Milford News | 1928-07-20 | Page 3 | Kansas Favors Gravel Highway

KANSAS FAVORS GRAVEL HIGHWAY THE Kansas Highway Commission Commis-sion has adopted a dufiulle policy pol-icy of using sand and gravel on all the roads It can Improve that way for the present. "Gravel and sand cast only $1,500 to $2,000 a mile." said John Gardner. Highway Director. "Ky ulng these material, which are pb-uli'iil in many sections, we can huikl roads passable at all seasons without difficulty or long del;iy. Tli'-y are easy and inexpensive inex-pensive to maintain. By using the calcium chloride, the gravel and sand are held together and the dust Is obviated. ob-viated. Of course, those ruads will have to be rebuilt in five or six years, but we feel that it i.s belter lo build that way and get as many people cut of the mud as possible rather Ihan build short stretches of more permanent perma-nent a:id nioie eipenrive roads, Just at this time."