Show 0 OUR ROAD HOAD IROnI PROBLEMS US In Utah we have haye spent a lot of oC money and will spend much more for building of roads We need good roads and we need competent men to look after them Road supervisor should not be a political job Lack of knowledge and experience is costing costing costing cost cost- ing us a lot of money on our roads The splendid roads of Europe are often often often of of- ten mentioned by writers and lecturers ers as examples of what can be accomplished accomplished accomplished ac ac- ac- ac in road building Some of the roads built by the ancient Romans Romans Romans Ro Ro- Ro- Ro mans are still in use and in a good goodstate goodstate goodstate state of oC preservation in spite of the tha thousands of years that have intervened Intervened Intervened Inter Inter- since their construction If U one looks into the secret of the he good roads of the European countries countries coun coun- tries he will find that they have been built well with good foundations that thai are properly drained Another fact will be observed and that is they are kept in repair Men are em employed pI to look after the maintenance of the roads They do not wait until the entire road-bed road has worn away and anci then dump on a lot of loose grave gravel or stone but they go back and forth forthover forthover forthover over the roads making o repairs repairs repairs re re- re- re pairs here and there Piles of or r re repair repair re- re pair material are placed along the side road to be used as needed In Inthis Inthis Inthis this way the road Is always in to splendid splendid splendid did condition American road officials officials might well learn this lesson Inroad in inroad inroad road maintenance for the practice I in this country is to build a U new llew road and then neglect it until it il is almost past repair |