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Show GOOD ROADS MAKE THE SVORLD KIN Paved city streets and improved highways leading to the city, affect the growth and prosperity of the community in many ways. . In the first place, cost of upkeep of an unimproved street or highway is much greater than if the thoroughfare were paved. The entire surface of a paved street is usable; that is, there are not two lines or ruts which the traffic follows, as on a dirt or gravel road. Therefore, paving increases the capacity of streets and highways. Paving enhances property values and acts as an inducement induce-ment for home owners to improve the appearance of their grounds and houses, making that street a more pleasant place to live on. Paved streets make a city more desirable from an industrial in-dustrial standpoint, for, a hauling or any business which requires hauling will naturally pick a town where hauling can be done most speedily and economically. We are no longer living in the days of the old walled cities. Good roads, good streets and rapid locomotion have I annihilated time and distance and virtually made the whole world kin. |