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Talk Good Roads for Count '
Logan, Iowa, March II, 1912.
Meeting was called to order
by Chairman G. w. Hunt. On
motion D. McKinnon was elect.
ed secretary.
The object of the meeting
stated to be to organize and
make efforts to have a more
uniform and systematic plan
for making good roads. Mr..
Kibler, the first speaker en-
phasized the matter of doing q
little at a time and doing it
thoroughly. He urged that the
King road drag be used fire..
quently and claimed that it Is
the best road making machine in
existence. He advised no TEN
porary work, but lasting work.
C. w. Hunt, the next speaker
said in part that the good roads
call had come from Washing
ton; that it had been estimated
that 1875 million dollars more
expense is suffered by the Un
tied States on account of bad
roads and that also 80 million
dollars are expended on the
roadsjn this country, when 40
millions systematically applied
would have been sufficient.
The general discussion seem
ed to center on dragging. M.
Hunt said drag the roads at all
hazards. If it becomes necess-
ary to evade the law at the first
the law will soon be am nded
TO suit all branches of the road
work. Locate the road to be
fixed first, and then make il
ever lasting and not temporary
E E Mr. McGerrin of Modale.
spoke at length on concrete
roads and using convict labor
to. make the cement. He esti
mated the river and harbor ap
preparation would if applied t.
the roads of the United States
build 200 miles Of cement road
in every county in the United
States. He claimed that ne
good road can be made of dirt.
A B Hosbrook gave an in.
ter.-sting talk on the conditions
" the roads in the past and
:irew very optimistic conclu
sions for the future. He i'm.
pressed the audience with the
fact that all Improvements and
reforms in road work come hard
anil have to rise above all op.
20 .ition.
M. B Bailv proposed to COM
mence building a permanent
road through Harrison county
right away, but q little at 9
time each year.
Mr.. Tupper took up the ques-
tion ofthe different kinds of
drags. Some soils requires 9
heavy drag and other soils 3
lighter drag. While conditions
will always be governed by
common sense.
d. McKinnon,
{ Secretary.
We attended tie road meet.
ing for 8 few minutes. The
men all seemed interested ir
the questions discussed, but the
matter Of how to go about
keeping the roads open in times
Of heavy snow and drifting
winds like we have had this
winter was very prominent
The question of delivery Of ths
mail wassalso discussed. Some
Of the 'men5t thought that neigh.
bors should get out and clear
the cutSor at least break the
roads so the car 'iers could gel
through. Ore MN said tha'
in his township the poll tax was
used to open roads and repair
extraordinary breaks.
A good deal of good might bf
derived from the meeting If al
the good suggestions were sift'
ed out and applied. It is no long
er a question of whether a cum
muninty wants good roads :
the question is how to get then
all communities want them. =
Logan Observer.
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