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Show CORHECT PRINCIPLES. I'lili-M Thoj Arn I'mplnj-etl lto.nl llallil-lS llallil-lS t a milurr. l)epil'i rxcretaiy linn ilton, of tho state ileparliiient of ngrh-ulturo. Is out in n bulletin on the subject of good loads tlr.it will excite considerable discussion dis-cussion in various localities throughout the Matt Mr. Hamilton takes the sensible ground thnt the present wretched condition of many of the roads U duu not so much to lack of . funds u. luck of Judgment and knowledge. Year lifter year, ho snyr, road bujmt-visors bujmt-visors go right nlong constructing toads on n plan Uint presages failure by a violation of the elementary principles prin-ciples of good rond-maklng. Itoads high at each aid ' and depressed in tho middle, rendering drainage Impossible, Im-possible, are constructed by men who profess to know something of road-building, road-building, and who have had sulllclcnt experience 1 recognize how n)uurd and llloglcgl nre their ideas. Fnnncm do the greater part of this bed rimd-bulld-lug, pnrt'y because of n lack of enthusiasm en-thusiasm in the movement of good roads, principally became of nn nb-hence nb-hence of knowledge of the underlying principles of rond construction. The good road, nt vvery one should know, Is high in the middle and ovals off to the gutter at each side, thus effect ef-fect i ml l.v draining Itself. "Tho pioblcm of the pjesent," says Mr. Hamilton, "is not how to bulhi good roads, but can we heroin IVnnsyl-vanla IVnnsyl-vanla build them? Can the farmers who havo charge of the highways of the atntr. construct good roads within a reasonable time and at moderate cost? And will they dolt? Koine one will do It Inside the next 10 years. If the farmers of l'cnnsyhatila conclude that It can be done, mid undertake the work, nnd conduct It In n proper vv ny, they will retain control. If, on the other hand, action ts delajed, or they continue to manage this business ns it hasliccn In tho past, then nil the indication! nre that tho management will be taken out of their hands and the w nrk w III be done by others; uml the serious danger Is that Hi's farmers after all, wilt have to foot tho bills." . This should spur thu tanners to n more intelligent conception of ronil-'inaklng. ronil-'inaklng. tinder tho present blunder-ng blunder-ng system the danger in that the work will lie taken out of their hands, Nor i an they blame the slnlc for refusing to continue n mode of procedure that re-Milla re-Milla in wretchedly constructed roads U high cot. I'hllndelpliln Call. |