Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1919-03-25
AND AGAIN, CALIFORNIA.

The experience of California in building permanent
highways has been pointed to time and again in these
columns California has tried the experiment to
the limit and found to her everlasting glory fame and
pioneer state in this Improvement and her start
IL so great is doubtful if state will ever
catch up with her road building will never
stop in California until every cross road Paved the
people who pay the reap the benets-are de-
temined upon that So will be the people of Geor-
gia after they have made the start
The following editorial in the Atlanta Georgian of
tells of the story of California
in it's relations to good roads:
No in the union is better qualified pass upon
the pros and cons of good roads than California.
1t this great state of the west that pioneered tho
good roads movement in this country, and in the be-
ginning of things many obstacles had to be overcome
and many old-fashioned and old fogy notions had to
be and answered
The Los Angeles Herald of March Is says:
What superb roads you have" is the quick COM
itenths of the tourists here and hereabouts
And so many miles of Them" they add to their
enconiums of admiration as they travel about
the state and county highways.
Our visitors would never so much of the beau
ties of Southern California and appreciate its
natural advantages so highly were it not for the
artificial highways that have been built through the
valleys and up the foothills into the mountains.
The state highway system has proved sound
investment for California just as the local county
system has proved profitable to Los Angeles.
The opposition of old foges to the first bond is
sue of $3OOOOOOO for improving state highways has
melted away since those reactionaries how
much good roads facilitate business as we'll as pleas
ure
If the present Legislature asks the voters for
another bond issue of $4OOOOOOO-as the joint COM
mittee proposest will but little antagonism,
and that will be rather as to the of
penditure than as to the sum.
California was the pioneer state of the west in
structing smooth and substantial highways according
definite plan of main and ramifyng branches Other
had built in dabs and dashes if fearful of the
experiment. but since the Golden demonstrated thai
good roads saving of time money, distribution
of merchandise and transportation products neighbor
ing states have shown similar enterprise.
Primarily the objections to concrete roads were o
the category the early objections to automobiles
wig: they would be bad for horses they would benef
nobody but the idle rich the toing poor would ge
good of them But the proved an actual ut
ity instead of luxury and the smooth quck!
proved that made easier all carrying by
Good roads pay for themselves, and if they arr
honestly laid down in the first place with suffcien
depth of concrete footing not mere blanket of as
phalt rolled over poor surface they will last until the
have earned enough and far to pay for their re
mewal.
The highways constructed under state bond issues
California far have $SS 600 1t is nov
proposed enlarge this expenditure to nearly $4 co
This may seem whole lot of money for roads, it is
way they have been doing things in the west and the
have found the investment highly profitable moreover
The state of Georgia should never permit anothe
winter to find her roads the condition they
today
In many party of the state the roads are absolutel