Improved Highways

Oncea comnranity finds out (bat good oads are possible all tlie ycar round aud hat they are cheaper by all odds thau ;cor roads it will insist on having vays that are a public comfort and convenience. "The best is the cheapest" applics to nothing else with more force than to roads. The farmers ure learning tliis 'act, and ouly the fear of greatly increased taxes keeps them from pushing ;Be movcment for getting tho best stone higlr.vays. Tuis objection is now being overeóme Dy following sonie plan whereby the vhole property cf the state - city and country - is being taxed to build the country roads (hrough a system whereby state aid is being extended to communities and help is offered those that offer to help thcmselves It is a matter of uncertainty whlch need fixing most - the roads or the road lawa of this country. Fixing the latter will do much toward correcting the fornier. In a legislative way a good deal is being done. In the matter of the actual work of fixing the highways there must of necessity be a great improvement in work and methods. - Good Eoads. To Iiuild Cood Hou ds. To be woith anything at all a road must bo consfrructcd scientifically, says the St. Paul Globe. The system of "mending" roads invogue inthis country from colonial times is worse than nothing. All labor and money so expended are utterly wasted. There is but one kiud of road that deserves the adjective "good, " and that is a highway constructed under competent engineering supervisión according to scientifically approved methods. It must have a substantial foundation, a good surfacing and a careful system of inspection and repair. These matters should not bo left to local guidance. Thcre ought to be a state engineer f or road construotion, by whose directions the work must be carried on everywhere. Kational Koad Oüiigrpss. Tho committee on resolutions of thfi natioual good roads cougret-s at Orlando roported a resolution f avoriug the enactïneut of laws Ijy yhich ail classes and interests must bear the burden of road improvement. A subseqnent resolutiou providcd that the state sliould not bear more than oue-tlnrd of the cxpeuse, the rest to be borne by counties or individuáis immediately interested.