Show I 1 PUN ROAD township map sho w a pub ti 1 ough fares can be cc ante every little hamlet A continuation ot of the pro creyi a of 0 the suggestions of the go eo hofei fei committee of tho the illinois nanh j so clation brings branga us to tho the 11 jy 3 plan presented for the imar 1 of 20 per cent of the state says bays tho the bleeders breeders Bre eders eo laze quote i it has been estimated by th states office ot of public roads to 20 per cent of the roads carries over 86 85 pe per r cent of tnt th nineteen thousand thoua ond miles of 0 itlie li 1 highways would give us ua loj irv roads roada crossing tho the state from framl s west every six miles also rou croaa i 1 ing the stat efrom from north tos to sc ery at elx nilles miles that la Is we aou an improved road running ea eat an 11 1 el 91 township map west and one north and south t th each township as aa sho by th map i this township map shows tt tl ImO improved roved highways aro are colstr across the state every six elx roll mil both directions out at 0 qu sections in ift each township will e be directly on an improved rot ro within we one gileot mile of an improved in very few townships are laid out along all section lines 1600 townships in the state do d average fit fi alte sixty alles mlles bf 61 can co 1 roads to the township hence iw f miles of improved road will 6 more than 20 per cent of the can co road mileage in each township AA A A represents the twelve milel mil main improved roads B Q 11 represents the roads only onla mile from the improved road dark shading represents the fo four quarter sections lying directly direct this main road light shading represents altti quarter sections lying on a road di one mile distant from the impi road Thir thirty per cint of all quarto quarter tlona would front directly on the th proved roads while an addition per cent would be on a road a one mile distant from the imaz impi road I 1 nineteen thousand miles of hi ways built as suggested would rea i about quarter sections or ov farms of acres acrea each Is the average size of the farma tarn I 1 illinois in other words worda of 0 11 farmers in this state over ov 4 per cent would hayo have an improve imp highway running past the door an additional 45 per cent of the far ers era would live on a road only one ml diat distant ant from this improved hichwa hagl these highways crossing each towi 1 8 ship hip in both directions would of 0 n cassity reach practically every vl and hamlet lu lit the state and con coi ne with all of the through highways of a joining states the building of the connection connect conne in roads can be malign up by the tow ships aud and counties as fast as the malt roads are improved |