Show OUR ROM ROID PROBLEMS in utah we have spent a lot of money and will spend much more for building of roads we need good roads and we need competent men to look after them road supervisor should not be a political job lack of knowledge and experience Is cost ing us a lot of money oa on our roads the splendid roads of europe are often mentioned by writers and lechtur era ors as examples of what can be ac complis hed in road building some of the roads built by the ancient romans are still in use and in a good state of preservation in spite of the thousands of years that have intervened since their construction it if one looks into the secret of the good roads of the european countries he will find that they have been built well with good foundations that are properly drained another fact will be observed and that Is they are kept in jn repair men are employed to look after the maintenance of the roads they do not wait until the entire road bed has worn away and then dump on a lot of loose gravel or stone but they go back and forth over the roads making slight repairs here and there piles of repair material are placed along the road side to be used as needed in this way the road is always in splendid condition american road officials might well learn this lesson in road maintenance for the practice in this country is to build a new now road and then neglect it until it is almost past repair the utah farmer |