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and Some Facts ol A Few Figures bois a ¢| Tae annual repost on Highway - Improvement for aed P " . [Ontario (1910) is at hand, and contains some items worth . a : ; ; «| quoting. \ ; . ; i it apn yo "For instance here is a table of expenditure for road {Improvement and maintenance in Ontario County townships - for twenty. years: Brock: bheina dh bal SELMER. 77 71 Mara sos Teiho ers ase anun 59 549 Pickering. Pesenterssniinananss sens 132 06K Rama, ...vs.s Sees vin aan 22 638 Reach ... Févssinaien.,s 56 501 Scott: . vii vis Sve N asi tarnan 30 186 Thorah CEH S avons odtesann ny hen they, bridge ik Feathy=nd you. can: (hen do Wa Bind ae cof 8 scaut, vamely, belp LAE WHIHEDY 3s esc ev snss snioinsininviis OF 645 than follow the example of your] ~~ A total of $561, 861. In addition to this 29,314 days of the tiny Bi ute labor were put on the roads in 1908 » It would be extremely interesting if some reckoning could made of what the cost would be to produce roads as good 0 doa good tutn to} 2 we have it at present, if the worle had = been planned and handkerchief or neckiis]and organized under an efficient roadmaker. | £9 bed at night think who you| A careful study of the figures and a careful study of the uo loads will reveal the fact that in far too few cases has perm- ten to do it, you anent work been done. bac fe Jf we could get some accurate estimate. of comparative. *| costs and results, there is no doubt that the Good Roads id tur | Movement would be adopted here at once. Et de To refuse to have good roads because automabiles may use them is like cutting of the nose to spite the face. The following paragraphs about the value of a steam fi & ane th id » x 3 ; is essential to the construction of a good road. It is to build a stone road cheaply and durably without a roller, ds built of loose stone take from one to three years of late them: During that time the roads $0 'treated 15: On. short patches this is not ® of two miles, it is distinctly |