Show KEEP ROADS EN N IN WINTER Federal Highway Commission Suggests Suggests Sug Sug- That Special Efforts Bo Be Made Mad by State Officials It Is suggested by th the federal highway highway highway high high- way council that state and county highway departments make a special effort to keep the roads clear of snow snow- daring the winter months and aud thus permit of or uninterrupted traffic The transportation of certain commodities Is 18 really more Important during the winter than In summer and It Is then that the roads are more difficult to pass over oyer Then too the rural mall mail must be carried whether toads Oads are aregood aregood aregood good or bad and when the snow drifts several feet deep over the roads the life Ufe of the rural l mail mall carrier is anything anything any any- thing but pleasant As the snow melts f fIt It transforms many roads Into a mire that is almost impassable On any road no matter matter how how good there Is a tendency for the melting snow to soften soft sott- en the and loosen the base I under tinder the wearing surface thus causing caus cans ing lag great damage to the road Road officials could do nothing better bet bet- better ter than to keep their equipment busy t tin In the winter removing the snow from the road surfaces It Is one form of maintenance work that Is very essential essen essen- l In lengthening the life Ufe and usefulness usefulness usefulness use use- of the highways |