Show maintenance OF GOOD ROADS people in many states are filled with enthusiasm for improvement of public highways the present year promises to be the greatest in the history of the movement for the improvement ot of the pub tic lie roads of the united states accord ing ang to the reports received from all parts of the country by the united states dUart department ment of agriculture A joint committee of congress is engaged in an investigation of the feasibility of federal aid in the construction improvement and maintenance of public highways and a number baumber of the state legislatures are considering good road legislation in connection with the general impetus that the good road movement has recently had in all darts of the country the director ot of the office of public highways bayst too much stress atress cannot b be 6 laid upon the importance tm of maintenance in confection con with the work of improving m the roads the people in nearly all the states are filled with enthusiasm for road improvement and are spending enormous sums of money in the construction of superb roads and yet almost without exception they are making little provision to care tor for the roads after they are built this Is true not only in the various counties but under many of our state highway depart departments mentA the roads in good condition year after year requires a considerable sid Edd erable annual outlay but this outlay Is infinitely less than the loss which must tall fall upon the people event daily if they allow their roads roada to go to utter ruin tho the thing for all advocates advocated of good roads to do Is to urge continuous continuo ue systematic maintenance and the retting fetting aside every year of an I 1 amount per mile estimated by the en elneer in charge to be sufficient tor for the iha proper maintenance of the road a course chich must nabe make for economy rd d |