The Clay City times. [volume] (Clay City, Ky.) 1901-current, 1917-01-11
TRAVEL. FIRST ESSENTIAL OF
EDUCATION. so he DECLARES
IN ADDRESS TO FUR
Their MOVEMENT.
PRO5UESSMAOE IN BIG STRIDES
state-Ald System. Strengthened by
Last Legislature, 10 Entitled to Much
credlt-kentuoky Counties Are
Grateful.

Frankfort. Ky. - Especially - Gov
crnor A. o. Stanley Is most enthu-
siastic supporter OF the good roads
movement and is giving q great
deal OF his time to that question. The
following extract is taken from one OF
his recent addresses on Good Roads,"
Isolation is the essential atmos-
phere OF the savage. The crude bar
barian living in his wiIwam or mar
row hut, supplying his own wants, see
ing and knowing no country and no
people beyond his corner in the forest
and his tribe, can neither give nor re-
ceive from the world without Torn
from his narrow environment. travel
alone will civilize the savage before
he learns to read and write.
Society is so organized that we
must give and receive. We exchange
ideas and aspirations as literally as
commodities. The moral and lntellec-
tual development of the race depend
upon the facility OF that interchange
as literally as the Industrial progress
of nation upon its transportation IA
cilitles. There is no better guage of
the culture Of the community, no surer
index TO the industrial and commercial
prosperity than in the sagacity with
which IL can produce most cheaply and
exchange to the greatest advantage
in the markets OF the world.
The wholesome atmosphere, the Sc
clusion and the peace of the country
home in summer does not compensate
for the hardships and the complete
isolation of country life in winter;
when families we're literally marooned
by their own firesides, shut of by i'm
passable roads from communication
with their kind. The general use OF
the automobile and the perfection OF
the macadamized road has revolution
lied country life and gives new vigor
and new prosperity to the city. For,
after all, the prosperity OF the city
springs like a plant from the soil, and
In Kentucky at least II is impossible
that the city should not instantly re-
fleet the happiness and prosperity OF
the country.
1T has been demonstrated that the
loneliness of family life confined to
single domicile has been the cause Of
mental and physical decay, and that
communication with ones kind Is as
essential to health as sunshine and
pure air. And so II appears that the
good road Is indissolubly woven into
the very wool and warp OF our indus
trial. our physical and our mental and
spiritual lives. Upon these public
highways, as upon a foundation, are
built the churches, the schools, the
courts, the mills and the markets.
them, should be plank in every polit-
zeal platform. a doctrine OF every
church, included In the pharmacopoela
OF every physician and written into the
curriculum OF every college and uni.
yersity and the bylaws OF every cor
poration."
Road building In Kentucky is max
plan which was inaugurated in 1914,
this being the second season and a
number OF roads contracted for late In
the year 1915 are being completed this
year. For the year 1916, contracts
have been approved for seven hundred
and ninety miles of road at a cost OF
about two million. three hundred thou.
sand dollars. including bridges and
culyerss. All types OF roads, from
earth to the most expensive surfaeing.
are being built. and the people can see
for themselves.
In this connection Il might be stated
that some OF the counties seem 10
think they are experimenting. whereas
n Is doubtful II single type OF our
furfacing, except II be OF the patented
type. Is an experiment today because
they have all been built In some sec.
lions OF the world and accurate data
has been kept showing cost and sery-
ices rendered. and II officials In charge
would only accept the recommend.
lions OF engineers who have made a
study OF tramc conditions and recon.
mend type consistent Herewith.
many thousands OF dollars could be
more economically expended
To date twenty-elght counties have /
voted bonds aggregating almost six mil.
lion dollars. and II is the consensus
Of opinion that. where bond issues