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Show HIGH\V HIGH V HIGHWAY \ A Y \ MAINTENANCE l\fAINTENANCE l fAINTENANCE MAINTENANCEWe lfAINTENANCEVe We \Ve Ve \ do not vouch for the 'the ' correctness correctness of his hi figures , but a re recent re- re recent recent - cent writer tivriter , , rIter declares declarec ; that 100,000 100000 , miles of haid hmd hard surfaced Amel'1can Amel1can American Americanhighways Americanhighways ' highways must be reconstructed in 1n the next ne.t net } . . two or three years , or orthey orthey orthey they will be unfit for use . Some engineers engmeers estimate that withm within 15years 15 15years 15years years most of our piesent plesent present highways will have to be rebuilt . Even allowing allow1l1g for some exaggeration e\.aggeration e.aggeration e .aggeration aggeration ' \ . of the situation , the theprospect theprospect theprospect prospect is rather discouraging d1scouragmg . It appears that thai most of our high- high highways highways highqways - ways will be I lumed umed ruined before they are paid for , as most load road bond bondjssues bondissues bondissues jssues issues still have many TIIany years to run run ruri , before maturity . There is no doubt that their rapid deterioration is due largely largelyto largelyto to the damage caused by unreasonably heavy bucks trucks h lIcks and busses.These bussesThese busses . These destI destluctive destructive ucbve vehicles vell1cIes not only break up our roads and andweaken andweaken andweaken weaken our bridges , but are a nuisance and a menace to all other otherI othertraffIc othertraffic othertraffic I traffIc . I INo No one would object to the use of the roads by trucks of rea rea- rea-I rea I reaIsonable reasonable reasonable - - sonable size and , weight veight , but the enormous enonnous ones which now in- in infest in m infest . - fest the highways should be abolished . Legislation to this end endis endis I Iis is bemg be1ng being , adopted in some states , and while the truckmen are pro pro- proI protestmg protesting protesting - I testing testmg they have no one but themselves to blame . By trying trymg to "hog hog " " the roads and destroy them at the same sametime sametime sametime time they have little cause for complaint if the taxpayers de demand de-I de I deImand de- de demand - - mand protection for the highways they have built at such a bur- bur burdensome bur-densome bur densome - - densome burIdensome expense epense " { . _ bur-I bur I |