TEXTBOOK OF LANDSCAPE GARDENING 
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ROAD PLAN NORTH DAKOTA 
Fig. 112. Typican Roap Pian IN GOVERNMENT SurRvEY AREA 
demands and which conforms to the natural topography as does the 
road'system shown in Figure 113. 
The important point in reference to the natural system (Figure 
113) is that it follows the natural water courses and the most feasible 
topographic lines. The section here represented is in fact very 
hilly, almost mountainous, with high stony hills, and it would be 
utterly impossible to run the public roads in straight lines. Even 
on level land like that found in large areas of the middle western 
states there are objections to the lattice-work system. In many 
parts of the country there are more roads than are needed; in 
thickly settled sections there are fewer. Obviously the mileage of 
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