Ogden Standard-Examiner | 1920-04-16 | Page 10 | Has New Plan to Improve Roads

HAS NEW PLA TO IMPROVE HMDS Colorado Man Would Have Motorists Give Day to Repairing Re-pairing Highway (By International News Service) DENVER "Rapid improvement of Colorado's highways at no cost to the taxpayers," Is what Loren S. Albright, jot thi's city, claims. If his unique sjjg-Igestion sjjg-Igestion is adopted. Albright submitted a plan to local civic organizations and to the state highway commissioner that he believes be-lieves will bo of great benefit, especially espec-ially to motorists, and tremendously Increase tourist travel in the Rockies. Albright's idea may be frowned upon by tho moro esthetic, but it would be fine for developing the muscles of automobile au-tomobile owners. His scheme is this: On a specified date, preferably a Sunday in late spring, after the weather has settled and the roads arej in workable condition, each autorao-j bile driver akes tools (rake, pick and shovel) and Improve some spot in the road over which he is traveling for a1 given time say one hour. I Thus, If a number of automobiles, started on the same road the first' driver would take the first bad place noticed, the driver following would take tho next, and so on down the Kdo. , While this might mean a slight traffic traf-fic congestion in spots, it would bc re-: lieved quickly, as the first man to stop would finish first and proceed on hisi way ; the second man to slop would I follow, thereby all resuming their orlg-, inal positions in their journey. In case of a bad piece of road where one man could not accomplish tho re-' pair within an hour, let two or three I stop and assist him. Undoubtedly the state supervisor of roads would be glad to distribute his regular workmen work-men In such manner that they could render valuableasslstance in overseeing oversee-ing the operations of the embryo road builders. The tools necessary for this work are Inexpensive and are found in the' homes of nearly all automobile owners. I The hour's work would be good exei- cise for all and tho results untold. Iti vould result in an education to every-' one using a car; enable him to leamj first hand what is necessary to con struct and maintain a decent highway i and would act as a reminder to the 1 follow who uses a stono to block his, wheels on a highway and then drives' off arid leaves the stone in the road, ! Some opposition has developed to. Albright's scheme on the ground that I roadwork by so many inexperienced workers would result in giving the highway the appearance of a crazy quilt. oo I