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Show BEST ROADS NEED . CONSTANT CARE There are a Rood many persons who really believe in the maintenance of highways high-ways who have the mistaken opinion that little money need be spent for several years on a new road which has been constructed at a heavy cost. As a matter mat-ter of fact, there may be heavy expenses during the first five years which are called maintenance, but really form part of the completion of the improvement. It will often be necessary to remove slides from banks which have been cut into at the time of the original work. Retaining walls must sometimes be bujlt to protect such banks or to guard against the erosion of the highway by streams. The drainage tystum is often the source of complaints from abutting property owners, and only brief experience is needed to show that tt must be modifie Conditions .iuch as these make it necc-'T eary to begin maintenance as soon as a road is finished, for while the surface and foundation may remain in excellent condition for several years, there are other parts of a road than these, and the. entire highway ought to be kept in' mind when discussing an improved road. |