collected
rom intelligent farmers scattered
through several counties Of Indiana,
and the basis of increased valuation
included such elements as the econ-
my in time and force of transporta-
lion, the reduction of wear and tear,
rs we'll as the direct increase Of the
market value of real estates From
he figures collected. Professor Latta.
concluded that in the region where
his investigation had been carr!sd
on poor roads represented an, annual
oss of $3,432 TOR every section of
and-enough to construct at least
two miles otgoode roads. The I'm
crease in thevalue of each section of
and by construction and mainte-
ance of goods roads was from the
same date estimated at $5,IE& or
about So per acre.
sEst
France has S4O,554 miles of i'm
proved roads which cost S612,775, 900.
and they spend annually about $780,
100000 for maintenance.
England spends about SAG per
mile for maintenance annually.
Total wealth of France. $42.SOO.-
100000.
Total wealth of England, ss2.2OO.-
100000.
Total wealth of United, States,
S116,OOO,OOO.OOO.
49,"
Bond issues which are backed by
solid. substantial. investment fire.
qusnt1y bring enough premium to pay
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