Arizona republican., 1913-08-05
TOO MUCH REAL MONEY
 SPENT ON SHAM ROADS
Ineffective Methods of Expenditure Result In No General Connec
 tions or System

That much of the road money spent
 in counties and townships is wasted
 through ineffective methods, is recog
 hizcd as 'notoriOusly true" by the
 National Grange monthly, which very
 strongly advises the local Srangcs no
 to neglect the roads near at home
 while taking an active interest in ac-
 complishing great trunk highways for
 state and nation" It is set forth
 that these local roads form d part of
 the general scheme of highways and
 should receive their fair share of at
 t,ntion. though this is not q matter
 oi national concern; but it does be-
 IicVc that more careful attention to
 local roads and road expenditures Is
 imperative. It also believes that "ev-
 cry grange everywhere should be in tcrestod in and responsive to the large grange policy as al whole. for good roads everywhere. state and national"
 The roads of country naturally resolve themselves into four classes. local or township. county. state and ! national; and in their construction
 and maintenance the township, coun- tN. state and nation each carries it's 1 special responsibility and should be
 endowed with it's special functions"
 asserts Chairman George C. DiehI, of 1 the A. A. A. National Good Roads 1 Board
 The local roads arc of sole in
 te"est to the communities, and their cost should not be passed on to the 1 national government Some local roads in every community become 1 county roads in their uses. and some | county roads become state roads by virtue Of the traffic they carry. When l these changes in travel occur then 1 should also come the change in re- 1 sponsibiIity and administration Like 1 wise, some state roads become ma
 tional in scope and importance. They l reach from great center to great cen ter of population. and assume pre- dominant commercial importance. 1 While accommodating the travel 1 from the farms to the market places along their routes, they also provide fer the through travel It must be remembered that road traffic of today is not limited to that from farm to market place. but extends from win. age to village, from county to county, from city, to city. from state to state. Motor trucks must be reckoned with as factors in transportation. ! Their economic advantage in short ! hauls is causing their adoption by | hundreds where the roads have been l improved: and the vast extension of 1 their use only waits for the roads ] to be built. Their fullest utilizat tion l will come when all the main roads of l the country are constructed to ac- l commodate them. In and near the 1 large centers of population they a7e l rapidly displacing horses in the trans 1 pert of commodities
 1 Civilization never nas witnessed ! such change as has taken place ir the transportation of persons an9 goods in the past ten years. 'EitA | the railroad for the carriage or through freight good roads and auto mobiles will round out ard complete 1 4 perfect system of transportation. 1 and thread together the energies of | the nation" happy expression used l by President Woodrow Wilson in his 1 address to thc American Road Con 1 gress."
 l This years gathering, in the hold l ing of which the American Autooo- l bile association Co-operates with the 1 American Highway association. will i take place in Detroit Mich. during 1 the week of September D. with in | dicatons of being the most comprc- 1 hcnsive roads convention ever held fn l this country The National Assocfa- l tion of Road Material and Machinery l Manufacturers will exhibit at this l congress.
 | There was and old codger from Ghent, Who lived in the woods in a thent; T don't get steam heat"