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226. Growth of Interest in Good Roads. — There is an 

 old Baying to the effect that one may judge # oi t hi* civili- 

 zation of a count ry by n- roads — the better the roada, 

 the higher the civilization. B have no roads; the 

 old Romans built roads thai ire in use to-day. France, 

 Germany, England, and the older count: Kurope 



Car better roads than we have in the United States, 

 It i- in only a few of the more progressive States of our 

 country that any roads worthy of being called good are 

 to be found. Hut the interest in «zood road- 

 ing, and their value to the country through which they 

 run i> gradually hem;: recognized. It is ;l hard matter 

 to convince the tax-payer that a few dollar- expended 

 on road improvement will prove a paying investment; 

 hut the lesson is being learned, and will in time r 



in ii >(»d roads. 



227. What is Meant by a Good Road. — Now. what i- 



meant hy a good road? P>\ the term good road. |f 



ordinarily oaed, i- meant a permanent road, the surface 



of which remains hard and smooth regardless of the 



weather, and which may he easily traveled iit all seasons. 



by many generations. Most 

 of our BO-Called roads are not really roads at all; they 



are trails, end ;irv moved about to suit existing condi- 



The huilding of roads such as are generally 



known in this country is a simple process, one that has 



been handed down for thousands of years. The first 



