Southern good roads . the counties since l!)0o. Atleast LOd miles of state-aidid road have been built mi-der It. Since we lia\( had also a state mad \iiling state loans of ;.l)l 1(1,(111(1 fir the improve-ment of tlie main mads by the stati itself. Inder thislatter law. a .Main Tiaink Line system of about 12d(l miles has been selected from the miles of public road in the state, and nearly 150 miles of the systemhave already been Iniilt. In addition a number of ouri/oinifies have themsehes carried on similar work ontheir iwn accounts. A\e belie\e thai the Work so ia
Southern good roads . the counties since l!)0o. Atleast LOd miles of state-aidid road have been built mi-der It. Since we lia\( had also a state mad \iiling state loans of ;.l)l 1(1,(111(1 fir the improve-ment of tlie main mads by the stati itself. Inder thislatter law. a .Main Tiaink Line system of about 12d(l miles has been selected from the miles of public road in the state, and nearly 150 miles of the systemhave already been Iniilt. In addition a number of ouri/oinifies have themsehes carried on similar work ontheir iwn accounts. A\e belie\e thai the Work so iar done in ]\Iarylandwill compare favorably in character and up-to-date-ness with that elsewhere, and wi hope to lie aide tohold onr own 111 this matter. if. liom what has been stated by the sjieaker. anyassistance has been given to any of you. or any bene-fit is to be had by those who have listened so patiently,the speaker is delighted. .Maryland offers to .^OU all,and to her sister states, her best wishes for Section of Macadam Road Between Bluetield and Princeton, iX/est Virginia SOUTHERN GOOD ROADS April, iQii Permanent Maintenance and Skilled Super-vision of Roads By HON. CURTIS HILL, State Highway Engineer, of Columbia, Missouri It requires three things to make a great coimtx-y;the right kind of people, productive lands, and meansof communication and transportation. Fix your at-tention upon the road question from the standpoint ofcommunication and transportation, with the highwayas an important part of the transportation a mind sketch in which imagine yourself mak-ing a large map of your state. On this map draw linesrepresenting the railroads and mark the tonnage offreight carried by them. Then draw a second set ofdifferent colored lines representing the waterwajs andmaris! the tonnage of freight carried by them. In stillanother color make a third set of lines to represent thepublic wagon roads and mark thereon the tonnage offreight moved over them. Not
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