Iron County Record | 1928-05-11 | Page 4 | Kansas Favors Gravel Highway

KANSAS FAVORS i GRAVEL HIGHWAY II liE E Kansas Kamas Highway h Commis 1 I I I lion sion has adopted ted a definite policy pol Icy of or using sand and gravel gravelon vel velon on all the roads It can Improve that ay A-ay for the present Gravel and sand cost only 1500 to 2000 a mile sal saM said l John Gardner Highway Director By Hy using these materials which are plentiful In many sections we ve can build roads road passable at all seasons season without difficulty or long dela delay They are easy and Inex Inex- pensive to maintain Cy Dy u using the calcium chloride the gravel and sand are art held tn together and ancl the dust Is obviated ob ob- Of course ur t these roads will have to be rebuilt In the five or six years ears but we wt feel reel that It is 11 better to build that wa way nay and ald g get t as many people le out cut of lf the mud as r. r ible rather lather than build hulM short stretches Sit of more permanent perma font Dent and more mort e e roads Just Justat at this time