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Show Molt Ko iiIn. Hie advantages to he deilved fiom gold stone loads 11 e xo manifold that all other matuinl should be illsciudeil whcio lough load stone Is avail Ode for their tonsil uctloii ami maintenance. mainte-nance. Hut it Is gieatei cconom.v to Use e it III ot (.unci than to go to the epi use ot iitiKiitntnlr ng imuiIh with too soft, too lulllle or lotteti mateilal. Many us this because It Is .1101 e eisilj prepired. A 10 id should never be Mil-faced Mil-faced with nii.v thing shoit of Imp mik or scipeiitlue lnlVtlnr uiateihil limy often be used with Imp-ultj foi the llrst lajet 01 foundation, hut even this should be jelei ted with gient care The e lis 1 csultlng fiom Imptnpcr const! ctlnii of stone loids nie eve!) greater than those fiom the use of Improper iinteunl. John I,. Macadam never Intended tint 11 heterogeneous conglomeration oT stone nnd mud should be imI'-I 11 m.icadnm 10 id. Neither did he Intend that the mine should be applied to toads rousti noted of large and small .stones tnlcd to gother and spiead upon the surface. The surface of a toad built In this manner Is constantly 1' sturbed by the ..uger stones, which woik to' the surface sur-face and which are knocked hither and thither by the wheel of vehicles nnd the feet ot nnlmnls. Such methods of construction can not bo too sevoiely condemned. Interest of Tnirnfl nml Cities. Tho Intotest of towns and cities In good roads Is easily elcmoi'stratcd, nnd In many cases Is already well understood under-stood by these communities. The whole people havo equal rights on tho country roads, and those living lu tho cities nnd towns havo often greater need of them than tho farmer, who at n pinch could live upon what he raises, while the cities raise nothing and could not llvo a dny without the country roads. Tho farms ot tho United Stntes comprise com-prise less than ouc-fouith of tho total property ot the countrj, jet that small fraction pnjs the whole cost of building build-ing roads. Tho Injustice of this Hys-tem, Hys-tem, which wo havo lnlioiltcd from the old countries, but which wns abolished abol-ished thero many years ago, is not yet fully appreciated by tho farmers of this countiy, and tho grentest difficulty dif-ficulty now experienced in road Improvement Im-provement Is In getting tho farmers' consent to baio this lnjustlco wiped out, nnd In inducing them to accept tho aid which the cities and towns nie willing nnd nnxlous to give to tho general improvement of tho hlghwajs. The Siirfnclng nf ItimilK. A great elllTeience In roads lies In the natuio of their surface. Ou n well mado giavel road ouo horse can dinw twlco ns much ns ho can on a well made earth load, while on a haid and smooth stone toad ho can pull four times ns much. Coiiscepicntlj,l where wo liaio good gravel roads, Instead In-stead of earth ones, It is possible to mnko ono hoi so do tho worl; ot two, whllo on stone roads ono hprse will do tho woik of four. On a level steel mad one horse can do tho work of twenty or moro horses over a luvel common road. After n load has been properly located, locat-ed, graded nnd drained, ttio Important qunlltles of hardness nnd smootlinebs should by all means be secured. The various surfaces for c'd country roads will bo considered In the following order: Uarth, gr.11 el nnd stone. Toll TlnniU For afotor Cnn. Perhaps tho only way lu which auto-mobillsts auto-mobillsts will get good roads ns spcedwaj's for themselves alono may bo by a revival of the old toll load Bj-stcm which prcvnlled In New Hug-Uud Hug-Uud lu former generations. It Is now-found now-found In Indiana nnd a few Western States, nnd quite frequently In the South. Such roads nro constructed by prlvnto Interests, which demand iarj-Ing iarj-Ing dividends lu tho manner of nny Investment In-vestment If tho nutomoblllsts aie willing to pay toll toward an nuto mobile road this will bo their privilege. Any roud that tho government may build will bo for common uso and would probably bo monopolized by ua farmers, who still look nsknnco at tho automoblllst Boston Adv crtlscr. A Convlnrlni; Demonstration. When the members of the legislature of Virginia lislted the roads of New Jerscj1, they found them covered with newly fallen snow, which the farmers lemovcd so ns to show tho firm, smooth surface beneath. This demonstration nnd the fact that wet snow end not mnke tho macadam road muddy were worth more than any amount of argument, argu-ment, and tho Virginians went home to their Impassable hlghwajs convert cd to road lmpiovement Me-in Clvltll itlcm mill Kmn-mT. Theio is civilization, enlightenment nnd economy In good roa'ls Good roads lead to prompt 111 i siendy nt tendance upon church services, school room duties, neighborly Intercourse nnd social ndvnnceme'it. Bad roade lead to piofanilj", worry, trlnls and tribulations and the loss of teams vehicles, patience, oppoitunlMcs for good markets and lots of time. A I'ortulnr Question. Tho good toads pcoplo want tho State to contribute many millions for their cause, nnd probably tho question will b submitted to popular voto in the near futuie. |