East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1916-02-22
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Roads" The development OF our
self-reliant people who founded our
wonderful state
am particularly pleased to be here
state and the prosperity Of our citi-
zens depends more today on goot
roads than upon any other thing ore
gon does not need railroads SO much
as she needs good roads
For the last quarter century we
have been listening 70 good speeches
and reading good roads editorials /
have never heard Of anyone adyocat-
ing any other kind or road than q
good road. II is now safe to assume
that there is "a unanimous sentiment
in Oregon for good roads; but what
Is good road? That Is where we
differ We have be thinking and
talking in the abstract It is now time
TO be definite and 81. ific
In my opinion a gOc road is a road
which is OF service TO IS traffic every
day in the year ana ne location ot
which is such that it be used with
safety. economy and comfort such
a road rlust not hay grades in excess
Of five per cent cues on less than
one-hundred foot radius, a width less
than twenty-four feet between drain
age bitches and It's surface must re-
spond successfully to the load it bears
b. twenty-four feet width, do
not mean that it be paved the fun
width In Multnomah county. we
have this last year laid our pavement
eighteen feet wide but there the traf-
! fic is extremely heavy and entirely in
excess Of your conditions here.
would recommend for this county with
1900 miles Of roads and valuation OF
less than s50.OOO,OoO a pavement OF
eight feet in width with sufficient
/ rock shoulders to permit the passage
Of vehicles. If more tnan eight feet
Of width is specified, then ! would
not accept anything under PC feet
believe the reason is obvious
Roads Must BE Planned.
To obtain such roads IT Is necessary
to consider road as a structure and
to realize that it must be planned by
an experienced highway engineer III
advance Of its construction just as 2
/ building Of equal cost and magnitude
is planned by an architect in advance
Of its construction II Is further ne
cessary 10 centralize the directine aJ,
thority in charge Of construction 70
a capable roadmaster, just as tn,
construction Of a building is put il
| charge of an experienced and capahl,
, builder
The road supervisor system in vogue
IN most OF our counties in this stat'
should in my opinion he supersede.
1 by the roadmaster plan Of construct
ing roads The same men workin.
( under a directing head, apon a def
mite plan to an ultimate end woulC
I accomplish much more for the tax
/ PAYERS with less money and be NOR,
/ satisfied with themselves and thei
I work If the roadmaster idea We're sub
. Nlilultu ltI lllt present ltdN Hhle4 VI
sor, wherein every supervisor is large
I ly law unto himself in what he d"e
No reasonable person would thinl
of putting forty carpenters so worl
upon an unplanned building wi.nou
hlueprints and specifications, an
without a foreman directing the wor'
OF all Yet hundreds Of thousands ~
dollars of. the taxpayers money hsv'
been spent annually Just that Wa.
and charged to road construction.
In my opinion every cou~tv in Ore
gon should be prepared under the Gl
rectlon Of a competen, highway engt
neer. program FOR the developmcL
Of q country road system, which coul,
bc followed year after wear alwsr
nolng the most urgent things first bu
always working methodcally 10 al
ultimate end New roads ehuuld h
located on the rules established f7