. Water & sewage works . nvestigation of the road conditions inhis county, Ashtabula, the results ofwhich were presented at a good roadsmeeting held last month in Conneaut,which was illuminating in a number ofways. He first showed the lack of system inaccounting which provides no record ofwork performed or place or purpose ofusing materials purchased; which doesnot separate expenditures in road and is for use of counties building their ownroads, the county paying 40 to CO percent, of the cost and the remainder beingdivided between the township and theproperty within a mile of the road. TheGehr
. Water & sewage works . nvestigation of the road conditions inhis county, Ashtabula, the results ofwhich were presented at a good roadsmeeting held last month in Conneaut,which was illuminating in a number ofways. He first showed the lack of system inaccounting which provides no record ofwork performed or place or purpose ofusing materials purchased; which doesnot separate expenditures in road and is for use of counties building their ownroads, the county paying 40 to CO percent, of the cost and the remainder beingdivided between the township and theproperty within a mile of the road. TheGehrett law, which has just been re-en-acted and put in full force again, pro-vides for the division of the cost of roadbuilding between the township and theproperty within a mile of the road, 40to 60 per cent, on the township and theremainder on the property. Applicationsfor such roads are made to the countycommissioners and they order the con-struction. The State law provides thatthe State will pay 50 per cent., the county. MACADAM on Center Road near Conneaut. 0. Note heavy dust and cloud raised by automobile. bridge building and maintenance fundsso that any reasonable approach to accu-racy can be made in compiling figures ofcost. In the discussion of this part of the re-port the fact was brought out that thereare several laws, not altogether consist-ent with each other, under which roadscan be built and maintained. The princi-pal laws are as follows: The Braun law 25 per cent., the township per cent.,and the abutting property 10 per cent, ofthe cost of the improvement. The newHalf-Mill law makes a levy of thatamount to raise the States portion of thecost of road construction and will raiseabout $3,250,000 a year. One-fourth ofthis amount is to be spent on the mainmarket roads and the remainder is to beused in equal shares in aid of road build- Jh^j .O!} ROADS AND PAVEMENTS 61 Ing In the counties of the state, about$30,000 a year for each county acting un-der the State law,
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