The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1912-08-28

The state bears 0ne-haf the cost
of keeping up the selected roads, pro-
vided they are kept up satisfactorily
to the county supervisor and also
provided the cost does not exceed
$500 per mile for 1912.
The state will not bear any part
of the cost unless the roads are salts
factory to the county supervisor the
entire road season, point road con-
missioners will do well to ponder on.
The best record therefore, the one
that shows the roads in good shape
mile: on August l, 1912. On Sep
TENDER LIST il should be $3.50 per
mile; on October LIST it should be
$500 per mile; on November LIST il
should be sl7 so per mile; and on De
cember LIST il should be $4,000 per
mile. Such a town having satisfac-
tory roads all season would be in a
position TO receive the largest pos
sible amount from the state for main
tenance.
The amount allowed is ample TO
keep the loose stones out of the road,
the culverts cleared, the road dragged
faithfully. the ruts filled, and some
times will permit little re-surfacing
at bad points in the road.
II is better for a town to do a lit
tie extra work and be sure of the
state money rather than lose all the
state money by failing to do some lit
tie work at the proper time. County
Supervisor ID. T. Bates is giving the
maintenance feature special attention
this year.
The BENNINGTON County Vermont
Improvement Association was organ
lied to help everybody; not to injure
anyone. and its enthusiasm. ambitions
and energy never tire. The work that
has been done so far has been but a
forecast of what is to be done. The
first thing that needs attention gets IL
and in tims every line of endeavor
will be undertaken and the same good
work accomplished. Note what has
been done in a few short weeks along
the educational line, as one man puts
it: "lf the Bennington County Yer
mont Improvement Association had
done nothing else since the day it was
organized. what il has accomplished
in the matter of school unions and
school betterment in Bennington
county is worth all the money, time
and effort expended to date" We
agree with him
You who have children TO educate
will be benefited by this. You cannot
figure the value to your children i'm
dollars and cents of the right kind
of moral and educational training Ev-
cry young person must be carefully.
thoroughly and properly trained IL he
or she is to win out in the battle of
life.
The man or woman who decides to
wait a while and see IL Neighbor
s-and-So joins" or to see what
some one else thinks about the as
ISOLATION" OF to see what We are GO
ing to do. or to wait until they are
themselves benefited in a dozen or
more ways before joining the asso-
citation are the people who could
do great deal for themselves
and others. but instead are delaying
many of their friends and neighbors
who would join and be of use. The
more OF this careless Indifference
that is shown the longer IL will be
before the Bennington County Yer
mont improvement Association can
make good progress in the work il
has commenced.
It is not the intention OF many peO-
pie to be a milestone on some ones
else neck. yet il all sit down and
wait for others to do the work who
will be working? n the people viii
begin to realize that they may have
whatever they want by going after IL.
with determination and staying pow
er. and that this association Is not for