Outing . ting State aid, andwhich States, while passing the necessarylegislation, will find no response on the partof the local communities. Its moneymakes the mare go, and there are manyyears of muddy roads ahead, unless moreintelligent work is secured under strongersystems than those now in use, and effortsdevoted to spending money almost en-tirely in securing better drainage Table I on page 228 treats the highwayquestion as though it were a State issue,and as if the States were responsible forthe condition of the highways, when as amatter of fact, the present laws providethat the maintenanc
Outing . ting State aid, andwhich States, while passing the necessarylegislation, will find no response on the partof the local communities. Its moneymakes the mare go, and there are manyyears of muddy roads ahead, unless moreintelligent work is secured under strongersystems than those now in use, and effortsdevoted to spending money almost en-tirely in securing better drainage Table I on page 228 treats the highwayquestion as though it were a State issue,and as if the States were responsible forthe condition of the highways, when as amatter of fact, the present laws providethat the maintenance of the andhighways shall be a county or a towncharge. It shows that even the Stateswith their vast millions of property couldnot maintain their highways if they werecalled upon to spend much money uponthem. There is no doubt but that $100a mile spent upon each mile of highway inyour State, would do wonders, but if youwill multiply the total mileage of high-ways in your State by $100 a mile, then. Laying a Telford foundation for a hillside highway. compare this figure with the amount ofmoney that your State is raising for Statepurposes, and see how much this wouldincrease your State tax, and then makeit an annual expenditure, you will havesome idea of what the proposition will, also show why the railroadsare in need of such immense sums ofmoney for the development of their prop-erties. GENERAL PLAN No large amount of money should beprovided by any town, county, State orthe nation, until a general plan is laid outfor a completed highway system. Thefirst thing to do is find out the area ofsquare miles to be opened up with high-ways. Next, the tonnage to be carriedover the roads. Third, the population tobe Fourth, the miles andlocation of the main highways to be im-proved, and fifth, the amount of money tobe expended annually in the improve-ment, which amount however raised andmade payable, must not create a burden-some tax rate upon the people. RUL
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