Show EXPERT PAGE I HERE TO ADDRESS T ROADS MEETING L R Page Best Authority on r Highway Building in Amer America America t tica ica Points tye tie Way 1 rH FAVORS AID FROM STATE I tf AS BASIS OF ACTION J 1 READY TO SEND AN ENGINEER TO UTAH TO LEAD WORK if l It 1 i Ja a ery ei y simple matter matt to cow con construct co 4 good road but the maintenance i f of oC good roads the Us q e don To Tomake i make them U II I essy 8 to keep them ie i s n the tbt problem that tha t must be mastered in Inthis tl this country It Is very unwise to ll spend large sums of money for Cor ex er highways and then allow to deteriorate Ji That WaS wae one of the tM Important state statements ata tL monte ments made by I L R ft Page hi In his roon roo at the last Jut evening and a d lw lie h 1 said many other things thIna regarding goo good 1 roads that Indicated that tilt the of or ii Utah who are over tha U n subject are to tp tf be congratulated eo upon pon having him with them at their conven convention avi ft tion in hi this city which meets this thia dt morning in the armory at 10 Mr Page as is well known is con coq It the best informed InfO ned man in this f country on the subject of good roid rord tr He is at the head of the highway con construction construction f bureau of or the Ule department of agriculture and previous to being ap aft appointed pointed to that position be he had a long loDe tr excellence concerning good roads hav Mv having t tin ing in specialised in that branch of en engineering in college taught read build building building ing in college served seven years ears and anda t a fraction traction as a member of the highway commission and f f spent considerable time in France atu stu studying i dying and working on road making un under der dr one me of the best befit known authorities fY in the tM world w And he lie has lias come to Salt Satt Lake City so SI he assured The HeraM f reporter with the idea of doing nay any anything thing and everything in his power 10 to and the roads encourage help good roa r movement ent in this state He lIe brought 0 r ras as he had bad promised ed to do his hla stereopticon i icon jt t con slides which illustrate Ms hs lecture on road building and his address will willbe wilLbe W i ibe I be a special feature of the convention tomorrow night wiL t v vIn 1 h hIn In Favor of o State Stafe Aid Ard fj 1 Mr Ir Page wa was mck Interested i a the measures It is ls P proposed to Introduce t the present of the Ute legislature for good roads and especially with StI tits the tit t provision asking for state aid ald By ny alt all means moons he said get the state aid measure through I am heartily in fa Ia J for tor of that It has hu ha worked successfully In other states It creates a sentiment tj for building good roads road but dont dent for tor forget torget forgot get got to make provisions for maintaining t tt file Oie t e roads rods after they are built Usually the provisions of state aid for good lO roads are for direct appropriations to any county in the state showing a de desire desire desire sire to construct a road rIad under the ap approved approved approved I proved regulations the tate state to pay an agreed d upon proportion ol ot the cost it t C the road reed Keep the Roads Good GoodNo GoodNo GoodNo No matter what form the state stale i i measure takei there should be abundant abundant dant provision for maintenance of t the roads roods That is lIS something this country j most learn We spend more money nIOM than France Frante for building roads road and nel much less ies ho for maintaining them r Fralke has the best beat roads because e the L system tern of maintenance it is 1 strict there are divided Into Ito section ll and a aman aman aman man gop goes over ov r each section dally Just Justas tf as regular re as alii a the railroads are In Inspected r p dally daily in this thia th country In I a census of the theroa roa in every county Oun y in the United States Staten It wits a big task ta k requiring I the writing of over I letters lettera I found that we had in IR all aft of public roads ro outside of municipalities 1 ties Of these thew 14 mlle miles were wee of 0 ma macadam 1 I cadam and about 10 per pr cent were of gravel etc The amount for tor years veat spent pent mi on maintaining Ui Ut roads roe was waa only At the same time 1 r found that England with only S miles of roads spent pent on maintenance We are not spending nough money is in this country on of good roads Where Experts Are Needed The IM whole system Jl f road building r rIn In this country try is 18 I wron The ola cia if method of putting the sitter in the 1 hands hall S of county rhe i appoint ap is Ia not lIot right Meu AleH f fn are n laced in II charge of rural road con construction t lS who know kr uw nothing of th the therk wt rk They are art not DOt required to be ex tf Country roads made be built bunt UndEr the M i of r expert IC rt 1 l Mid id that i Is something the people of ills country pre are just Juat t begin beginning ning Bing to learn 1 Continued from page 3 EXPERT PAGE HERE HERETO TO ADDRESS ROADS MEETING Continued from Page 1 If Utah wants to build good roads 1 stand nand ready at any time to send to this state an engineer who knows his bu bul Iness Ines He will make the matter easy eay elk and will wilt supervise the building of 01 a p section of the road showing just how bow It should Mould be done We are doing that In other states tates and It Is la proper method of procedure We e want to edu educate cate onte the people regarding this matter Go Slow on Autos The matter of automobile autom club tak ing lug up the subject ef of good roads road In various parts of the country was re erred d to and Mr Ir Page showed him himself self neif an ardent supporter of automobile dub clubs by saying quickly The farmers farman are sun stilt rather tather hostile to te the automobilists in many parts of the country but they had better be careful about wildcat legislation against the drivers of the power un The automobile has not yet passed t be beyond beyond e yond the state of ot being the rich mans toy but the time is rapidly approach approaching ing Ip when it will be recognized as no on one of the farmers and colonists colonist bo bm lx friends The automobile clubs all aU over OVe ov the country have h ve done a great work to toward toward toward ward securing good roads It U lo the theme same me in France Prance The over oer there have done more than any oU oth set Ht of men to promote the good roods rood of that country Attention was wag called to the com corn complaints plaints In the east that the automo automobiles biles bilee because of or speed were spoiling many ny of ot the good roads rond newly con eon constructed constructed How Connecticut Works It Yes there re are complaints said Mr Ir IrPa Page Pape Pa e but the destruction Is more mote the fault of the construction co than af or the fast speeding This speeding question regarding automobiles is becoming I rather a chestnut do you know It You Tou know there are no speed regulations for tor automobiles In France and they have hav less ls Il s accidents than we have hae here I am told that the experiment of at o doing away 6 with speed regulations In lh Con Connecticut Connecticut have hae proved satisfactory I fewer accidents by a 1 large per cent It Itla itIn la In reckless driving that should be leg against There are many rec re s less Jess drivers but a man may drive an automobile recklessly at four miles an hour just as well ell as at forty muon an hour Mr Ir Page Pa after closing his hi engagement la In Salt Lake City Ctt continues on to Cali Cau California fornia on business connected with establishing establishing lishing government roads In two forest reserves He lie came to Salt Lake City OLty directly iJ U from Washington This is his first nt visit to Itah tn in nine years when he hepa pa through here on his way Fay to the cant |