The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1922-11-30
SPECIAL GOOD ROADS
BULLETIN No. q


concerned to make provision that the
citizens are fully and continually in
formed as TO road operations and
costs, so that the public can always
judge on the basis Of complete in
formation. what IS being done By
their Highway Departments
The Service Bulletin OF the Iowa
State Highway Commission makes
the following statement in the issue
of March, 1922:
1.-The Highway Commission be-
lieyes that the people of Iowa should
have a chance TO become familiar
enough with the results accomplish
ed, and the costs thereof. that they
can form individual opinions as to
the success OF the laws and the
efficiency of public servants charged
with their execution.
1.-THE Highway Commission also
believes that the road officials are
entitled TO have the opinions that are
formed by the people concerning the
administration of the road laws.
based upon accurate information
concerning their legal duties and
their performance thereof"
A similar idea has led TO the fol-
lowing is states making provision
for the publication OF bi-weekly
monthly or quarterly bulletins: Ari-
iona, Colorado. Iowa, Kentucky,
Michigan, Missouri. Nebraska. Ne
vada. New Jersey North Carolina,
South Carolina South Dakota. Ten
nessee, Texas and Wyoming.
The need is appreciated in States
which have not yet begun to publish
such bulletins; for a Chief Engineer
in such a state writes: While our
work is on a fairly substantial basis
and is well systematized, | find that
there is very great lack of informa-
tion and a great apathy among the
citizens in general All ought to be
interested and have some kind Of
knowledge of what the state depart
ment of each state is doing
The Nevada Highway News says
"This publication will be mailed up
on request to anyone interested I'M
Nevadas Highways"
The Service Bulletin published
monthly by the Iowa state Highway
Commission announces This bull
letin will be sent to any road build
err, officer, contractor, newspaper, orl
other person interested in the better
ment Of Iowa roads.
Every two weeks this year the cit
liens of Nevada and the Nevada
newspapers have learned The |
status Of the 1922 Construction Pro
gram" being informed as to the
number Of miles completed In the
different projects, the contracts
awarded, the projects advertised |
etc. Immediately after traffic
count on the State Highway system
the citizen reads the results publish
ed in the neat, brilliantly, red-eoyer-
ed Nevada bulletin which he can file
in his office or library for reference
and comparison the following year
His thinking on road problems isl
stimulated by articles on Uniform
Traffic Laws, the question about
Heavy Trucks. Influence Of Good
Roads No Longer Local in Charac-
ter"
Tennessee Highways, quarterly
publication, among other articles In
it's April, 1922. issue discusses Road
Drainage in West Tennessee" Ten
nessee system of Highways" Dav-
idson County Traffic Census" giving
stirring information about The
Modern Highway" "Alabama's Bond
Issue for s25. 900" and "Beauu-
flying Our Highways"
In the Iowa Service Bulletin for
March, Chief Engineer White dis
cusses the theme Highway Tafiic In
creasing Eleven Times as Fast as
Highway Revenue"
And So IN Is states, citizens and
the press are systematically given
complete and up-to-date Information
about road operations and road
problems
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