Show QUESTION OP OF BETTER ROADS not alone affects farmer and auto but Is of vital importance to Evary everybody Eve body the good roads question la Is oua which today is occupying the attell don ot ever thinking man in the tha united states chis question does not affect alone the farmer armar or auto but is one which la Is ot of vital vita importance to all ot of us owing to tho the tact fact that ciery extension ot of the good ro ids movement and the completion ot of every new artery his resulted not only in a greater production of food stuffs in that particular section but has cheapened them on account of th the 3 small email cost ot of getting them into the tha market although at the present time there are between betin e n 15 and 20 miles 0 of improved roads in the united states either under construction construct lon or proposed no section ot of road is receiving the tha careful investigation or Is being watched as closely closel by the road mak ers era ot of tho the country and by good roads roada adio cites as Is the mile road which gen T coleman du pont font if Is constructing at hla his wn own expense through the state ot of Dc delaware laware general genera du pont font felt that adv amount ot of money mone he might give tor for a road would be ot of tar far greater benefit and would have haie a tar far giester gi eater infill ence on the happiness and material ot of the people ot of his hig stata than any other project he might select to quote his bis own ono words my ly object in building the road is not only to 1 provide pr a good highway where it Is badly needed but also to work out in a practical way a problem that will it successful revolutionize the build ing ot of roads in the united states the problem Is how hove can a free country rold rod be built to lu make it pay pa its nal cost cost ot of maintenance and a fair return on the money mone invested the solution of 0 this problem as worked out by b general du pont pent as a result of his experience on the dela ware road Is a system ot of graduated assessments so arranged that all who recene re cele direct benefits from the road are to bear their share of its expense at the outset and bill later be becom by rentals of 0 the unused portions of the road itself suppose tor for instance that this De delaware delajara laNara road was being constructed by this method instead ot of being div en by general du pout on the du pont font road some twenty six acres of 0 land have been condemned tor for every mile ot of road read revenue irom from the road will be partially derived from trolley franchises from water telephone tel egra evgraph ab and sewer right ot of way rentals 1 and partially from the rental ot of that I 1 part of the tha duent six acres per mile is not used tor for actual road con st ruction As laid out the du pont road coni con fists of 0 some seven parts although not it all ot of them will be developed I 1 am med mediately lately the idea being to increase In creasa the size ot of the road as the traffic be comes heavier when completed the tha road mill consist of 0 a forty toot foot in the middle which hlll be giver given oner 01 er to automobiles and on either elds bids of 0 this forty toot foot strip a fifteen toot foot strip which has been reserved for trolley lines beyond the trolley lines there aill ill be thirty foot roads tor for horse borse drawn vehicles and heavy he ivy traffic adjoining each ot of these last named roads mill aill bo be dirt roads fifteen leet feet wide under which will be laid water pipes sewers telephone and telegraph conduits etc thus ellmin at ing any necessity tor for tearing up the tha paved portion of the road |