Southern good roads . n bj- and luider local direction and local pro-vision, b,y the proprietors of lands and the PoliceJuries of Parishes. However, under the broad itroposition advanced bythe governor, an understanding, in the absence ofstate organization, was reached which the stateshould furnish the services of the Board of State En-gineers for all engineering work, the forces of thestate penitentiary for construction work, the PoliceJuries of Parishes the funds for actual expenses inci-dent to same and the United States superintendent ofconstruction. Under this arrangement, about 108 m
Southern good roads . n bj- and luider local direction and local pro-vision, b,y the proprietors of lands and the PoliceJuries of Parishes. However, under the broad itroposition advanced bythe governor, an understanding, in the absence ofstate organization, was reached which the stateshould furnish the services of the Board of State En-gineers for all engineering work, the forces of thestate penitentiary for construction work, the PoliceJuries of Parishes the funds for actual expenses inci-dent to same and the United States superintendent ofconstruction. Under this arrangement, about 108 miles of modelroad were constructed, in the state, that is, some in Nathitoches Parish; 29 miles in Rapides Par-ish ; 20 miles in East Baton Rouge Parish; and 25 milesin Orleans AYhile some parts of these roads Averc siu-faced with Minnesota. George W. Cooley, state highway engineer, and pro-moter of good roads in northern Jlinnesota, expects tosee $10,000,000 spent for good roads in ATinnesota with-. Rock Asphalt Road, Bowlinf^ Green, Ky. in the next two years under the provisions of the El-woll bill, passed by the last legislature. Under the lawabutting property owners petition for the road, thecounty commissioners order it, the state pays one halfthe cost of building, the county one quarter and theproperty owners the remaining 25 per cent. Senator J. T. Elwell, the author of the law is sponsor September, 1911 SOUTHERN (lOOD ROADS IdI IIic stalcinciM that 1000 miles of roads will heIniilt ill iioitlicrii Minnesota during the next yeai. Tlicroads will cost approxiniately >t2n(l() a mile. Inil I liesize of the project, i1 is lielic\cd, will iiiduee contrar-lors to nialje reasonalile ]M-icrs ami use niochTn iiia-ciiiiiei-y in the work. The iir(ipeily owners share (jfthe cost is spread out over a peiiod of 10 years. Allerthe work is done counties will he i-e(|iiired to see ihalllie Ioails are ke])! in repair. Missouri. Tlu^ most signal ad\ances in road develo
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