and engineering journal . re- I that the continual cry oi the outside districts forroads is well justified. Better roads would greatly facilitatemining operations on the outlj ing distiRoads and Mines. Many a venture has been forced into liquidation becausetransport charges have been 1 and in most in- stances these charges have been excessive ;contractors have had to ride machinery and suppliesover bridle paths and game trai The Union Behind the Romans. We are extraordinarily behindhand in this country inthe matter of making roads. All the greatesl conqueiin histon the men who
and engineering journal . re- I that the continual cry oi the outside districts forroads is well justified. Better roads would greatly facilitatemining operations on the outlj ing distiRoads and Mines. Many a venture has been forced into liquidation becausetransport charges have been 1 and in most in- stances these charges have been excessive ;contractors have had to ride machinery and suppliesover bridle paths and game trai The Union Behind the Romans. We are extraordinarily behindhand in this country inthe matter of making roads. All the greatesl conqueiin histon the men who subdued continents - ago —recognised the value of roads. When thi Rotoccupied Britain they almost immediately engaged on theconstruction of a main trunk road through the land whichthey had conquered, and the gri ai c part 1 1 that road is inefficient service to-day. .Many other big pages of history have been writtenthrough the medium of roads. And to-day practically everyprogressive country in the world has it- main through trunk. * SHEEP CATTLE. OSTRICHES GOLD DIAMONDS COAL a The Land Without Roads 506 THE MINING AND ENGINEERING JOURNAL. Jburs, December 10, 1921. roads traversing the State and with the aid of King retro]providing a tremendously important adjunct to the railways. The Indian Example. Take, for instance, India. There they have a main trunkroad l-unning from Peshawur to Calcutta right across India,from the Khyber Pass on the west to Assam on the is a road magnificently maintained by the Governmentof India and it provides a main artery right through thecountry, an arteiy running parallel with the great snow-capped mountains to the north from which India draws hereconomic life-blood through the medium of her magnificentrivers. Other Countries. In North America and in Em-ope there are similar mainthoroughfares. France, for instance, has a wonderfulsystem of roads and an excellent method of maintainingtliem in good order—a method which we pro
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