Show CHANGE IDEAS ON HIGHWAYS flon motoring public no longer regards good roads as speedways Speed ways for fortunate neighbors the publics conception of good roads has undergone a radical change in the last two years prior to the ebery of the united states into the world war the non motoring american public more often than not thought good roads were advocated chiefly for the benefit of their more fortunate neighbors who owned and drove their own motor cars writes E A williams jr president of a large motor truck company they were inclined to regard good road laws as class legislation and were un willing for the most part to lend either financial or moral support to the con lon and upkeep of something from which they derived no direct benefits so far as they could see the wa merely hastened wha leaders of the industry had foreseen fore for several years it furnished the set ting and the conditions which enabled the truck to establish itself as a factor in the economic life of the coun try the non motoring public no langei looks upon good roads as speedways speed ways for the motoring aristocracy it ha come to realize that motor truck are essential as transportation factor and that good roads are necessary ti the efficient operation of trucks it vision has been broadened it advantages and benefits which acaru from a combination of these factor benefits which have a direct bearing upon the economic conditions of th community it sees the farm brought one elgh say to the very table of the consumer it fides an ultimate decrease in too prices and those who pause to con alder the matter further see the eve expanding range of possibilities of thi and its ally good roads with the universal recognition an adoption of the motor truck the pub its conception of how roads be bollt also has undergone a change heretofore there has been a vast dlf ference between the average man idea of good roads and that of th experienced engineer the everag man was content to build tor the pres nt the engineer as a result of pas and not altogether satisfactory exper motor truck carrying big load over improved road lence knows and has known the am of building for the future as well as the present the first thing a railroad does after obtaining a right of way as everyone knows Is to build a roadbed and lay tracks that roadbed la put in to atay the track which corresponds to the surface of the highway Is built of the most substantial and practical material to be had the railroad officials however do sot expect this roadbed and track to last forever without attention long zo they learned that the only way to assure safety and durability Is to anticipate depreciation and make constant repairs that Is just what we are coming to la road building for years it has been customary faor bounty lou nty engineers to direct such operations but for the most part their work has been hampered by lack of funds and inadequate force or by limited legislation and more or less red tape there are come states an fn which farmers are still working out their road tax by the day hanling gravel or stone in a more or ss haphazard fashion for the construction st ruction of roads upon their efforts and those of a limited force of hired workers depends the maintenance of the highways FIND WORK FOR EX SOLDIERS eleven states plan vital highway ln prove ments this fighters preferred thousands of soldiers coming back to civil alfo with a preference for outdoor will find employment in building highways in their home reports from state highway apartments of eleven states say that SOO men win be employed on their roads this year and that soldiers will eiven the |