Show GOOD ROADS object leroni given an by the united state department part ment of the good roads question is to day the subject of a vast agitation begun first by wheelmen taken up aji the government and now a matter of leg consideration the country over As a result ten states have e hib Is at the universal expo in j aris illustrating how perfect roads ought to be bu it this from a country that still las in part the worst roads in the world ib rather dar ng but it is a so an indication of what is being done the ten states in quest on know what aney are ta ing about they I 1 ad the worst roads and now ther haic or at least theof are constructing the best it will be a matter of news to many to learn that the united states go eminent has gone into the road q es tion n the most and thor ough mani er imaginable and hav ng through the department of tare stud ea what road hj avd f lie gone to work to prad the anfor matlon and teach the people it has experiment geat ons in every state in the un on where legons in roadman ing are taught hundreds of lets show ng just how a good road is constructed ana how it ma be are served have been published the government and may te had for the asking object lessons in road bu id ing are given annually in evera state in the union when in some worst sec eions a q larter or half or even a m ie of excellent roadway is constructed and the people hown how and why it ought to be done thee object lessons in 1894 have done more than anyta ing else to start the great movement wl ich is now furthering the construction of perfect roads the land over the government in thee exhibit t ons ordinarily constructs thrpo spec ideh roads a modern ina calam a sand and in ord nary dirt road when these roads are completed a heavy farm wagon loaded with produce is drawn over each of them aalthe amoust of force required ti haul it s ned ve of a trac ometer this ia 0 o con strutted as to ac irate j re nister every the horses pull at evera stage of fhe haul in plain v ew of those in n t it is male clar by these experiments that a team harnessed in the ord way is subject i ader the best conditions to a cont jerk ng mot on wh ch mut on the smoothed it country road increase its fatigue on di t road in bad condition th s icek n becomes a success on 0 heava t to the team bv mean nf a cill they are cruell jr pa naul bru s n he shou ders harass ng aarl tny t n the constantly les n ng their value as well as directly decreasing the amo nt of the load that it is possible to hael |