Southern good roads . eciinie a law. and taxed xcry hea\ily. and I am .^iad to say thai in If the practical results of this measure, if adopted. our section of the country that iiiattei- ,s recenine \r]-y are sat isfact oi-y. as I am sure they will be. Ilier is Scsrious attention. reason to doiihl the early adoption by (onea-ess of a. ^Ir. Simmons: 1 will say to the Senator that \\itli a Ioinpi-eheiisive ami \\ell-ile\ised plan of national co- Aiew of yelling iiif uaiial ion upon all these phasis of eper;itioii \\-hieli will c\ciitiiate in ;ii I xaliciiiL: the ]i is- the mallei I ha\e pro
Southern good roads . eciinie a law. and taxed xcry hea\ily. and I am .^iad to say thai in If the practical results of this measure, if adopted. our section of the country that iiiattei- ,s recenine \r]-y are sat isfact oi-y. as I am sure they will be. Ilier is Scsrious attention. reason to doiihl the early adoption by (onea-ess of a. ^Ir. Simmons: 1 will say to the Senator that \\itli a Ioinpi-eheiisive ami \\ell-ile\ised plan of national co- Aiew of yelling iiif uaiial ion upon all these phasis of eper;itioii \\-hieli will c\ciitiiate in ;ii I xaliciiiL: the ]i is- the mallei I ha\e provided Ixpiressly in the lull I ha\e tal hiLihways of the coiuitry to a condition cnmniensu- ilitroduced for an iii\esl i^al 1011 and a rep irt to (on- r:ite with the public needs and in kei^pniL; witli the iia- ispon all the phases of the ipieslion. and espec- tioiial standard of proeress. ially rpiiii the ie;isi!ii| ily of a natiniial reuasi |-at ion and The imiiiedrite effc-fs of tin adoption of this bill can. Road to Private Estate^ Miami. Florida 14 SOUTHERN GOOD ROADS July, 1911 not fail to be advantageous. It ?will stimulate interestthroughout the country and give shape and directionto the influences now at work for road improvement. Of course the work will be carried on through theOffice of Public Roads of the Department of Agricul-ture, which has already done so much in arousing pub-lic interest and in wisely aiding and directing local ef-forts. Up to this time the work of this department has beenconfined largely to elementary instruction to local roadbuilders, lectures, object lessons in supervision, andadvisory work. Under this act the power of the de-jiartment officials in these respects will be greatly en-larged, while the means will be supplied for experimen-tal work of building short stretches of good roads inthe various States of the Union. The result in actual betterment of roads, while great,will be small compared to the results Avhich will flowfrom the
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