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Show The Time For Good Roads There has never been as advantageous ad-vantageous a time to build or repair re-pair roads as now. The road dollar, like the general gener-al construction dollar, is worth about 25 cents more than it was a few years ago. In other words, the expenditure that would have built four miles of road in 1929, will build five miles now. And 75 or more per cent of the money goes to labor, an item of inestimable inesti-mable importance in a time of widespread unemployment. Wi.;e allocation of road funds will permit states to construct first-class roads at a remarkably low cost. More or less recently developed methods, such as the roadmix surfaces now in use in many localities, make it possible to build a first-class, weatherproof weather-proof that will stand up undei almost any amount of traffic, for a very few thousand dollars a mile. These roads are especially suitable for farming areas and it is the farmer whose road need is greatest. Only a small percentage of American farms are situated on roads which are passable at all times of the year, irrespective of weather conditions. This is the time to build good, reasonable cost roads that become be-come a permanent investment and future asset. |