THE LANDSCAPE BEAUTIFUL 



to get the work done more intelligently 

 and effectively. 



It is well -]snown that much of the 

 money spent on road improvement in the 

 country is wasfted. This is partly because 

 of neighborhood jealousies and cross-roads 

 graft, but lar^;ely through plain, honest 

 ignorance. Ii^ is hcirdly to be expected 

 that every road overseer in a country town 

 will be a graduate engineer with up-to-date 

 knowledge, bf Macadam, Telford and 

 Tarvia. Those states, therefore, which 

 have county road overseers, or state high- 

 way commissions with good engineers at 

 public service, are in the position to get 

 the best roads. Every effort ought to be 

 made to place the services of these experts 

 within reach of the country neighborhoods 

 where road appropriations, always pitiably 

 small, most need to be economized. 

 Country roads ought to be better built, 

 and any scheme which will build them 

 better is to be encouraged. 



Very many country roads not only 

 need to be rebuilt, but they ought to be 

 entirely relocated. Present locations were 

 usually determined many years ago, at the 

 time the country was first settled. Com- 



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