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constructing a road which will permit the hauling of a maxi- 

 mum load, at a maximum speed, with a minimum motive 

 power. The game trail through the brush answers for the 



After Minnesota Highway Commission 



Fig. 175. A section of the old and new road shown in Fig. 174 



travoi of the Indian ; the prairie sod broken by a log dragged 

 from the front wheels of a wagon or a line of blazes through 

 the timber answers the pioneer's purposes, but even the 

 best oil-surfaced macadam road is scarcely satisfactory for 

 the modern automobile and the heavy loads of our well- 

 settled and highly intensified farming communities. Roads 

 which a few years ago were considered everlasting and 

 good enough for any community are now out of date and 

 inadequate on account of the increasing automobile 

 traffic. 



Value of good roads. The benefits from good roads are 

 both economic and social. 



Economic advantages. Many of the rural districts have 

 become so accustomed to poor roads that they do not realize 



