Show LARGER CAPACITY OF ROADS Must Be Doubled to Meet Augmenting Requirements of Transportation Next Year We are confronted with the problem of increasing the capacity of our highways This must be doubled to meet the augmenting requirements of the next year ye-ar or two Engineers are wondering along what line this Increase Increase Increase In In- crease shall be provided One suggestion suggestion suggestion tion Is to double the width of the roads and Increase first cost and maintenance maintenance maintenance main main- per cent The most reasonable reasonable reason reason- able one Is to tf provide a road of sufficient sum sum- dent clen strength to carry vehicles les of 00 per cent greater capacity for tor a given width of road as the first cost of these strengthened roads would be only 10 to 20 percent greater per mile than that of present Inadequate highways says a writer in an ex ex- ex- ex change In view of the fact that 50 per per cent increase in hauling capacity gives a reduction of IB 15 per cent In transportation costs the latter Jatter seems the tile wisest thing to do |