The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1914-04-23

change I'm the type OF r nd Il builds.
y viii cost from $4,000, geo To 500
200, GOO yearly TO maintain ard re-
build New Works. highways when the
present system is completed.
tn is the real highway prob
lem.
1t costs New YORK approximately
$4,000 To build "a mile OK mavndam
road, which, under present traffic
conditions. VIII not last more than 10
years II costs a thousand dollars a
year 90 maintain M Tcsurface these
macadnm roads. And. at IA. end of
ten years, when these roads are worn
out u VIII cost at least SO 600 a mile
10 rebuild them"
The governor points ont that inter-
esi ana sinking fund charges on pre-
vious bond issues VIII mou to
, 100000 per year, besides the cost
OF maintenance and, at the end OF
ton years. the state viii have little
10 show for the expenditure. Either
the road policy OF The state must be
changed he asserts. or the state
faces a taxation charge equal to 81
Tor every man, woman n child In
The state.
Tho root Of the trouble. the gov
cruoT says. b. the fact that New York
followed the lead Of Massachusetts in
building macadam roads, which were
admirably adapted FOR light. horse
drawn traffic Of the nineties, but ut
Terry untitled to withstand the heavy
auto traffic of the present day. The
remedy lies In 10 hard sur
Htcc roads, among which he prefers
brick. as the only mntcriHl which
mas demonstrated It's ability 10 with
stand b test Of time. The first
cost ui such roads, he contends.
might be 100000 per mile. against
al2 o Tor macadam. lie adds.
Even IL New York were compelled
Ia pas S25 O0O per mile Tor brick
roads Il would bc economy TO build
such roads instead OF macadam
roads where the state highways are
subjected 90 heavy automobile traf-
Tic.
The total expenditure tor twenty
ears on u mdcadam road
u $36.OO0 per mile, This includes
$4,000 for building. $4,000 for
maintenance and $4,000 for rebuild
ing al the end Of The first ten
years.
The total expenditure for twenty
years ON "a Vitriiied brick road
amounts 90 S2G 600. ~ W allow q
maximum OF $4,000 "a mile FOR the
building aud 500 a year Tor main
teuance.'
Governor Glynn suggests this esti-
mate with figures showing that a
brick road. properly constructed viii
last nom twenty To thirty years and
have admirably stood tho test ct the
hardest kind ot traffic" The annual
he finds rs remarkably low,
Ranging from practically nothing To
$40 TO 500 per mile"
lie continues with the
dalton that New York shale deposits
be utilized and that prison labor he
employed Tor cconomy's sake.
The admirable argument for per-
manoncy might be enlarged by point
ms cut that not merely economy but
use Is enhanced by such means. Even
II IL We're cheaper To- make ruts In a
road cNery year and hon I'm them
al the end Of the year, no one en-
joys driving through temporary ruts
or dropping INTO chuck holes even a
portion OF the time.
A dozen other states have come 10
the same conclusion hat; New York
IL now forced 10 face. Some of them
have been fortunate in reaching IL
without 81 much expenditure Tor
impermanent roads. New York's
misfortune was that OF accepting the
the desires Tor experiment and in fol-
lowing the accepted road practices
Of "a dozen years QgO-a practice
which had been developed before tho
day OF the automobile. and had lit
tie ar no relationship to the condi
lions uf power traffic.