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monials which I think the convention will pardon me for 

 reading. They refer to this road which I built a little while 

 ago, and they go to show how a good gravel road can be 

 constructed and give the public good satisfaction at a very 

 reasonable cost. The first is: " In delivering milk from my 

 farm, we have had to go over a piece of gravel road made by 

 R. S. Hinman more than a year ago, and have found it every 

 day in the year a first-class road in every respect. — Pat 

 Lynch." 



The next is from a man who has been hauling wood over 

 that road: "I have had from one to three teams hauling 

 wood in good weather daily, except Sundays, over a section 

 of gravel road constructed by R. S. Hinman in the fall of 

 1900, and have found it at all times in excellent condition. — 

 Chas. E. Knorr." 



The next is from no less a man than the chief justice of our 

 Supreme Court; he says: "During the past season I have 

 been with my bicycle several times over the gravel road made 

 by you on the single-track plan on a part of your river road, 

 and never without invoking blessings on your head, and 

 wondering why hundreds of miles of our country roads are 

 not made in like manner, since the cost as compared with the 

 benefit is a mere bagatelle. You have converted part of an 

 execrable road through a beautiful valley into a good ridable 

 road. In behalf of all bicyclists and draft animals everywhere, 

 I tender you a vote of thanks. May the good work go on." 

 That is signed by David Torrance, the chief justice of our 

 Supreme Court. 



That road cost four hundred dollars a mile. It is my im- 

 pression when I go out over the hills of the country that you 

 must get below a thousand dollars a mile in order to make 

 very much progress with good road building in the back 

 towns. I believe it is practical to build these gravel roads in 

 most of the towns. While the right kind of gravel may not be 

 plenty everywhere, I can find a gravel in my neighborhood 

 that will make a good road, and I believe it is possible to go 



