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Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-11-19
NEW YORK HIGHWAYS.
State Now Stands First In Good Roads
Construction.

Its system Of improved. concreted
highways is New York states greatest
asset today. asserts eX-State Highway
Commissioner John y. Carlisle in his
annual report for 1911. just issued
Besides the dire value of the road
system to residents, The improved high
ways attra ted nonresident autom0.
bile tourists in great numbers, con
servatively estimated at more than
250,00O cars. during the year, and mil
lions of dollars were left in the state
by these tourists
The state now stands first in high
way construction, having competed
and accepted SG3 miles of road last
year and contracted for LIS miles, a
large amount of which is now open to
traffic. Fully half Of the whole system
of nearly 12O0O miles Of state and
county highways laid out for improve
ment under the S1OO,0O0,O00 bond is
sues has been completed. If extended
in a single line the finished roads
would reach from New York to San
lSNO.
The policy of the department has
been to construct only heavy substan
tial roads in the vicinity of large cit
ies-either of brick or concrete or with
a concrete base and where stone roads
are designed to build them with very
heavy base. Nearly ninety-four miles
Of concrete and more than eighty-One
miles of brick roads were built last
year. Just half of the total of S63
miles improved were Of bituminOus
construction and 25S miles were wa
terbound macadam. The maintenance
of the great system of macadam and
Dituminous roads is now considered the
most intricate problem connected with
the state highway work.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-11-19

Macadam concrete and other strong,
ly surfaced highways for the present
are primarily for the main roads, sa%s
the Laportc Herald. The thousands OF
side roads which are little Travelled,
will have to get along without eXpen-
sive pavemcnts for many years.
But even these need not be in bad
shape or impossible, as some of them
are in rainy weather.
The modern cheap machine or grad
err, when used in the spring, is a great
thing for roads and the tempers Of
those who have to use them.
More than this, the road drag can bel
used after each rain; the results areI
satisfactory wherever used. This, OIL
course, applies to earth or gravel roads
\ drag keeps them in fine shape
throughout the year.
What ails some of our dirt roads is
not that they are inherently bad, but
that nobody takes care of them. If
they are properly looked after with
drags they won't be the butt Of so
many jokes.
Thousands of miles Of them are go
ing to be with us for a great many
years; might as we'll see that they are
as good as drags can make them.
Even Il macadam road doesn't
amount to much in Il few years if it
isn't taken care of.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-11-19

the tide. The movement from farm to
town depends upon causes deep seated
as the IOngings and aspirations of men,
causes beyond the reach of the preach
err or the orator. AS long as men love
the companionship of their fellow men,
SO long will they and their children
turn from the loneliness and desOla-
ton of the isolated farm to find fell
lOWship in cities. AS long as they
love life and laughter and song and
change, so long will they turn from
the deadening drudgery, the soul de.
strOying mOnOtOny that has hitherto
too often weighed down the hearts of
men and women and children on the
farm. Conditions so sad have not, of
course, been universal. In former
times ideal country communities there
were, with good roads and good schools
and good churches and abundant Op.
portunity for social life. But with the
coming of the railroad men grew rest
less. They travelled, saw the world,
found the old life in the country too
slow, moved to town, renting their
lands and leaving in still greater lone
iness their former friends and neigh
bors. But the tide is and for years in
some sections has been turning and
the movement back to the country is
and has been gaining ground. With
the construction of good roads, the de
velopment and extension of the tele.
phone, the reduction in selling cost Of
autos and trucks and motor propelled
vehicles of ever increasing variety and
adaptability to human needs; with the
improvement of farm machinery and
the application Of science to the prob
lens of rural life, day of unimagined
glory will soon dawn upon all tillers
of the soil wise enough to make use
of the new knowledge now so gener-
ously spread abroad by the agricultur-
al colleges and the experiment stations
of the states and Of the national gov
eminent.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-11-19
WHY COUNTY ROADS FAIL.
Road Specialists of Department of Ag

Road Specialists of Department of As-
ricuIture Place the Responsibility.
Where a county builds good road
and soon lets it become rutty, washed
out or uneven, who or what is prin-
cipally to blame? AS result of a
study of conditions in a number of
counties. road specialists of the de-
partment are inclined to place the re-
sponsibiHty upon the following defects
in road management, some or all of
which are found in all counties where
good roads are not properly repaired
and maintained:
First.-County boards, although hay
ing full administrative authority, APP
pear not to attach to their official ac
ton in road matters the importance or
legal effect which it should have
Second.-County boards do not gen
orally have sufficient accounting CON
troll Of road funds to know what is
available for any particular project
where funds have been or where eX-
listing balances are to be expended.
Third.-Lack of any systematic prac
tice in handling road funds among
most counties makes it very difficult to
carry out over even a single year any
persistent maintenance policy, because
funds officially obligated for main
tenance purposes are not protected
against sporadic and irregular drafts
for miscellaneous purposes The great
est likelihood consequently exists ev-
erywhere that there will be no balance
in the maintenance fund in the last
half or third Of the year, although only
a part of the fund allotted may have
been spent.
Fourth.-Local labor available for
maintenance work is made dissatisfied
by the constant, unintelligent and I'M
favorable criticism of those using the
road
Fifth.-Maintenance continuing over
a period of years-the ultimate indis-
pensable condition of effective main
tenance-is jeOpardized by the lack of
accounting control that will prevent
spending next years current income in
this year
SNth.-The lack of skilled supervi-
sion in construction and the effect of
this in increasing the cost or in making
effective maintenance impossibly eX-
pensive is everywhere seen.
Seventh.-The county authorities are
commonly opposed to following sug
gestions for maintenance that involve
tying up road funds in any way, such
as purchasing materials in advance to
store along the road for making repairs
or maintaining the road surface.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-11-19
State Control of Local Roads

The realization has become quite gen.
eral that in order to render maximum
service state highway departments
should be given some measure of con-
troll over the construction and main
tenance of local roads For this class
Of roads an amount exceeding $780,
100000 is expended annually, with
comparatively little result to show IN
the form of improved road mileage
for this great outlay. The state of
Iowa has met this situation by placing
all the road work in the state under the
direction of the state highway depart
ment.
Traffic is increasing so rapidly as to
cause excessive wear upon the roads,
especially in the vicinity of congested
centers Of population. This results in
heavy annual maintenance cost,
averaging In the large eastern states
pot less than $3.50 per mile per annum.
Many experiments have been made In
the effort to devise types Of road which
can be maintained at relatively low
cost. Thus far, aside from the cheaper
forms Of construction, the states are
depending upon the various forms Of
bituminous macadam, concrete and
vitrifed brick road.-Year Book, Unit
ed States Department Of Agriculture.
Peculiarites of Worms.
Many creatures supposed to have
some of their senses missing" are not
30 insensitive as people often think
Worms have neither eyes nor ears and
yet are sensitive to light and music
wide Darwin's "Earthworms'O. A
bluebottle, in spite Of not having a
nose, finds out piece of bad meat
easily enough. In short, many of the
lower animals contrive to see, hear,
taste or smell sufficiently for their pur
pose, and often in high degree, with
out being able to point to any special
organs of these senses in their bodies
and to suppose they are devoid of a
SEN because NO ere unable to dis
cover 1t is frequently 30 confess our
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-11-19
BEAUTIFYlNG DIXIE HIGHWAY.


Ma-u-al Cr1wth.
with the l'.@c hi avaT, running
from CHICAGO 10 Mani. lo.dt to be-
dedicated and o.racl for p.a, ti.at par
poses Oh Lc@t TlauE, .Gv..c G..r, me
cIubwomcn Of TIE state. G.ta 'tn .u.i
to the great lakes alp. "..ua..t- for
the purpose Of ppraa.suuy hr@a,,-y
ing this trau~uatioual n. hwuy 7o taat
its scenic beauty fto.I one end 10 the
other will lie Il Gc.i@At t. he tourists.
The initial organization Of the club
women was perfected at Guyton, Ga.
where about fifty women banded them
selves together for the purpose of as.
sisting in the Dixie highway move
ment in Effingham county, Ga. The
movement is spreading, and it is
sought to include the clubwomen along
the entire route. The plan of the wO
men includes the cooperation also Of
the boy scouts, the school children and
the schoolteachers.
The first work which the women plan
is the conservation and the preserva
ton of the natural growths, trees
shrubs, flowers and grasses along the
route. The Importance Of this work,
the women say. cannot be overestimat
ed, and they are seeking immediate act
ton.
To use the present growth as key
note and fill with masses until thd
grouping is that of Mother Nature herI
self is the plan and calls for the utili
izatiOn of every natural advantage on
the way from Chiago to Miami.
One effective plan being carried out
by a woman's club is to secure the aC~
tive cooperation of the various COM
panies of boy scouts, giving each com.
pany a section of the highway to beau.
tify by carrying away rubbish, cutting
down weeds and planting trees. Each
tree planted along the section allotted
to a particular boy scout company is
named after member of the company
The boy scouts. the school children
and teachers as we'll as the clubwomen
will make such paintings. No digging
and no transpanting will be done eX.
cept under expert and skilled super
vision.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-11-19
Felt Like One of Them.

"Tuther day." related old Dad Bling,
the cattle baron, who is temporarily In
our midst, 81 was rambling along in a
street car when batch Of young fell
lers got aboard. l judged they were
college students by their funny clothes
and queer shaped heads. The car was
pretty full, and they pushed and snort
ed back and forth in the aisle, tramp
ing on peoples feet and committing
similar frlvolities that away. Bimeby
they all r'ared back and fetched loose
long yell. Then the nearest one to
me took look at me and says:
"'Well, my rural friend, don't you
like itT
ashore, like itp says /. I'm half
witted myself "-ExchanGe.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-11-19
W0MEN'S ROAD CREED.
>owa Federation of Women's Clubs For
Improved Highways.

DIVA Federatlon or Womens CLUBS FOR
Improved Highways.
1t is not left to man alone to cham
pion the cause of good roads, this be-
ing indicated by the interest taken in
the subject at recent meeting of the
Iowa Federation of Women's clubs.
This federation of women has adopted
a good roads creed designed to advance
the cause of improved highways. Fol
lowing is the complete text of this
creed:
l believe in good roads.
believe in systematic road work.
l believe good roads will make bet
ter schools.
believe good roads will make better
living conditions in the town and in
the country
l believe the women of Iowa should
enlist in the fight for better roads
while we are here to use them.
l believe that the last $50 spent upon
the proper finishing of road will do
more good than any 800 that preced-
ed it.
believe that no road should be built
and allowed to take care of itself.
There should be a system of road pa
troll.
l believe that the weeds should be
every effort in my power to see that
the proper road officials have this done
if the landowner neglects to do it.
| believe no road work should be
commenced that cannot be- finished in
better shape than it was when it was
started.
! believe in building roads, not work
| ing them.
| | believe in roads for women.
| will work for better roads for Iowa
Too much enthusiasm cannot be work
! ed up on the subject Of good roads
Road improvement is generally advO
Gated as an economic necessity be
cause it improves marketing facilities
That it is a social necessity is indi
Gated by the interest taken by this
body of women. 1t will be noted thai
the road patrol" system is recommend
ed. This plan of road improvement is
rapidly coming into favor. 1t means
the placing Of one individual in charge
of a given mileage of road, furnishing
him with drag and other road weapons
What we are now spending on roads il
hit or miss fashion would pay the
cost of the patrol. and unquestionably
If the new plan were tried out it would
be step in advance.
These women show their practical in
sight in preparing their creed whel
they refer to the weed question on The
roadsides. Their instinct for orderli
ness is shown here and officers SHOULD
be shrewd enough to pay the fair SCI
the compliment of giving heed to theD
wise suggestiOnS.-Iowa Homestead.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-11-19
ROAD PROBLEM AND FARMERS
Improved Country Highways Means
Cheaper transportation.

Improved Country Highways Means
Cheaper transportation.
Each year the Importance of good
roads becomes more manifest to every
intelligent farmer, says the Home and
Farm. The expense of the crop is not
finished with the harvest. You have
to transport the cotton, or your meat,
OF your wheat, or whatever you have
raised to the market You must ar.
range to reach the nearest railroad sta
tion at the least possible cost
That means that, in order to reduce
have better roads and you must have
the best carrying vehicle.
What that vehicle is will depend
upon a great many considerations
your distance from the railroad sta.
ton the character of your crop and
the character of your farming.
But whether you haul your goods to
market in a wagon drawn by horses
or whether you carry it to market in
an automobile truck your roads must
be in good order if you are going to do
this work at the least possible cost.
You do not waste money in improv.
ing your roads, but where money is
wasted is in neglecting your roads
paying your taxes or employing your
labor unwisely, ineffectively. In many
cases roads are no sooner finished than
their defects become apparent.
There are two road expenses-the
building of the road first and the main
tenance of the road. 1t cannot be toe
often repeated that good roads are not
Injuries. They are necessities, and to
have the best roads at the least posi-.
BILE cost you must have the work done
,intelligently, scientifically and con.
stantly.
If you do not attend to your roads
your officers will not. Watch and com
plain. Use the roads and then report
to the proper authorities, and if you
have not got any proper authorities
form a local committee, road vigi
lance committee, and in this committee
discuss your own special problems and
work out some form of relief.
Landowners will find the lands In q
country of bad roads steadily depreci
ate. They ought to depreciate. They
are less valuable than lands else
where because the net result to the
man who tills them is less in country
Of bad roads than in country of good
roads.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-11-19
GOOD ROADS
AND FARMERS
Town and Country Should Work
For Better Highways.
SCIENCE AND RURAL LIFE.

With the Improvement of Road Sys.
TENS the Monotony of Farm Life Will
Disappear and a New and Better Day
Will Dawn For the Farmer.
With the advent of the auto and 9th
err motor driven vehicles has come the
necessity both for the restoration OF
abandoned towns and wayside inns
and neglected roads and for the crea.
ton of new towns and hotels and high.
ways, says Edwin Boone Craighead in
the New Northwest.
From every consideration for the
public welfare, both the nation and
the state, the farmer and the towns
man should work together for the con
structiOn of a great system of nation
al and state and community highways,
connecting farms and towns and met.
ropOlitan cities and providing for a
safe and rapid means of transportation
alike for the huSbandman, hurrying tC
town with the perishable products OF
laiu anu udIS anu oICHdld, lol Ihe
physician making haste to reach his
country patient for the children of
consolidated rural schools, as well as
for tourists bent on beholding the won.
ders and beauties of lakes and noun,
tains. The making of good roads has
again become a national necessity.
With the making of better roads
dawns new and better day for the
farmer. Back to the farm" has been
for a generation past the cry Of the
statesman and the sociologist, but q
vain cry it has been, for always in
ever increasing numbers the children
of the country keep pouring into the
cities. Preaching alone will not turn
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-11-19
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GOOD ROAD MANAGEMENT.

Summarized briefly, the essen
tials to successful state highway
administration, as demonstrated
by the experience of the varixus
, state highway departments, are
as follows: The elimination of
politics as a factor in state high:
way work; the control by the
) state highway department of all
work on which state funds are
. expended; adequate appropria-
lions for continuous maintenance
, of highways under efficient SUI
pervisiOn from the day the high
ways are completed; state SUI
pervision as to surveys, plans
) and specifications of roads and
I bridges constructed under bond
; issues and supervision of such
other road and bridge work as
; requires considerable cash outlay
and the exercise of engineering
; skill and knOwIedge.-Year Book,
United States Department of Ag-
I riculture.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-11-19
KIND WORDS.

Kind words do not cost much.
They never blister the tongue or
lips. We never heard Of any men
tai trouble arising from this quarter
Though they do not cost much, yet
they accomplish much. They make
other people good natured. They
also produce their own image on
mems souls, and what beautiful
image it isl-Pascal.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-11-19
Road Building In Florida.

A scheme Is on foot in Florida to
build brick road over the Everglades
Bnd so connect the east and west
coasts. Within the next two years be-
tween LOO and 1,200 miles of brick
highways now under construction will
be completed. About twenty counties
in Florida have banded themselves to.
gether and will expend from $4,000,
900 to $12,OO0,Ooo for good roads. This
will give to the tourist the advantage
of excellent motor trips in the winter.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-11-19
But TheN Can.

Mrs. Muggins When a girl is mar
ried she Is apt to think her troubles are
over. Mrs. Bugglns-Ycs: she does not
seem to realize that things can &c
very much amiss with Mrs.-Phila
depiia i,c ord
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-11-19
The Wherefore,

Miss Wombat is not girl who
wants TO talk all the time She is will
ling to listen"
yes: somebody once told her that
she had beautiful ears. Kansas City
Journal.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-11-19
WHAT COOP ROADS MEAN.

The problem of improving our
roads is practical and can be
solved. What's more, it ought to
be solved. 1t is of immediate
and pressing Importance. Good
roads mean increase of popula-
ton, increase of wealth, increase
in church and school attendance,
increase in social affairs - In
short, increase in the joy of liv-
ing.-Champ Clark.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-11-19

Congress will have the good roads
question to answer at its forthcoming
session, and the accommodating demand
from all sections of the country makes
clear that the issue must be met" as.
serts President John A. Wilson of the
American Automobile association.
with over 100000 automobiles In
use the motorists now make >up an
army of road users entitled to equal
consideration with all other citizens, .
says Mr.. Wilson. But we have finally
obtained nearly all those rights which
belong to the average citizen. 1t is
my belief that comprehensive highways
Improvement has only begun, for 1t is
now receiving deserved attention from
a growing number of men who have
most TO do with the affairs of the M.
ton"
Misplaced Sympathy.
Through the busy Glasgow streets a
stalwart policeman led little child by
the hand.
A motherly looking woman paused
before them for moment. Then, In
sudden burst of sympathy, she bent
over the child and kissed her.
"Puir wee lambw she breathed soft
ly. "She looks sac cauld and starved
like, and she hisnae been weshed fur
a week. Some folks Gamma be trusted
WI BARNS, wicked, cruel things they
are. Whaur did we fin the wean, polls.
manT
Find the wean, wumanT snorted
the policeman angrily. y didrs and
her at a.. She's ma tn bairnr Dun'
dee Advertiser.