Show GOOD management OF ROADS road specialists of department of agriculture ri place blame for defects ir in highways when a county builds a good road and soon lets leta it become rutty washed out or uneven who or what la Is principally to blame As AB a result of a study of conditions in a number ot of counties rood road specialists ot of the dopart department part ment are inclined to place the responsibility upon the tha following defects in road management some or all of which aro are found in all coun counties fles where good roads are not properly repaired and maintained 1 county boards although having full administrative authority appear not to attach to their action in road matters the importance or legal effect which it should have 2 county boards do not generally have sufficient accounting control of 0 road funds to know what Is available 17 KI 4 V j zv Z W i 1 irl 1 aw A michigan improved road tor for any particular project where funds funda have been or where existing balances aro are to be expended 3 lack of any system systematic at ic practice in handling road funds among most co unites counties makes it very difficult to carry out over even a single year any persistent maintenance policy because funds officially obligated tor for maintenance purposes are not protected against sporadic and irregular drafts tor for miscellaneous purposes the greatest likelihood consequently exists everywhere that there will bo be no balance in tho the maintenance fund in the last halt half or third of tho the year although only a part of the fund allotted may have been spent 4 local labor available for maintenance work Is made dissatisfied by the constant unintelligent and unfavorable favor ble criticism of those using the road 6 maintenance continuing over a period of years the indispensable pen pon sable condition of effective maintenance Is jeopardized by the lack ot of accounting control that will prevent spending pending next years current income in this year 6 the lack of skilled supervision in construction and the effect affect of this in increasing the cost or in making effective 6 maintenance impossibly expensive Is everywhere seen 7 the county authorities are commonly opposed to following suggestions tor for maintenance that involve tying up road funds ln in any way such as purchasing materials in advance to store along the road for making repairs or maintaining the road surface |