Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-08-13
'TEN AX|OMs PRESENTED
/. BY DIRECTOR OF ROADS
..Classifies Highways According to
~ Their Use Into Nation, State
and County.
rABobs LONG TERM BONDS
Advise OF Pcnnsy Packer Is That
Steady Work Be Kept Up Mt All
Times Instead of Spasmodic or
Temporary improvements.

J. f. Pennybacker, director or roads
A. A. A.. presented. through the Amer
lean Motorist. ten axioms to guide in
the construction OF the nations sys-
tenn of roads. His presentation OF
them is as follows
Not propaganda primarily. but coun-
sci is needed 10 make the present
nationwide road movement of endur-
ing bcncft to the nation. There are
Fundamental questions which must be
settled, not by, the road builder: VINO
the Taxpayer. the legislator and the
public Official. These are the powers
which must solve The problems OF
finance. of organization. of apportion-
Ing dement's and burdens, OF fixing du-
ties and responsibilities and of squar-
ing what is done with tho purpose 10
10 his science and according to system.
so should there be plan and principle In
the determination of these greater eco
nomic questions which are back OF the
physical building of the road.
automatic in character. AS basis for
proposed construction. These are:
Text of Axioms Given.
I. Tina, all who share in the benefits
of road Improvement should share pro-
portionately in the burdens.
>. That the degree OF Improvement
should be propor,onasie, to the trails
g. That the rate of payment or the
rate OF accumulation OF the sinking
fund on any public debt contracted
for road improvement should approx
imately equal the deterioration Of the
improvement.
{. That road building and maintcn-
ance comprise work requiring spccial
qualifications on the part of those who
direct II.
5. That responsibilities should be
definite AS to persons.
more conducive to efficient service
than Intermittent and competent en-
ploymcnt.
road work should be appointed instead
of elected: and that they should hold
Office during efficiency, instead of for
S. Tina, no road is wholly perma-
nent and that it requires continuous
upkeep from the outset, for which
financial and supervisory provisions
o That cash is n much more salts
factory form OF tax than is labor
Of the state capable of use N works
of public Improvement. should be so
used, rather than in such commercial
production as would conflict with pri-
Nate enterprises.
Would Classify Road..
Applying these principles would mean
classifying roads according TO their
use into national. state and county
SO that cities, and country, motor
VEHICLES railroads and industries
to the benefits they receive.
IT would mean building roads ac-
cording to the weight and volume of
IraihG ,hey mus, sustain and measuring
yards of road surface.
1t would mean avoiding long term
bonds for temporary roads and using
the deb, at pace equal to the road
depreciation. For example. a 500. ooo
twentE-Ecar per cent bond will cost
on the sinking fund plan with sinking
fund Welding 81: per cen, slTO.722,
while on the serial plan it will cost
'Sl52,5oO saving $lS.2oc.
- Plnce Work With Specialists.
1T would require the placing Of road
york in the hands of trained spc-
c!alists. thus recognizing tho intricate
and difficult nature OF highway con-
SlruG,iiion and upkeep under modern
!, would do away with conflicting
and multitudinous of1icialdom and
Sponsiblc for definite duties. |, would
90 away with putting men in positions
10 no n ns,,sy work at odd times when
mit,cd. Better few n men stca div
Than mary officially. Highway eng ri.
tetcH a nmi ROAD Supervisors would be
making them employees appointed to
90 certain things and receive stipulated
me whims of political fortune their
efficiency as road builders must suffer
issues paid for by motor vehicle fcas
which ordinarily comprise maintenance
FUNDS would be analyZed more CLOSELY
pr every mile OF road from the day il
Maybe these highway PRINCIPLES
seem loo self-evident TO renuire rc
statement but on all sides is the cyl.
dence that our practice doesn't Sam,
with them. Siu''c