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Show GREATEST WASTE OF MONEYS Proper Maintenance of Public Roads Is More Important Than Building Lax Methods Used. (By E. B. HOUSE. Colorado Agricultural College, Fort Collins. Colo.) The greatest waste of public moneys that is being committed todaj is in surfacing our country roads and then apparently abandoning the same. No county that engages in real road building can afford to dismiss its workmen when the road has been constructed. con-structed. It rarely ever happens that the initial ini-tial work on the road is done wisely, i i Road in National Estes Park. but there are a multitude of little, things that later must be added or repaired in order that the road may be in good condition. Ruts and chuck holes are sure to form and these must be filled or the road soon goes to pieces. These things should be planned for and done quickly if the Improved road is to do the fullest service, and this Is the one thing that it seems to me some of our county commissioners are neglecting. They become so imbued with the Idea of building good roads that they fall to prepare for the maintenance of road already constructed. |