The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1916-05-16
nlents.

1t is easy to appreciate the difference
between living on an unpaved street
and a smooth, clean thoroughfare that
is never muddy or dusty.
1t is easy. too, to believe how effec-
tive are good pavements in increasing
property values.
But there are other reasons for in
sisting upon street mprovement-rea-
sons almost as important as those not
ed, but often overlooked
These secondary reasons for good
pavements are that they increase the
health. beauty and general welfare of
any community.
People who are forced to live on
dusty streets absorb more pernicious
germs and impurities in half an hour
on the front porch than they can keep
out of their systems by weeks use
of boiled water. steriliZed milk and
strict avoidance of the foods on which
DR.. Wiley frowns.
We so through all the motions of
publication ana sterilization. from ban
ishing the roller towel to installing fill
tratiOn plants. and then submit TO
streets that are productive of more
unhealthy condition than anything
short Of typhoid infected water sup
ply can produce. And. besides the I'M
healthfulneSs of poor streets that can.
not be kept clean. the dirt and dust
from them ruin clothes. house furnish
ing, lawns and flowers and make life
a burden to the housewife
With or without sewerage system.
n good. smooth pavement can he drain.
ed so that it dries off quickly and. i'll
fact. keeps itself clean because there
is no place for the Judgment and reten-
tiOn of dust and filth.
A Potent Factor In Progress.
Probably some of us are not greatly
impressed with the SO called aesthetic
influence Of good puvements. But it is
potent factor in progress and i'm.
prOvement in every direction. Pave a
residence street and almost immediate
ly there begins an improvement in the
pie who were content with shabbiness
if they ever noticed it-begin to paint
and repair
Pave business street and the stores
begin TO frcShen up inside and outside.
with resulting advantage to trade
An article published in the Fort
Wayne IndJ News comments as fol-
lows on this very point: did you ever
notice a locality that had no paved
streets, was supplied with old fashion.
ed brick sidewalks and that was posi-.
bly, not provided with sewerage sys-
TEN: Have you ever watched the
change that came over q locality oe
this kind the minute new cement side.
walks were made and a new asphalt
street had been laid? The change in
appearance Is certainly marvellous. The
change in advance Of abutting proper.
~ Is far more So There are streets
and localities in Fort Wayne that are
today clean and attractive that a few
years ago were scarcely ever 20 be f.
found in tie real estate transfer col. !
umn."
One improvement Leads to Another.
II this is aesthetics. the more the
better. What IL means Is that prog
ress feeds on itself and one improve. |
ment inspires another
On this subject so practical an insti.
tuition as the Office Of public roads OF
the department of agriculture says In
one OF its bulletins:
The aesthetic value of roads well
built and clean Is sometimes reluctant
ly conceded or even denied by indiyid-
uals. 1t is noticeable, however. that
along improved roads there is visible
tendency to improve the appearance OF
homes and buildings. In fact the
presence OF good roads seems many
times to stimulate latent self respect