Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-04-01
IOWA NAY PROFIT FROM sEx.
PEalrNcE OF NEW yoRkgIN !.
ROAD BUILDING.
MOVE IN Empire STATE TO
CHANGE TO BRICK SURFACE
is~a Must Use Either Brick or Con.
ersts For Hard Surfaced Roads q
Prsvsnt Waste Of Monsy-Nsw York
Prepeesa 70 Have conviets Manu-
faetvre Brick For Roads.
Special 70 es-Repub,ican.

Speclal 70 I1me0-Republican.
Des Moines April Iowa brick and
Iowa. cement may yet become the ma
terial used for surfacing many 81 the
Iowa good roads the foundation. for
which is now being laid under the
lows good. roads law.
When the Iowa legislature was urged
a. year ago to authorize the borrowing
Of 325.0O0.000 with which TO construct
hard surfaced roads right of under a
commission to have headquarters in
Des Moines. there was no suggestion
az to the material. 1t was assumed
that commission would know jus:
how to build paved roads.
But the state that has spent most
money OF all on so-caiicd permanent
roads contemplates a change in the
material. New York was pointed tn
many times as the one state to be fol-
lowed as a model. But the legislators
decided 1t was best to starr at the bot
tenn and not at the top in Iowa. Now.
according to an automobile enthusiast
Q. this city who has been down east.
New York is not well satisfied with
what 10 being done. Just emery
Ing from investigation Of ser
les Of scandals involving misuse Of
FUNDS. the highway commission Is
urged by the governor to turn from
macadam to brick. Governor Glynn is
quoted as saying that If the brick can
be made with convict labor the brick
roads can be built for $4,000 a mile
and he estimates the maintenance cos.
at $50 a year. That would mean S16,-
900 mile for twenty-year period, as
against $4,000 mile for macadam
for the same period.
Experience Comes High.
After having spent s50.00O.Ooo or
more in constructing permanent roads,
Governor Glynn advises that New York
NOW appoint a legislative committee
to investigate the entire question and
to gather data upon which the legisla-
tire may act advisedly at its next ses-
sion" Which would indicate that
there Is something more IN the road
question than appeared at first.
"A very interesting part Of what Gov
nous cost OF maintenance Of the roads
already built. On this he is quoted az
saying:
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change in the type of road it builds, It
will cost from $20. O00.0 900 to 100000, 900
yearly t.. maintain and rebuild New
FORKS highways when the present
system Ia completed. This is the real
highway problem. II costs New Io-k
approximately $4,000 to tuld q milo
OF macadam road which. under present
traffic conditions, will not last more
than ten years. 1t costs thousand
dolla-s a year % maintain and resur-
faces these macadan1 roads. And at
the end OF ten years, when these
roads are worn out, 1t will cost at least
81, 900 a mile to rebuild them.
"One hundred million dollars has
been voted for the construction of New
FORKS highways. If the. roads we
build In the future cost as much as
those we have been building in the past
1t WILL require an additional $30.0o0,00O
to. complete the proposed system. On
New FORKS 1900 miles Of macadam
roads the annual cost Of maintenance
will bo 1000, 900, the total cost OF the
roads will be $13o,000,000 and at the
end Of ten years from the date Of COM
pletion the state will have little to
show for the expenditure OF $25O,000.-
900.
Tax Almost Prohibitivs.
I'm the twenty years thereafter the
tar for Highways will be at least 500
e0o, go each year. If our roads are to
be kept in proper condition.
7 ..Every year the taxpayers OF New
York viii be compelled to pay 49,.
600 900 for maintenance. Every year
win be forced to pay 100000 IN inter-
est charges on their bonds. Every year
thew WIN be compelled to contribute 81
5oo. 900 to the sinking fund to take up
these bonds when they mature. And
every year they will be required to pay
.aa,tional millions to rebuild part OF
the roads on which they are lavishsns
these tremendous sums.
I'm other words" says the governor.
"New York must either change its road
policy or prepare to levy = perpetual
and yearly road tax Of 81 on every
NAN. woman and child within its bor-
ders."
J Tho auto man who called attention
to this remarkable record urged that
the widest publicity be given the same