Southern good roads . ntenance. lit assoiiation lias iiiiadr :i special effort to o-et sunn. iiiU .Mr. Shiilry. chirr rn,i;ineri- 111 I hi . Statelioads (iiiiiiiissiDn. Ill discus lliis liipic .and it is its ob-jccl 111 de\o(c Ihc session ill the afternoon of ;- II. largely I i that It is hopeil lo have,1 nmiilici lit county su[iervisiirs .iinl mad cniiiinissioii-crs present, as well as nthi-rs ixlm ,-ire uiterested iii thissuhjecl. in iii-iler that it may he I horout>lil,y discussed. There IS ]n-iilialily nn suhjeit eonneeted with iin-pm\eiMeiit i
Southern good roads . ntenance. lit assoiiation lias iiiiadr :i special effort to o-et sunn. iiiU .Mr. Shiilry. chirr rn,i;ineri- 111 I hi . Statelioads (iiiiiiiissiDn. Ill discus lliis liipic .and it is its ob-jccl 111 de\o(c Ihc session ill the afternoon of ;- II. largely I i that It is hopeil lo have,1 nmiilici lit county su[iervisiirs .iinl mad cniiiinissioii-crs present, as well as nthi-rs ixlm ,-ire uiterested iii thissuhjecl. in iii-iler that it may he I horout>lil,y discussed. There IS ]n-iilialily nn suhjeit eonneeted with iin-pm\eiMeiit ill this that deservcs more rareliil andtliiimiiL;h iii\(;atioii than that of Riad .Mainten-ance. A ninubei of the counties have issued bondsfur mad iiiiprii\eiiiiiit with which they ha\e cnnstruct-eil rii;ids of t .\pes. Ill \ eases these r lads are iiul being carefully one t I discuss the ipiest imi of iviiad i\ A\liii an ntlicer nf the assnchatinn. and if. Same stretch of road near Petersburg, Va., after improvement. Photo by the LI. S. Office of Pulilic Koails. i6 SOUTHERN GOOD ROADS February, 1915 soiue steps are not taken in the near future to devise aproper system of maintenance, tlie people of these coun-ties will find that they have lost a larger part of theirinvestment, Avhile they still have the debt incurred byissuing the bonds. Should See What Other States Are Doing. It would seem wise, with so serious a matter as thisbefore us, that Ave should ascertain what is being donein the other states, and what is considered the most im-proved practice in regard t:.) road maintenance, andthen devise a sjstem adapted to the needs and condi-tions which prevail in this state. In addition to theimproved roads which have been constructed in recentyears, there is a very large mileage of unimproved orearth roads, which will not be surfaced with either ma-cadam, gravel or other material at an,y time in the nearfuture, and
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