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c'hiiiery, provided the shipment is without profit, and is billed to road 

 officials. About December 1st, the C, B. & Q. R'y announced that they 

 were willing to publish the same rates under the same conditions. This 

 rate is the actual cost of transportation by rail over these roads, and is 

 an expression of the friendly disposition of these roads toward highway 

 improvement in the State. Credit for acquiring this tariff should be 

 given more to Frank W. iBuffum of Louisiana, Mo., than to any other 

 individual in the State. He has been working upon this particular mat- 

 ter for two years. 



SUMMAEY. 



A summary of the main points in this report is: Give the vital 

 interest of road betterment financial support and a front rank in aft'airs 

 where it belongs; raise the standard of road work and road workers, 

 take them out of the category of dog-catchers, and thereby create a more 

 wholesome respect for the roads and the road laws; cash taxes; better 

 the working system by organization of road work; State aid and close 

 supervision. I might add in conclusion that cash taxes, State aid and 

 competent supervision is the prescription for good roads. 



Yours truly, 



Curtis Hill, 

 State Highway Engineer. 



