| Show CONCRETE ROADS earliest road building that combined bained hilet lasting mair qualities with low men cenance dates back to the days of the roman empire the roman roads atil stand more than that they defy the ravages of modern traffic as strictly as they dell ed the wear of nearly 2000 years since then we have constructed thoroughfares through farea fares that were baptie d with the name of roads but the troubles have been to make them stay good most of our roads start with such adjectives before them as ear smooth anth and rood good but speedily reach the point where the reckless eel leas of speech apply other adjectives to toem now listen to what a real road road builder has halt to say that concrete roads are coming is no longer a prediction but an established fact As ag with all new and expensive projects we have been a fraid to venture and quailed at the thought of the necessary expense in building thew these roads but our ideas are changing and we are getting the spirit of the times in road build ins ing as aa in all other things it will be only a question of a few years until every highway of any imbor tance whatever will be concreted the main highways are ar not showing up very well under heay traffic those thew in iron county have been dis by high main tance costs costa and much of the time it looks as if there is little worth while to main team tain concrete roads are the nearest ap to roman roads roada that ve e know of and if any of the roman emperors could come back just for a few minutes he would admit that the ile roads he and his sort put down nearly 2 years ago though they cost considerable at the time are dirt cheap cheal in the long run |
