426 ANNUAL REPORTS OF DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



sad commentary that when the work of a lifetime had seemed just 

 ready to open out into a field of great national import Mr. Page's 

 death came so suddenly and so unannounced. But his work is not 

 ended, and even now the results are meager as compared to the great 

 Iiighways which are beginning to take form so rapidly . It is a great 

 movement and has national and enthusiastic publid support. But 

 the work which he did is not forgotten or unappreciated by the road 

 builders of the country. 



