. Ontario Sessional Papers, 1907, . c Works. Parliament Buildings, Toronto,February 18th, 1907. [6] HIGHWAY IMPROVEMENT. A steadily increasing interest has been shown throughout the Provinceduring the past year in the question of road improvement. This is pro-ducing systematized management. Better management is in turn result-ing in better roads. Statute labor is giving place to business are putting their road work on a cash basis, are centralizing thesupervision in from one to four commissioners, are using labor saving mach-inery, are building better bridges, and ar
. Ontario Sessional Papers, 1907, . c Works. Parliament Buildings, Toronto,February 18th, 1907. [6] HIGHWAY IMPROVEMENT. A steadily increasing interest has been shown throughout the Provinceduring the past year in the question of road improvement. This is pro-ducing systematized management. Better management is in turn result-ing in better roads. Statute labor is giving place to business are putting their road work on a cash basis, are centralizing thesupervision in from one to four commissioners, are using labor saving mach-inery, are building better bridges, and are in many ways seeking greaterpermanence and durability. While this applies to many, it does not asyet include all municipalities, but the good roads movement is one which,from necessity, must be taken up in every section of Ontario. The total outlay on country roads in Ontario during the ten years,1896-1905, represents a \alue of twenty-one million dollars. This is madeup of a cash expenditure of $10,432,902, and 10,510,900 days of statute. Gkavkl Road in Simcue County. labor. The average exceeds a value of two million dollars a year. Thisincludes the expenditure of townships and only a portion of that made bycounties on country highways. The expenditure on town and city streetsrepresents a large additional amount. From this it is evident that theroads are by no means being maintained by statute labor alone. The mag-nitude of these figures is concealed from year to year by the distributionamong a large number of municipalities. They show, however, the greatextent of the work, and the necessity for intelligent direction. Good roads are largely a question of cost. The greater the expendi-ture the more rapidly can the highways be improved. But by adopting thebest and most efficient methods, the cost can be reduced. One dollar prop-erly spent is more effective than two dollars squandered. Good methodsand good management are the aim of the good roads movement. By thismeans only can
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