Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1917-06-24
built without expense TO the towns.
Eour.Eold system.

nullt WITHOUT expense 10 the toNns,
Four-Fold System.
All attempts TO develop roads by
first building local roads have fail
ed. Not until trunk lines we're built
was there any material advance IN
road building These trunk lines
brought about the desire for and
building OF the local feeder lines
Otherwise there was no desire or rea-
son for the existence OF such local
feeders Branch railroad lines were
huilt after the trunk lines were es-
tablished otherwise they could not
have existed II must be the same
with roads.
While discrimination as between
districts Is neither wise nor fair. new
ertheless II any should be favored by
road building Il is ouS farming and
rural districtsl They need roads
more than the urban centers. and
what Is more, they need help 20 build
them They cannot of themselves
furnish the needed funds How can
they be given the roads they must
haye9 Low can This be done most
quickly and cheaply? National high
ways advocates claim that the rural
districts viii get their needed roads.
from railroads and market towns 10
farms. more easily. quickly aud
cheaply by the building of national
highways than by any federal aid"
plan where the money Is bound 10 go
into politics and not into roads Ma
tional highways advocates claim this
because
Such Il system OF national high
ways will likewise be the heavy traf-
tic. main trunk lines within the sew
eral states This will relieve the
states OF their construction and main
teuanCe.
Thus relieved. the states can. with
out increase OF present apprOpria-
tons, build more miles than now OF
other or secondary state highways,
thereby reaching more remote farm
ng districts than are now reached
Such a system Of state highways will
likewise be the heavy traffic lines
within the several counties. The
will relieve the counties OF their con
struction and maintenance.
Thus relieved, the counties can,
without increase OF present appropri-
ations. build more miles than now OF
other on secondary county roads.
thereby still further reaching out
into the more remote farming dis
tricts Such system OF county
roads will likewise be the heavy tral-
iic roads within their respective
towns This will relieve the towns oil
their construction and maintenance.
and.
Therefore. finally. thus relieved
the townships or towns can, without
increase of present appropriation
build more miles than now Of their
lighter traffic roads and thereby
reach those farming districts lying
furthest from our market towns and
railroads.
National Highways and Good Roads.
by this four-iold system of roads
there will he an impetus. as yet I'M
! thought of, given To road building
| throughout the nation Authority
/ and responsibility will be logically
and economically divided aud fixed
without conflict arising Uniformity
and efficiency will be established
| Standard of construction and main
4 tenance will be- raised The entire
nation will be given good roads cv-
erywhere by well-balanccd connect
/ ed system OF National. State. County
and Town Highways reaching out tp
/ the most remote parts thereof They
/ will be- built In the shortest possible
| time and with the utmost economy
/ The money will get into roads whore
/ b belongs, and the cost will be- equit
I ably upon those communities best
able 10 hear tho burden IN other
4 words, the farmer will thus get what
/ he needs and what he wants lie
/ cannot get this by any form OF fed
oral aid " II he permits himself 90
Doe deceived he will find his money
going into politics, graft" and
corruption. and he will continue 10
wait in the mud" tor roads go vital
I 10 his Woll-heing