Show TO STUDY ROAD GO conditions data being sought looking toward standardized system of local road management detailed studies of local roid road build ing sa stems in counties aro are now nom being carried on b the department ol of agriculture in operation cooperation co with the state hichwa departments and local road authorities the purpose of this stud Is to als cover coer the points of excellence and de facts in existing local methods of building and maintaining roads which x iv ill 11 aid the state authorities to put pul local local road management on a systems if zed basis the co operating state tau au borales have been asked to besig nate counties that present typical a and d exceptional feature vi i to topography character of road materials method of construction and ad mini organization methods ol 01 loas r road 0 ad financing and trade ac condit conditions I 1 rom these lists listh counties will be s selected elected and in these counties the division of roid road economics mill ft ill make intensive studies 1 I his inesti investigation gation is ie prompted by the th e thit that there is at present nery little knowledge is as to the et ef fee tire and economical econom icil methods by aich a con county ty can develop its roads road at present the methods of financing local road improvements nary lary from e 41 I 1 A JW 7 wt jt t fi f i A f yaw yr ayi fyi 1 l j 1 t roling a road surface c alling on farmers tor for a certain num her ber of das labor in lieu of a road tax ta or the use of county prisoners in road construction to bond issues or main ot of roads from license cense funds I 1 1 ahe he department mill W stud all of these systems E stems with mith the view to deter mining NN what hat s system stem or combination of 0 sn systems stems works best in actual practise there is 16 ho however mever at present no standard system of keeping accounts tor for road building and maintenance and as a result while rhile some counties know jenow to a penn the purpose tor for which money waa mas spent others hane hae no nite check or reporting system among various counties mith ft ath the same condl condi eions cost tor for etca atlon or other la in bor la is anything but uniform and man counties because of the absence of definite knowledge fall fail to use local and cheap materials and construct roads which are unnecessarily eapen sive for their purpose or m which will weir out before t to he o bond issues are redeemed the investigation will in elude a careful study of the use of 0 con met anict labor in road construction la in connection with mith the scientific etude stud the departments lilg highway hmay en ginders will adaise freele with local officials as to improvements and thus give each county united the addan tage of direct cooperation engineer ing supervision and assistance these investigations it is believed will rill bield important economic data bearing especially on the benefits and burdens of road improvement and 43 homing the extent to which financial outlay under ghen typical conditions la is justifiable the heads of state highway depart menti ment i are manifesting great interest and are operating cooperating co cordially in this york nork these data when rhen obtained nill mill bo be published and thus made accessible to all count and state road officials |