The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1922-09-25
Opportunity is open road before you.-Chittenden
R0ADS-H


Automobile manufacturers have been shouting GOOD
ROADS They publish pamphlets magazines leaflets and
all Of literature for general distribution pleading the
Of GOOD ROADS They send their emsaries into
country places preach the gospel good roads All Of which
is right 1t has its selfish commercial inspiration So have most
material developments. But it is right gospel The farmer is
far from town the road is bad He
the road good He likes the idea of being town His
family likes it. 1t good business
breaks part the road good he is from
pair the road is bad work long delayed The good road
makes short quick haul the
road of recreation is the the movie the
fount All work and play makes Jack dull boy. The bad
road forces both Jack Jill always their tasks;
gives them little chance escape little see through
the mystery of the finn the wider world The bad road does not
give the farm boy frequent chance
the train education that
the reminder of great world of wonder big somewhere be
yond the bend the horizon line
The auto dealers doing missionary creating
appetite for the auto The auto forces the demand for the
good road The good road puts pep and purpose into the r
of the SOIL 1t drudgery into nobler duty
It encouragement into encouragement makes
future look bright with hope instead of dark with hopeessne
It annihilates isolation.
Garry hard highway into the wilderness and the wilder
blooms bright and beautiful into civilized communities This
is the missionary work which the producers
doing No finer work being done today than that urging
ROADS. 70 Ill., 4. @.zs !
4 the built to accommodate the runabout and
the touring why should be built
truck that carries the heavy load? should The
facturers who decade talking about light riding
The truck makers realize that they doing than
building roads through the sale of their they
that they forcing laws laws that govern the
roads that must be built their truck find market and
take the freight to market.
The farmers content tax themselves through bonded
Indebtedness to build better road to town They build that
themselves. The they build well sub
ected to their normal But at is subjected to
abuses.
And here is where the railroad gets unfair deal
Some fellows observe the fine highway which a
series of counties by bond issue have connected 1t looks good
them They say Lets into the freight business
buy truck four paint its sides legend
"The Rchland and Middleton Express Co.. They open
operations between two possibly ninety apart
They'll take anything that will into their truck They get
business because they able to make large profit off
low tariff schedule They have depots build
They have switches to keep lighted and locked bridges
build repair road to make ties to replace They hire
track inspectors They have section pay no
agents. They have running schedule They depart
when they ready they arrive when they please What rail
road would be allowed to do that?
No speaks of their being late railroad commission
what they They operate without
restrictions they the road down by heavy haul and
beyond the nconsequena truck license the road tey
they do not dollar for the upkeep they
wreck.
Last year the trucks operating public highways carried
almost much the railroads The trucks carried
100000 Of freight The railroads
Just look at these figures and remind yourself that the
carry the LONG HAUL the the short haul
Trucks beginning enghen haul Some of them
operating of several miles They
going far the public will good.
roads They using roads that theirs.
To be these roads belong them as to any
ody because they too of the people, the
es road But they assume unjust share that