. Canadian forestry journal. Forests and forestry -- Canada Periodicals. 326 Canadian Forestry Journal, Jul^, 1919 WOOD BLOCK FOR ROADS. During 1919, according to conservative esti- mates, says the American Lumberman, contracts for the construction of $600,000,000 worth of good roads will be let. The total value of con- tracts may exceed $1,000,000,000. The good roads campaign this year is more than a State campaign; it is a national campaign, and it marks the beginning of the construction of good roads upon a most comprehensive scale. There was a time when the construction of steam rail- road
. Canadian forestry journal. Forests and forestry -- Canada Periodicals. 326 Canadian Forestry Journal, Jul^, 1919 WOOD BLOCK FOR ROADS. During 1919, according to conservative esti- mates, says the American Lumberman, contracts for the construction of $600,000,000 worth of good roads will be let. The total value of con- tracts may exceed $1,000,000,000. The good roads campaign this year is more than a State campaign; it is a national campaign, and it marks the beginning of the construction of good roads upon a most comprehensive scale. There was a time when the construction of steam rail- roads was the great construction effort of the day; now, however, the construction of good country roads promises to be the order of the day and exceed in magnitude and importance the building of steam railroads. A properly laid road of properly treated wood blocks makes the finest and most durable road possible. The interest of lumbermen, therefore, in the road construction programme is much keener than it would be viewed simply from a national development standpoint. The action of the West Coast Lumbermen's Association in agreeing to pay the difference between the cost of concrete and wood block paving on a stretch of road five miles in length on the Pacific High- way in Lane County, Oregon, is a well planned boost for wood blocks. The lead of this associa- tion can well be followed by other associations and by individual lumbermen or manufacturers of wood paving blocks. The construction of lengths of wood blocks in specific places through- out the country will certainly demonstrate their superiority over any other class of road con- struction, and will prove to the public that wood block roads should have a very important place in the national good roads construction. WESTERN AUSTRALIAN PUBLIC SERVICE PERMANENT POSITIONS UNDER THE PUBLIC SERVICE ACT. Applications will be received until May 31, 1919, for the position of Working Plans Officer in the State Forestry Department. Sala
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