. Government and politics in Virginia . y or village to work on the roads two days in every he did not wish to perform this work, he could pay thegovernment a sum of money equal to a laborers wages fortwo days. This plan, which existed in Virginia for manyyears, was not a great success. Some people have the ideathat anybody can construct a road. In point of fact the build-ing of a good road requires the skill of a trained farmers do not possess this training. 58 GOVERXMENT AND POLITICS IX VIRGINIA Provision is now made by which the government of Vir-tjinia furnishes a com
. Government and politics in Virginia . y or village to work on the roads two days in every he did not wish to perform this work, he could pay thegovernment a sum of money equal to a laborers wages fortwo days. This plan, which existed in Virginia for manyyears, was not a great success. Some people have the ideathat anybody can construct a road. In point of fact the build-ing of a good road requires the skill of a trained farmers do not possess this training. 58 GOVERXMENT AND POLITICS IX VIRGINIA Provision is now made by which the government of Vir-tjinia furnishes a competent road engineer to any county thatdesires to improve its roads. The government also furnishesa force of laborers made up of convicts from the state peni-tentiary. The state government also appropriates consider-able amounts every year to assist the counties in constructingan approved system of county roads. Where the state gov-ernment lends this assistance, it pays half the expenses ofconstruction. The counties pay the other AN UNIMPROVED ROAD IN SlOTTSYLVANIA COUNTY, VIRGINIA In 1918 there was established a state highway system,consisting of a number of important routes for roads. Manyof these roads run entirely across the state, as from Washing-ton to the North Carolina line, or from Virginia Beach to theWest Virginia line. These roads are being constructed bythe state government. They are paid for in part by the stategovernment and in part by the national government. ForVirginia, like the other states, receives federal aid for road ROADS, STREETS, AND PARKS 59 construction. Convict labor is also used on these state high-ways. These roads, when completed, will form a splendidsystem of through highways. THE APPEARANCE OF THE ROADS. The govern-ment cannot often undertake anything more than the layingdown of the roadbed itself. But the individuals who live infarming communities can themselves do many things to im-prove the appearance of the roads. For one thing they
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