| Show SAVING COUNTI RO IDS supplementing the state highways which are being built as truck roads by various western states many ta in counties have adopted a det def inloe program of hard surfacing the side roads leading into these main traffic thoroughfares through fares for years many country roads have been surfaced with gravel or crushed rock As a result a tine fine hard road base had been created modern auto mobile traffic tears these roads to pieces causing constant repairs and more rock to eliminate this heavy maintain ance bill many counties have been surfacing these roads which already have a substantial base with an concrete pave ment thus eliminating the costly practice of distributing new gravel or crushed rock every few months one tact fact has been clearly demon and that Is that a substantial road base such as these old roads mean more to the life of the pave ment than increased thickness in the paiement itself it if placed on oil a poor base thus Is the grading and base of the old road utilized at a great saving to the taxpayers and at a minimum of expense tor for a shock absorbing wearing surface it s peculiar how bow so many prisoners escape by jumping through the win dows of moving trains mo most s t peo I 1 le find a knowledge of acrobatics mighty useful in alighting unhurt fl from om a train when if stops HAPPY NEW YEAR j i t |
