The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-12-26
ADEQ II HIGHWAYS
ARE on 3 ESSEN VITAL

0Eo9N1N A1NHAAA
10 the Best Utilization OF the
Nations Waterways, De-
clares Walter Page. 4
sssseiAl 70 rHs rsl sasAn,
WASHINGTON, Dec. Is. sIf our
waterways are to be utilized to the
greatest possible extent they must be
sc connected with both the railroads
and highways that the whole will form.
q consistent working unit Y
That IL the proposition laid down
by Lognn Waller Page, director Of the
United States Once OF Public Roads
and Rural Engineering and Vice pres.
ident Of the American highway Assoc
citation. in . very practical address to
the National Rivers and Harbcfs Cons
gress at its recent session In WASH
.ington. There Is no escape from IL.
Each Is necessary to the other and all
are necessary to the Industrial and
commercial prosperity OF the country.
The real value Of any waterway must
come from the development OF its nom
adjacent traffic. : To make chear
transportation by the inland water
ways effective DIVISION for cheap and
quick delivery to and from the land
ings must be made and such provision
cannot be made without "a system OF
adequate highways.v The three meth
DDS Of transportation railways, wat
erways and highways are tied togeth-
or. and the largest success and efiic-
iefcy OF all are dependent upon the
improvement OF all. Well equipped
terminals at the landings without we'll
constructed Highways as the means Of
access to the terminals would be of
little practical advantages The COM
nerce on most Of our rivers and canals
has decreased largely, where II; has
not entirely vanished. because the
prime factor Of good roads has not
been considered in the development OF
the waterways OF the country. h;
Only few years ago the public
roads We're "a purely local conveni-
ence." The trafiic ON these roads was
all hohrsheh ETAoI fobb$n nc En-
all horse drawn and the distances over
which It was transported were limit
ed to ten or fifteen miles. All this
has been changed by the automobile
and motor truck. The roads have now,
become of material importance. NOT
only to the farmer. whose 'nrosnerity
and welfare depend ON the ease and
dispatch with which he car, deliver
his produce to the consumers in the
cities and return the necessary manu-
featured products and imported ar
ticles to his farm, but also TO the mil
lions in our crowded cities who are 30
largely dependent as to cost and 1con-
dition of their food products ON the
state Of the public roads over which
these products must all passs This
ir the closest possible relation be-
tween the public roads and tie water-
ways and in the proportion that both
are improved both viii be able Ia mar
form eiiicierit public service.
Cost Of Hauline. ~
IN normal times II cosfs ne n,nc,,
to- haul & ton Of freieht over a miie
o. the ordinary .uninnroved 4 American s,,ss
highway sas ii costs 10 haul the same
ton ~: steamship from New YORK "a
Liverpool q distance Of a.jol) miles
ON account Of Tie lack Of terminaiI
abilities At sfsnnbis n. IA M. PAGE
noted 81, fiis address. lsibe coat a. ,nnv-
ing coal an ,overare disfanca n a5,ont
sixty; feet or from tl,e ai,ore IA Inc
sfeau,foats costs lannroximafeiv fhs
same az thn cost a. fransnortine tl,3s
coal 200 miles nv water from pftts-
burg IA, Memnffs y no 7deveIon os,r
water bnrn ro,n \, erce NJ b q ,,os
three shsoInfeiv sssentisi cord "a s !.
First fhs ssmnrcve,ssnf n f,e ssar
ways. fTen fs,o hnjldjnr n Il ~
wif,, nr,sr sacii,t,es ~ h.rais,,
tra an, 1870 ~ ,,ce and t,,sr s.,ss Az
planned systsm. n innroved bichvsvs
rekching out to- the surrounding re- :