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Show MAINTENANCE I S MAIN ITEM IN ROADS In (he construction of all ovegrn-ment ovegrn-ment roads or any projects In which tho government has an Interest he provision for maintenance ot tho Toads is one of the first considerations considera-tions and must be carried out. Maintenance Main-tenance Is the one thing that has made such excellent highways In Europe. Eur-ope. They are' as. good today as when they were constructed because they have, been maintained. A new house or any strucUuo which is not maintained and Itept in repairs soon deteriorates. The same applies to roads. ' President Harding completely sensing sens-ing the almost prevalent tendency.,on the part of our highways officials the country over to neglect highways after af-ter their construction, sounds a note I of both warning nnd ndvlco In IiIh first message to congress, April 12, 1921, as follows: 'i know or uulliiug morn shnck'liig than tho millions ot public funds wasted In Improved highways, wost-'ed wost-'ed because there Is no policy of main tenance. Tho neglect Is not unlver- sal, but Is very near it. Thcro la nothing the Congress can do more eHectlvely to end this shocking waste than condition all federal aid on pro- visions for maintenance. Highways, . o matter how generous tho outlay for construction, cannot be inaln-taineJh inaln-taineJh without patrol and constant repairs." |