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Show THREE CLASSES OF HIGHWAYS Classification Is Prime Step In Federal Fed-eral Aid to Good Roads, Says Congressman Borland. With various bills boforo congress for fcdoral aid to road building tho classification of highways so that Important through routes may bo outlined out-lined clearly from tho country's mazo of thoroughfaros of one kind or another, an-other, becomes a quostlon of moro and moro interest. Congressman W. P. Borland of Missouri, a good-roads ndvocato, has oxpressed himself on this subjoct as follows: "It will bo necessary, In my Judgment, Judg-ment, to classify all existing highways high-ways into nt least thrco classifications. Tho first class Is that of tho great cross-stato or intorstato highways. Tho second consists of tho main focders or great country roads; and third, tho by-roads, local roads or lanes. Those various classes of roads should bo built, Improved and maintained with a vlow to tho amount of traffic that they can boar and must bear. Tho first class should bo of tho most permanent and scientific scien-tific construction. Tho second class could bo of a Iobb cxpcnslvo naturo ahd would need less maintenance. Tho third class could bo improved only to tho extent that tho community required. Tho oxponso of building and maintaining theso roads should bo distributed upon tho eamo basis. "Tho roads of tho first class should bo supported by tho taxing power of a largo area of country. Tho second class of roads should also havo a wldo taxing powor nt least co-oxton-slvo with tho county and possibly with a group of counties or with somo stato aid. This would leavo BBBBBBBBBBBBVBBHSBaV .jaaMaaaVKSBaatJ I BBBBBBBBBBBSaaSBiaSBBBBaiaaSaaaaVBl I LaaalaVnBHaM':'XaHIVnrKSH aBaKffKflBatflBBv"'? x BaHaaaaaBBsl ffaaatiasBBBSBaVv !'"wl9w&.KaaaaBS vPsBBBBBBjKfcisf?? r&S 'lj&aat&tBBBBa Improved Road in Missouri. tho small road district or local community com-munity only tho burden of tho smaller or purely local roads. Howovor much politicians may twist and turn and nrguo about tho question wo must ovontually corao to somo scientific solution of tho problem. I realize that whc"h wo begin to talk about real road improvement political difficulties of all kinds aro encountered; what tho peoplo will demand In tho next tow years In this country is good roads and not politics." |