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Show ROADS IN ONTARIO. What Has Been Accomplished In One rrogrrssive Frovlnce In Canada, Consul Me fertuf Stratford furnishes a reiwrt on road building In the province prov-ince of Ontario which should attract the attention nf iersuns In this country coun-try Interested In Ihst subject. Me writes Tho province of Ontario has CO.OOO miles nf country mods maintained by township ami county councils Sine the Inauguration movement for bet ter ruads there Is a radical Improvement Improve-ment In the condition of tho mads Tho old way of rnnd Improvement by statute lalMi which has existed for nearly a cvntui. nnd did much during dur-ing plotuvr data to open hlghwa). has been large!) suiiersedcri by a more modern s)stem nf a direct tax rate and closer supervision Township control Is universal In road construction, whllo at the same time county councils have undertaken the management of a system of main roads within the county Tho work of tho county council Is devoted chiefly to legislative functions, nnd tho actual merslght of work on the ground la left to road foremen or overseers over-seers Tho county system Is aided by tho prnvlncnl government to the oxtent nf nno-thlrd of tho entire cost of construction During tho cars 1003 4 1,021 miles of main roads were Improved, at an expenditure of half a million dollars through prnvlncal aid Modern road machinery, such ns grading machines, stono crushers, road rollers, gravel wagons nnd scrap-era scrap-era aro In general uso throughout the province Naturnl gravel beds are numerous, and en re Is taken to select the best gravel In thu pit, which, un der tho modern system, Is placed on tho roads after tho earth Is consolidated consoli-dated wllh the roller. Mrldgcs are now all being built with steel super structures, concrcto abutments and concrete floors Tho matter of drainage Is given the greatest attention Whoro undor-drainage undor-drainage Is needed tllo aro used with frequent outlets Hint will lead to nat ural watercourses llrcakors, once so common for carrying tho water from ono side of the road to the othcH aro entirely abandoned. Concreto culverts have taken their place, and Ion tho ateep hilts whoro such surface dralnago Is necessary, the roadbed with Its high center crown Is as smooth as on tho level. " In tho oldor parts of Ontario road construction has long slnco passed Ilia early temporary stngo, and all Ira provomont are now mado with a view of durability l'erlh county, of which Stratford Is tho county seat, has 1 Mt miles of country highways; of ttili (72 mites aro grnvcled, and are as floe permanent roads as can bo found Is any country. |