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Show Unpaved Roads Damaged by Automobile Traffic Unpaved country highways, designated desig-nated as "secondary roads," and smalltown small-town streets, are suffering from the increased use of automobiles, and are offering Illinois' most eloquent argument argu-ment for a gasoline tax. County highway superintendents of the state have adopted a resolution stating this condition and call upon the next general assembly to vote the tax. Their resolution, made public by County Superintendent D. O. Thomas of Belleville, state legislative chairman, chair-man, reviews roads conditions and tells of the need for this added fund for roads. "The public highways," the resolution resolu-tion said, "have been classified into state bond roads, under the control of the department of public works and buildings ; the state aid roads, under Ihe control of the various county boards, and the town and road district roads, under the control of the local highway commissioner. "A complete and well-balanced road system in the state requires the proper- correlation of these three classes of ! roads, and a suitable construction and maintenance program to properly sustain sus-tain the traffic upon them." |