Show EARTH ROADS ARE BEST R R lyman teus tells of their advantage bulletin no 3 will be sent free dealing with earth roads and their construction always the subject of abod roads and how to make inake them i 1 goo eloa read me ine tor for the deadle of this counte the reaner la ib in receipt of bulletin no 3 of the utah ex Deri ment station which contains an exham exhaustive tive discua ion on the conc construe true tion and maintenance of earth road bv R R laman an engineer ene ineer of standing andine st in the state and he ad the construction of earth roade in utah the bulletin is a letter from prof amad alman which reads as follows follow editor reaner deir sir 1 I am you in this mail a coul CODI of bulletin no 3 of the rutih engineering station which I 1 hae prepared pre oared on the construction and maintenance of earth roads I 1 alree with most moat of those thoe who are endeavoring to improve our of bublic but I 1 am not in with the efforts most moat good roade enthusiast are dutting duttine forth to have our small state even artemot to con construct tault a general of state bighaus vs at this time of ash asphaltum altum of tarred macadam of ardi ary macadam ur or even enen of gravel I 1 draw our attention to the first cast of these roads and then to the more important the cust cost of main tamina them I 1 believe the Dosi tion I 1 hold is the right one namely that the state of utah could not raie rai e the funda to maintain in good condition an exten extensive siva system of hard roads throughout the state if these were actually constructed and oaid daid for in the beginning leonle must be trained until un il they realier the importance and necessity of having good things thines before thes are willing willine to dav for them and it is 13 mv judgment that the here must be trained in road building and must learn b actual experience that money invested in good roads oais tia s before they will be willing wil linc to invest very verv larl larer eltin them I 1 am thoroughly convinced on vinced that the way to begin the solution on of the road problem aroble 1 la a to I 1 train thadeo ole in the cona construction truc tion and what is 13 still more important in the droder maintenance of the ordinary earth road an earth road that is 19 arv and in aced condition is 13 a good roan road and in this country count rv a road earring only the traffic which basses over the average utah roid road can in ma m aninion oo on be deot in this good condition cordi tion nearl nearh all the time ard in fairly bood condition all the time at comparatively small exceene for or maince rance for the reason that such a road if deot smooth and in form will drain well ard if an earth road is 13 thus fedt free from creat ouan quantities of moisture it cannot be frozen and therefore he cannot be rendered reordered ered oft and bottomlee bot in the anre of the vear bear P constructed at ai d poorly maintained earth roads are J I 1 desire nerv erv much to haie iou w ue u e your in the interest of aja hav ire the earth roads rinda constructs construct pd fr t the earth anai rna well maintain maintained ad becard ind the better class of road cor strutted ted later if bour our vika on this subject is radt radically call different from mine I 1 shall be ulea ed if vou will cue ane me an to call unon ou for the durdee e of this au question estion before vou ou express ary serious to rn rm views for I 1 am convinced in mv own mind ehat chat the bet method of procedure 13 19 that I 1 have named above As stated in the bulletin the earth road when hen constructed and well maintained will be so much of evera road irce birce its construction is the fir firt art t sten that must be taken nhen ft hen an ana other road is con constructed I 1 would not have vou thin that I 1 am in an am dav to the construction st of better roads where so dome doing is possible oos vos sible in salt lake citi and salt lake counte in ogden ird ard weber county in lozan and provo better roads ma lerv erv pro Derli rl ard should be built but there is a question in mv m ird whether the state slate should live eive any further fir ancial as si stance in the construction of these roads than to grade erade forn form for n and construct the earth foundation for the same which is 13 in itself tie the earth road I 1 I 1 believe f those who are interested in brood roads will unite in an effort to have earth roads constructed at once the result will be gratifying gratify me to lo ill all conour ned very verv trull bruli yours youra richard R laman P S I 1 should be glad to have ou announce that these bull bulletins ettric will be sent free to thoe who as for them a at long lone ask our adol lasts |