Southern good roads . as a rule, engendered petty .jealous-ies and has ]>revented the development of any systemof g(jod roads, A township usually cannot, or will not,attord to pay a good engineer, antl has either to hireimproxed machiiici-y fioni tiie county or another town-ship, or (dse is handicapped by spending too large aproportion id its m mey for these purposes. A town-ship voting bonds, only wants the road where it willbenefit the largest number of K/sidents of the town-ship, without any reference to tlie rest of the county:not only this, but sometimes it purpisely neglects topHl a p
Southern good roads . as a rule, engendered petty .jealous-ies and has ]>revented the development of any systemof g(jod roads, A township usually cannot, or will not,attord to pay a good engineer, antl has either to hireimproxed machiiici-y fioni tiie county or another town-ship, or (dse is handicapped by spending too large aproportion id its m mey for these purposes. A town-ship voting bonds, only wants the road where it willbenefit the largest number of K/sidents of the town-ship, without any reference to tlie rest of the county:not only this, but sometimes it purpisely neglects topHl a piece o\ rond where it should go liecause it wouldIII used chielly by i-esidents of another township. There are ihiee principal way in which the impiove-nient of the county i-oads may be brought about, allthree of tluin )iiginating with iiiid worknig tliioughthe cinndy. (1) The iiiipro\enient nuiy i)e gradua and slow,brought about in the course of geineral maintenanceunder the present system. Even where the old .system. Clay Road .Sylacancra. Ala., Showing That Red Clay Becomes Slippery After a Rain. Note the Wheel Guai-d on the Bridge is All That Holds the Automobile prexails. \\heie the hands work four, or six. or eightdays in the year on the county roads, much can bedone to iinp>rove the surface if there is a <-iimpctentoverseer ill charge and the men are anxious to improvethe i-oad and |iiit in honest time. Water may bedrainiMJ off the road, innd-holes filled up. rocks andother inei[ualities removed, so that the cost id haulingmay be materially reduced. (2) We are now. however, beuinning to see that weneed more rapid and nnuc permanent iminovements inour roads, so that a second and more aihaiiced step isadvisable: namely, tin- organization of the cmmty pris-oners into a chain-gang. This gang, under the direc-tion of a man wlio miderstands road-making, can ac-Iomplish much permanent improvement on tlie iviadsby blasting out rocks, cutting off the tops of hills,building
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