New-York tribune., 1918-06-09

ties doing to remedy these cond7nor.,
Almost the only official announcers..
| have seen in reference to our h;ss
ways was the order issued last IN
placing road-building materials srs
roadbuilding machinery IN the nou.ss
sential class, with pianos and taliins
machines. The words highway ;rsI
provement" are seldom heard in cas'
gress or in executive circles In Wask.
ington.
While the State of Delaware nroh.
bly, has the worse highway system /,
the country, judged from the point ~
view of the Importance of good ROAD.
as part of the war programme. hi.
state is by no means the only offendss
That part Of the Lincoln Highway whiss
goes through the State of New Jers,,
is, in many sections. in wretched con-
dition and is rapidly growing wore
In previous articles l have pointed os
how the State of Pennsylvania has nss
Fails and the Ohio state line, and I hay.
also pointed out now New York Ss...
has never thought it worth while 4
build a good road from Buffalo to ths
! Pennsylvania state line.
Blaming 1t on Motor Tructu
The excuse for the condition !,
the highways given in each loeaISv
where the roads are in bad conditios
IS that motor trucks are breakir.
! down the roads" The various bisS'
way departments seem to regard iii,
| as the last word on the subieet sv'
cept that, in New York Stata ~.
Highway Commission had the Rsnnv
idea of meeting the situation bv ~. -,
| tempting to bar heavy trucks from tL.
public highways. This latter l.g;.l.' ;Ie
tive proposal almost became a Law
end undoubtedly would have dons "a
had it not been for the vigilancs .,
the several dealers and motor true.
organizations.
To say that the roads are bad h.
cause motor trucks have been pass;n,
over them is simply confession th,.
the roads are not properly built end
maintained. 1t is perfectly possibk
to build roads which will stand m
under the heaviest motor truck traf6t
as the State of Connecticut has arnur
proved. In fact, no words of nra.. i
can overstate the fine work which Con.
necticut has done in building and main.
tanning its main highways. For a..
ample, there is not even a "bumps .,
the road between Bridgeport and III.
New York state line near Port Chesssr
end there are few roads in the county,
which have heavier traffic than Thu
road. ~"
This stretch of road between Bridr.
port and Port Chester is happily nd:
an exception, but is quite typical Of All
the main highways of the state. Fc,
example, starting at Winsted. in ths
northwest corner of the state, the-e i,
a fine highway down through the Nau.
gatuck Valley. passing through Tor.
rlngton, Thomaston. Waterbury, Nsu.
gatuck. Ansonia and Derby. and right
down to Bridgeport. In all of thes.
towns there are important munitions
plants. and almost every plant has /
fleet of motor trucks making daily trirs
down the Naugatuck Valley and thenu
to New York: There is also perfee.
road from Hartford to New Haven.
Finally. Connecticut is to be espec;aJr
commended in that it has carried ii,
fine roads right to the state line. IN.
stead of stopping the work at the la,;
important town within the state, as ID
the unfortunate method in Pennsylu
MIA, Ohio and New York State.
Good Work, Connecticut!
The shore road through Connecticu.|
which starts at the New York stsh|
line, is improved and is kept in conii|
ton every foot Of the way to the Rhoa|
Island state line, despite the fact tha|
there is no important town on thb|
) highway east of New London. Sin.|
llarly, the state has improved the rual|
running north from Hartford right gI
to the Massachusetts state line. u
fact, Connecticut has had the vision al
the state being g. part of the mattel
and has carried on its road deveIor|
ment with due regard to the traffic n|
and from other states.
AS result of this fine developmsr.|
in the State of Connecticut, every msi.I
ufacturing plant in the state is sera|
by the highways. The motor trueb|
which run from the Connecticut plant|
to New York City can be run on dsi.
mite schedule, and the manufactured
can dispatch his goods in his motel
truck without worrying whether or nf|
his truck will be mired or jolted sl
pieces before it gets to its destinatial
Connecticut has furnished the exsr's
pie. 1t has shown that roads can VI
built which will stand the hesvisf
motor truck traffic More than that
has adopted the policy of remoHgs
snow from its highways in the winss
SO that it gets the use of them teI
twelve months of the year.