The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1913-10-03
bad ROADS CAUSE
HEAVY EXPENSE
falRers and Merchants Are
Equally the Losers.
HEUlT OF INVESTIGATION.


ansssien Show How Thousands Of
Dsdiars Could Be Saved Annually b,
snprovins the Highways Of a State
Farmer Loses $40 For Each Acre.
TIE farmer and the business man as
be suffers from bad roads, and the
xxsrnitrde of the movement for better
scsnoiticns is little appreciated by those
wAscse interests have not brought them
Rss contact with it. The cost o. bad
rosae has long been known i'm vague
way, but recent scientific investiga.
-sess have brought the matter home in
ssHssele form to those who suffer from
gassc, Gays the Review Of Reviews.
Que OF the most thorough investiga-
ste1s OF the subject ever conducted.
Che Sesuits Of which are used as a text
r&e~ever the doctrine of good roads is
prescned. was made by the Minneapo-
as Civic and Commerce association.
Vesk the conditions investigated were
fa&se Of territory tributary to Mime
.apcais, they are undoubtedly typical
- greater or less degree of those ex-
ifss*ag elsewhere.
A committee of the association Sc.
srched for investigation the farming
Sszrict, 30 square miles in area. the
Ersde OF which is tributary to Mime
sefstss. From thorough canvass of
me conditions existing there it was
sexssd that the 1860 farmers in the dis
sstsea hauled 100000 tons of farm prod.
7spsc 10 market in 1911 and sold it for
SHN1,6S0 To do this they had to
1nzse $4,000 trips. the time spent in
sassing equaling 500 years of eight
Ssexg days and the distance covered
fsstay eight times the circumference
~sS yRe world.
Bad road conditions caused losses i'm
guse, partly due to slow progress. part
ySe the necessity of taking less direct
rrSses and partly because smaller
nsfs had to be carried. Detailed in
designations showed that the losses in
-Ta-e were as follows: Due to not TAX
a,ls the shortest route. $62.00O due to !
ssewcr progress. $4,000: due to extra
tlrfps1ecessary by smaller loads. S159.-
'"Sb Il total Toss of $4,000 Losses
iron Hfpiiity to reach the best mar
3r1 fsSSeshe spelling Of produce and
IRWIN tinJutv to horses and wagons
Vsrr> SsnndHo aggregate SOD 900: from
'rsss9iesssla ldllty to haul manure. SOL
'a9s1iiGse Ptatvtpss caused by bad
rcyf" sYas glazed at S6Os.72S.
s-fs e ea cgni up ds the following
~t<s s acI "a On accoupt Of bad roads
,-s3 f aM n loSf fSF Ike Ike year sl.7O for
,,-2ass are 'fha1 IL Sff a4fmed: 10 cents
,,svaS9 nssIiiiffTsfHHA dftrie6oa ;fSn of farm
SrSs6s4i bRers Sne yfnife' Of bad road: Q
sseTcemSoEhissespad stfopo Ha 'bSid as
sHsea .sUroo&i oSaust ~ fss Tay4fs more
Thansyb e vfetd dar ibis ,ssecSc Ofwenty-
I'VE iatasfsoas s~anh an forofertilt7er7s
VINE total loss &c. The farmers iirtf,js J.
q sa,sEHt Gfi TIA eysapssfs4Es L thisdcause
Ts,p"sf A3Sys s8uSbtsb tie corn ~pI !
IF IS its.or ~ SIS &Sheat. Or thssast 7.
SSs Ss HI tSs II! 5SrIsSs Esq.,
&ead. diaAt ss9ediif hay ana fordffe |
sl-ssasFAeEi seAesANss,t wJufd eferAace [
,.se~asan iafpIsnen6e Or Gfe IeMtIsfev: /
'sry ~an&eiSeass. tchecEossesb every iSur |
pane .saab wsialA isa y Dff all thStmdrt.
-~9sssaB ahs,oiistrictzin three years.
" stSlQ4eU tesspars,s - iii, tsDy +
I've 5n!mssfIs. JAoreover, We're not the 4
'niiSu mrs Il ftoBs bad Eaabdsi hTEhe eap, ,.
gS9ss Esf asd g fsSSSs e.
r,sass,4 sbsif farms s and market welf2e \
usiM6 ne ut pfiniitsg! that tffere' G&e |
:sIYrIximaselS 7S.S $50 business 8 iff55G3eas
anssa6ne&pGNs. Employing 3O6g Nag F.
'9zssi i4fa6seoaoss from bad reads was
sq0n0G doRfie g4arS s'''1Tet or =
TS1qenmbiped dcss nof pthe q farmers.
of~.hfatss a nd IaSnHaetHsrs d0rcene
yessa, gast 81 "A 900. ps 40 there are T
as'sn, 5000 .Wiles8f roads Ina the,ds- /,
'TS.zr (which Yeulg haze been kept N u,
SnoS, condition for $1,000 a year, II /,
pEeyserly constructed, IN order to ascer- /,
Await sni8uaf cJald brofitably' be
inseste6 ID 'gJbdpaoads. she FcofnnhiftteRe
tsaSStsted iiiis' -sh6unt ffonf itife total :,
ssse IeeosiIig neutrality-suspicious. ut :
IA stss centp uoro5 pericent. hchichs is
hs,dfs la3osfH the I,rin- F
,assasis gsxar9Oa9Otas I9ftibhts amount
nassinYastes iAlsSsasAkghMaSs aeS7s s,
sss4.s teSleot the aStvStyH8nld stip break n
'sSes !SD sfhes iaSssfpent dw ,i.,,to II,
aSnoljs Try