Southern good roads . ina and from New Hampshire thatthe State of Virginia has inaugurated a system of statjaid to roads. In Virginia the convicts work on th.;roads, the State paying the entire expense—feedin,., and clothing the couAicts—the materials andtlie machinery l)eing furnished liy the county. In ad- Mr. Swanson : That is, a macadam road ? j\lr. Gallinger: Yes; very thoroughly constructed. j\Ir. Simmons: In the level section of my State,where I live, roads can be constructed at a cost of about•toOO to .+500 a mile. ilr. Swanson: ]\Iay I state to the Senator from NewHampshire,
Southern good roads . ina and from New Hampshire thatthe State of Virginia has inaugurated a system of statjaid to roads. In Virginia the convicts work on th.;roads, the State paying the entire expense—feedin,., and clothing the couAicts—the materials andtlie machinery l)eing furnished liy the county. In ad- Mr. Swanson : That is, a macadam road ? j\lr. Gallinger: Yes; very thoroughly constructed. j\Ir. Simmons: In the level section of my State,where I live, roads can be constructed at a cost of about•toOO to .+500 a mile. ilr. Swanson: ]\Iay I state to the Senator from NewHampshire, if the Senator from North Carolina willjiermit me, that by the adoption in Virginia of this sys-tem of State aid to roads we have had one of the mostwonderful developments of State roads there that anyState possesses. We have built in the last four yearsabout 600 miles of macadam road. In addition to that,the counties have issued in the last few years bonds inOlder to set State aid. The countv had to furnish an. A Famous Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, Macadam Road. Two Common Horses Pulling: Twelve Bales of Cotton to This Road Was Macadamized It Took Two Horses to Pull One Bale of Cotton to Charlotte. diti 111, Mhere the counties can not get convicts fromthe State the State treasury appropriates .$ ayear on condition that the counties or localities an equal amoimt. Mr, Gallinger: I will ask the Senator from Virginiaand the Senator from North Carolina whether in theirStates there is good road material available or wheth-er they have to send— ilr. Simmons: I am going to discuss that a little la-ter. ilr. Swanson: As far as Virginia is concerned, wehave experimented. In sections of Virginia we havebeen able to construct very fine roads equal to macad-am roads, at an expense of $1,000 or $1,200 a mile. Mr. Gallinger: It is costing us. I will say to theSenator: for what we think is a better type of road,about $5,000 a mile. equal amou
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