Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-02-16
RuGAL Tree DELIVERY
follows The COOP ROADS.
NuIz

WAYS may easily be obtained if a given
farmer is properly approach"d. but OK
pensive condemnation proceedings NAV
he necessary if he is rubbed the wrong
way. SO the engineer must be u dipio-
mat. The builders must assure them
selves that he Is also road engineer AMI
should appreciate the fact that this is a
very difficult profession and that local
road supervisors rarely measure up To II.
Altogether the construction of these
roads costs the community on the aver
age S6.:E9 per mile. They increased
the tax rate of the people of the COM
munity about - cents on each SlDo OF
assessed valuation. This means that the
man who owns farm which * assessed
II S2.o09. and is probably worth twice
that amount. would have TO Pay Ia.
OF 81 year for the advantage of these
good roads. This includes the interest
on additional $4,000 OF bonds which,
We're later issued To continue The roads
until they reeched ten miles out ~
town instead of FIVE
This little county eventually decided
upon eNpending the latter amount when
il began to appreciate the results q.
having spent the initial bond money IT
was able tn build macadam roads for the
added distances at less cost per mil"
because ii was not necessary 10 bHil
so wide or so heavy roadbed further
out where the traffic WAS lighter.
For roads that are not subje tied ~
over-heavy traffic there had developed N
the meantime q system of construction
that made fairly good highways possible
through the of the materials founo
in the county. Sand and clay mixed In
the proper proportions have been used
with great satisfaction i'm the continuance
of the road Improvement beyond the
point where the macadam roads left off.
Jake Walker had been one farmer who
had never fallen into the idea of a bond
issue for good roads. He had even
threatened to sell out and leave tn.
country il this burden We're thrust upon
him. The burden was thrust however.
and Jake was unable at the time TO sell.
After the good road was completed past
his farm he sold one-half of 1t for a
much money as he had been asking Tor
the entire farm, paid off his mortgage.
built himself a new house and has since
refused an offer of more money for the
acres that he has left than he had for
merly asked for his entire tract.
Lemuel Miller had inherited a farm
three miles from town. There he had
lived his family developed and his
dinner table grew steadily longer unit,
there were seven boys who sat about the
board. Because of the bad roads and the
lack of local opportunity these boys. as
they came TO maturity. gradually depart
ed for fairer fields, and the table con-
tracted until only Miller and his wife
sat opposite each other at meal time.
Henry Miller had become a lawyer and
eventually mayor of Monroe. Finally the
elder Millers gave up the farm and came
to live with their son. because the mud
had become too great a barrier for them
to pass Since the coming of the good
roads, however. the elder Millers have
gone back to their farm and Henry has
taken the grandchildren out to the old
place to grow up. while the run into
town is made in fifteen minutes in an
automobile