Zhi RURAL NEW-YORKER 
419 
How One Farmer 
Carried the Bond Issue 
The same road showing what the use of “Tarvia-X” 
has done. Note snwotk, dustless surface. 
WELL-KNOWN County en¬ 
gineer tells this story, and it's the 
best good-roads story we ever heard. 
He says the county was in terrible 
need of better roads. The mud all 
through the district was so deep that 
it was impossible to use wagons, all 
traveling being done either on foot or 
horseback. 
In spite of the need there was little 
enthusiasm for good roads when the 
Board of County Commissioners m$t. 
Everyone was afraid of the presumed 
high cost and increased taxes. 
A farmer in the back of the room 
arose. 
“Mr. Chairman,” he said, “I ain’t 
fit to address a dignified meeting like 
this, but that’s because I’ve had to 
travel for ten miles over the kind of 
roads you give us. » 
“I couldn’t drive, I had to ride 
horseback. 
“My boots are covered with mud; 
my trousers are covered with mud; 
my coat is covered with mud; my 
hat is covered with mud; and if I 
hadn’t stopped to wash it my face 
would be covered with mud, too. 
“I look as if I had crawled here on 
my hands and knees, and I’m only 
half through because I’ve still got to 
go back, with five dollars worth of 
groceries that I bought f<fom brother 
Fletcher. 
“If there had been a good, hard 
road that my old horse could climb up 
and draw in a load of lumber that I’ve 
got ready, I would have bought twenty- 
five dollars’ worth of groceries instead 
of five dollars’ worth, and there would 
have been that much more money in 
town tonight.” 
And the mud-covered farmer sat 
down! 
Other speakv-s took up his case. 
They pointed out that good roads 
were an asset instead of a liability ; an 
economy instead of an expense ; that they 
brought money into a town and greatly 
increased the markets. 
The result was that the Commis¬ 
sioners enthusiastically passed a reso¬ 
lution to issue bonds enough to give 
them several miles of good roads. 
Today, the county is more prosper¬ 
ous than ever, school conditions are 
better and the amount of traffic going 
in and out of the town has increased 
several hundred per cent. 
The old-time hostility to good roads 
by taxpayers is fast passing away. Mud 
holes may look cheap, but they are 
the costliest thing any community can 
have around. 
If you will build and maintain your 
roads with Tarvia you will have dust¬ 
less, mudless, frost - proof highways 
that cost little to construct and main¬ 
tain. 
Tarvia has removed the last obstacle 
to the Good-Roads Movement because 
its use insures good roads at low cost . 
Illustrated booklet showing Tarvia roads 
all over the country free on request. 
Presert/es Roads-Prei/ents Dust 
Toronto 
Philadelphia 
Pittsburgh 
Minneapolis 
Atlanta 
Columbus 
The ic 
Duluth 
Richmond 
Winnipeg 
Special Service Department 
In order to bring the facts before taxpayers as well as 
road authorities, The Barrett Company has organized a 
Special Service Department which keeps up to the minute 
on all road problems. If you will write to the nearest office 
regarding road conditions or problems in your vicinity, 
the matter will have the prompt attention of experienced 
engineers. This service is free for the asking. 
If you want better roads and lower taxes , this Department 
can greatly assist you. Booklet free on request. 
Milwaukee 
Latrobe 
Vancouver 
Company 
Bangor 
Bethlehem 
St. John, N. B. 
Boston 
Detroit 
Nashville 
Washington 
Elizabeth 
St. Louis 
New Orleans 
Salt Lake City 
Johnstown 
Buffalo 
Halifax, N. S. 
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Baltimord 
Lebanon 
Sydney, N. S. 
