Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1913-04-11

seed which WINS hauled from the farm
70 tho gin, and then again 10 the ship
ping point The average cost 90
hauling cotton seed IN The United
States is 80 a ton. The 1911 orop,
therefore. cost t2A97B.tit 20 haul.
saving on Cotton.
THE total cost 81 HAULING The cot.
ton crop In 1911. inaluding the seed.
was, therefore. tsas76.sas Any svs-
tom OF road Improvement throughout
THIS zone which woaid reduce the
annual hauling charge 3 per cont
would effect a saving Of si.sGs,7si a
year From these figures q would
appear that u would 30 good business
60 incur an expense for road Improve
ment even n such Investment en-
tailed an annual interest and main
tenancc charge Of tI.0o0.o00 20 the
community 81 cotton states"
There are certain direct economic
or money advantages which follow
the Improvement - public roads in
every community says Acting Direc-
Tor Sargent uf the department. IN the
bulletin These advantages are
probably most apparent boz the reduc-
"a cost Of hauling
Certain dependent reflex eco
nomlc advantages also arise la a
community where ronds have bccn
improved The Increase in the value
OF farm lands IS an example Of the
Indirect economic advantages Of inn
proved road conditions. u should
not be considered. however that. in
presenting the advantages of improV
ga roads the direct increase in the
cost OF hauling aud the Increase On
farm values are entirely separate ana
independent The farm increases Ia
value partly because the cost 90 haul
Ing Is decreased.
scirnce az Improvement.
whatever methods are used 80 I'm
prove road, the Improvement Ter
hauling purposes rs due 90 kbrec
causes--the bettcrmcnt of thcSrond
surface. the reduction OF the grade.
and the shortening Of The length. ON
such an improved road the time ic-
quired 20 haul given quantity Of
material a given distance b. reduced.
The reduction may be- largely due Go
Increased speed 90 hauling. 10 in-
creased load. or Go both u is i'm
portant to recognize that for trans
portution purposes reduction OF time
b. equivalent 90 decrease 81 the dis
lance from the market contcrs. u is
easy 90 see. then. why the Increase ot
farm values must follow improved
roads. for their effect o. 90 bring the
farms in "a sense. nearer tho towns
Tho fact that on roads with improt ed
surfaces hauling becomes largely in
dependent Of the season of the year
or weather conditions means another
very considerable reduction In naming
costs. II also means that many ~
the limitations of the number ana
kind OF farm operations are immcdi-
ately removed.
I'm order 10 fix ones ideas on tho
reduction in the cost of hauling duc
10 tho Improvement Of roads the
transportation Of goods "a tho rhh-
roads and III farm produce 10 market
should be considered The cost Of
this work In the United states a.
present Is high. end is due mainly 20
steep grades and yielding vond sur
faces on unimprovcd roads. When Z"
grade exceeds % rise OF six feet Co the
hundred feet IN a horizontal measure
II becomes an increasing hindrance
10 traffic ON any grade. in addition
In tho tractive force due % the sur
face conditions. the force of gravity
must be overcome. Tho horse must
also raise his own weight and, be-
cause Of the manner m which his
strength is applied, &c becomes less