| Show T A s q f r I 1 el w I 1 I 1 I 1 ft VAST OSS FLOSS DU 8 TO BAD ROADs RO A DS 11 aa official report on conditions in dovra I 1 tho bad roads of to iowa au have hate been made th the a object of a Te rep poni arzt director or n agn culture mit by general boy Y stone V of the bureau buguor et road inquiry or df the agricultural department ne he reports that while iowa lea leads da an all other states in tonnage of agricultural atu ml products that the ast t ot of transport tran aport wrt tax her crops by wagon has reached the maximum owing to the bid condition of the public roads so that he be agricultural output of tons ton to lahaut hauw ed at aan an average cos coat t 0 of f a ton the iowa farmer WPM pan an average 24 cents a ton a mite mile bat the on CON coat of hauling on good roads la is from 6 to 10 centa th the bejgro present sent condit conditions toms are largely largel caused cam 4 he be says by the ne neglect of the gov eminent to lay out t roads in advance of the th lautry se settlement of if the iou general gt a stone estimates that with wi rail road rd operation cooperation co narrow stone roads or gravel vel roads surfaced with ith stone can be built generally derany throughout the state at a cost 0 of from to Ired 1200 amile mile where no hea heavy grading gradin Is tN required and that the cost can convil U be great a t aw fei reduced 1 ced by y the employment of convict t 1 labor as Is done in other states conservative estimates based upon the hauling of crops imd and local travel place the tax annually aidy paid by the farmers of iowa bad ioan road at |
