The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-11-07

public. II has been quietly accumu-
lating positive facts to show that i'm
proving roads and then maintaining
thcm properly brings financial gam
10 tn. community that does these
things The condition OF eight coun-
tics iusf before road building began
was very carefully Investigated. ana
= similar investigation was maue
each succeeding year for period Oh
fy. years Tho results are given IN
fuI detail in Rullerin &9$ of the
tinted states Department OF Aerl-
cultural II was written oy }. r.
Penrybackor. chic; OF road cconom-
les IN the office Of public roads. ana
n O. Eldridg.. one OF his assistants.
I, supplies the information the
.tieht-ward" has been cynically re.
auesting these many years. ana
sweeps away the most serious. be
cause partly justidable. criticism oil
road improvements AT last We can
give definite figures OF what Gooa
roads have done under practically
different conditions.
Eight counties FURNISH this IN
formation. Franklin county. y. y.
runs down from the plains along m"
- Lawrence in the north into
the Adirondacks in the south. II
has an area OF 1878 square miles
about 5000 population. and the
largest town IL Malone, with about
4 51o inhabitants. The principal In
dustries are dairying. numbering and
the entertainment Of summer VISIT
Sno, svIvania county. Va, has an
area OF 4Ol square miles north OF
richmond and was so thorough!
shof TO pieces in the civil war that
FOR half a century it slowly dritteu
downgrads. The population Is anout
T6 200. the largest town is Freder-
,cyshurg. with s 600 inhabitants VINO
roI,tribui~ nothing TO county road I'M
movements. the principal products
IN 1910 were timber and cross-ues'
ninviddie county. Va. Is south OF
Richmond II has an area OF 81
sGuaremiles. ofwhich four-htths were
cirs.ed as farming lard in 1910. al
though only one-thitd OF the farh
area was involved. In that year ,ne
ponulation was $4,000. OF which -
400 was mPetersnurG ana noi SUBJECT
10 tax FOR county roads.
Lee county. Va. Is IN 'he SoEtH.
western corner OF the state ana mas
IN area OF f&2 miles. varying IN
cbarac.c- from gently rolling farn
land 10 rugged mountains, II AaS
MANI blue grass pastures "n"re pes'
currl. are raised and IS also cHi'I
,atad extensively The po3uiat'"'
yas 900 in 1910. and there are
" psUos county. Ala. has $40 square
miIss OF rolling land. Of when aooG'
,,,o-afths are cultivated. Cotton IS
mo leading crop. The population
,cas 1000 in 1910. OF when l%'""'
vanafec county. Fla, has .%&1
.o,,ara miles of fiat land just below
,rswu, hav. Only TWO per cent o,
,his area was farmed in 1910 ana
( mo resident population was ohIE
ia although visitors Increased
~ ,rr,ber materially during the
,,.I.,er citrus fruits and vegetables
Enrn the products OF this seml-trop-
ical section. al. In, 80
,,nars miles OF hilly land. o! when
obouf one-fourth Is cultivated "
.UrUisbes cotton. cereals. peas, pota-
Toes yellow pine and beer ca.ti"
nripc.6ally. The population was 4 I, :, +.
"oG In 1910. OF which $4,000 was IN
the government experts state n n
,,ri d.iau the results OF the ROAD
improvements in each OF these c9nn,
lies and the methods employed IN
.scsrtaIning th-sc results. The in
yesfirations were not .hasty observa'
lions from > buggy or automooiie'