Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, May 1, 1909, Page 13

firmly convinced that no remedy has been suggested that will equal the use of coal tar for preserving a macadam road that has already been built and prevent the dust evil in so fan as that 1s possible. d A great convention was ield iv Paris last summer to take up this newer question of how to lay the dust. and preserve the roads, and it was attend- ed by delegates from all over the civil< ized world, The necessity for this con- vention was the fact which had forced itself into - recognition that, unless something was done the entire road systems of the civilized world would break up and make of non-effect all that money and science had done in the way of jinprovements for centuries. om an autheatic source—no less'a person than M. Barthou, minister of pullic works of I'rance—+the announce- ment was mad- that the national hig ways in the Seine department were in such a state of disrepair that it would cost $4,600,000 to bring them into tbeir former condition of usefuiness - and have them competent to sustain and take care of the travel they are called upon to bear. In England iast year an expenditure of $89,000,000. was neces- sary to take of the 150,000 miles «f road—both for new construction and also for repairs. From every part of the United Statez the unanimous ver- dict of commissioners in charge of highway construction is that some- thing will baye to e done, and that speedily, to take care of their several systems. So that it is'not a4 new con- ition teculiar to our state. Our state has been very fortunate in this re- spect. 'We have not reached the point of howling calamity as yet. After careful investigation over all of our macadam roads that have been con- structed since 1885 there is no cause for immediate alarm. It is simply a question of providing for the best and most economical methods for the fu- ture care and maintenance of our roads and not so much from the fear of complete and utter annihilation of our Toad system today that the remedy to he nsed upcn our state highway sys- tems should be put into operation. ng the last three vears the use of itomobile on our ighways has bhecome very general. 1is is due to the fact that the sum total of automobiles manufactured and so0ld in our country during the years 1908, 19 1d 1908 very nearly equ ed the entire number of automobiles now in use. The ing s grown by leaps and bounds. - a rather ular nce, the macads 10 v in this cou but als P shown eater amount of wear and the nec ty for repair thun ever b mi of the sta operating und & aid plan without a dissenting voies, expressed their opinion that fully 50 per cent. of the wear upon macadam roads is caused by the s mobile, In France—whose roads have bheen the admiration of the world—the highest road building authorities re stated that.-the prinelpal highws have gone into such a state of disre- pair that the expense of putting them back will run up into millions of dol- lars. In England, seven counties near I.ondon repor:i that the percentage of increase in cost of care and mainte- nanee claimed to be due to the use of the automobile has heen from 22 to 77 yer cent. In Massachusetts, the high- way commission claims that about 53 per cent, of the destruction to state highways ig due to the automcbile, and that it will require $300,000 to make repairs next year. Last year New Jer- eey experded $700.000 in repalrs. What is claimed by such eminent authorities, and from our own experi- ence we are in duty bound to acknow- ledge. But automobiles are here to stay, They are licensed to go upon our highwaya. The attraction is suifi- ciently great to reasonably conclude that ‘they are an important part, to egay the least, of the trafiic that will have to be taken care of,upon the m nighways of the state. Those who o and operate cars are sufficientlv nu- merous and influential to command re- epact, and the proposition therefore eimplifies itseif into the very reason- &ble conclucion that we must build onr roads and maintain them to take care of this new traffic. - ‘The rubber tire has proven itself as being the best shoeing for the wheel. The hod of propulsion, with the volved, also suggests tha rocess on our roads will g0 on. The s the draft bet der the body w as automobi de rom the tire and the wheels and un- 1 cantinue just as long are used on oug roads. sensatlon of a rapidly n irrepressibly that the speed of its motive 1 by all those such tion 1d Op T There ha very little guestion about the v f the tires ar the weight of the « r its many appointments. The Y le interest seems to be centered in the ques g and maintaining @ high 1 *d. and the last right privilege that gentlemen who own p operate cars would desire to have taken from them is that of running a car with p freedom, and the lgst right or pri ge whic would b2 £ reluctantly is the entire parted with : new dest on and dis- tegration imminent upon our high- W svstem. 8o t the only remedy, in last of this whole re to maint ivileges to those ) operate we' must provide fome way to construct our roads and b4 taimr them if we are to have a t class system of highways. The expense of so doing will be large, The money for keeping up our roads must be had from some source. The charges today for the use of au- tomobiles on our highways do not he- gin to adequately take care of this quektion of care and maintenance. Not a car operating upon our highways to- day is assessed anywhere near as miich as all venic) toll formerly paid under the gate system, while the roads - nearly, if not at all times, The money received antomoblle registrations for 1907 was £30,000. The money received from au- fomobiles and operators and bonds P during 1908 amounted to for repairs from . As an example of how much money is. required to keep the roads in repai is only necessary to state the fac that on the macadam system in the state—which represents about one- half the total mileage of roads improy- ed under stgte and since 1895—it would cost $150,000 to furnish and apply wa- ter during the season. One inch of stone delivered at the railroad stations for these highways would cost another §150,000. Paring down the shoulders, cieaning out the gutters, carting and spreading stone would cost approx- imately $40,000 Apore. Many of our roads have been in use for twleve years, and have so worn down that a resurfacing will be necessary before many years. This will involve, in their repair, a large amount of money. 8o that the proposition is one to be seriously considered from a money point of view. Additional funds for the Trepairs must come from some source, either from the state or an increase in the license fees. It has been claimed that there is no Justice in the assessment levied by the siate for the use of the roads by those owning and operating automobiles, and that it is claiss legislation. ¥ 1t is class legislation, there is a justice in making it g0, No other vehicles using our roads have been accorded the same rights and privilleges as have been ex- tended to the owners and operatorg of automobiles. The number of automobiles during the ne | cial past season 40000 cars have come \into and, gone through the state from other ‘states, The question has been raised that we should have reciprocity ex- tended by other states so that owners of cars in this state’ may enjoy the same rights and. privileges accorded to nori-residents in Connecticut. But, even with this privilege, with the small number of cars owned in Connecticuf, it would hardly be in the line of rec procity. v One of the most salutary remedies that can be adopted to stop reckless driving is that which has been so very weil started in the state, in having the several automobile clubs take the matter in their hands as a personal obligation. 1t has been quite notice- able that since the organized clubs of the state have interested themselves along this line, excessive speeding has not been indulged in to the extent it was formerly. RECOMMENDATIONS. Since the commencement of state ail in 1895 conditions have changed ma- teriaily. Fach law under which we have operated has developed many features that did not present them- gelves under former laws. % The increase in the appropriation and the widespread interest in and necessity for improvement in our high- way system has shown, clearly, that if we are to keep pace with the de- mands of the times, we must, in obedi- ence to the new conditions which have arisen, make certain changes in the present law that will be competent to accomplish that which is necessary carry out the policy of the state in proving the roads of the state as rap- idly as possible. The appropriation provided for un- der the present law for administration has been found to be totally inadequate to take care of the appropriations. Hence, an increased appropriation for administration ig requested so that as- sistance may be extended to the com- is the fact that the spe- appropriation for this purpose is not .mhue to take care of the total mileage of trunk lines. The omh% tion of eighty-two milés, surveys 3 which we have in the office, will re- quire over half a million dollars, and we have at tur disposal for next sea- son’s business about one-half of that amount. The completion of the first section of our trunk line system, as originally mapped out, will require about $4,509,000, The entire appropri- ation under the bonding act available tor this purpose after Oet. 1, 1909, is practically $1,000,000, which under the present law cannot be used in excess of $250.000 ‘a year: 8o the depari- ment is confronted with a very un- pleasant situation, to say the least. Insofar as it is possible, a division of the trunk line money. will have to be made along equitable lines. A few changes have been made in the dire-tion of the fourteen trunk lin which have added somewhat to the first system of improved trunk lines contemplated. 4 The following tables will relate the rumber of miles on the fourteen trunk lines that have been improved state- wise and townwise, the unfinished mileage and the total nunmber of miles of surveys now in the office: Trunk Line No. 1. Completed length . 85.1 miles Unfinished leng 'k 34.0 miles Total 119.1 miles at a big banquet, where I knew very few of those present. To my amaze- ment and horror, toward the end of the fnfivfi'fl. the toastmaster fixed his eyes tUpon me. “‘We have with us tonight—' T heard the old, hated formula ol out unctuously from his lips—and then my own name—Mr. Jones, the well- known,’' ete. “The tosstmaster concluded, but T made no move to get on my feet. 1 felt paralyzed: my tongue was seeking to climb through the roof of my mouth. “And then the guests, from ail sides, began yelling: ‘Yes, Jones, Jones!—' which is Jones?—where is Jones?' { “A brilliant idea came to me. Sit- ting close beside me was a little man who dearly loved speechifying. Like a flash I jumped to my feet. ‘Jones? Why, here’s Jones!' T eried, and clapped the littie Demosthenes on llfe shoulder. Then 1 yanked him to his feet, murmuring in an ominous sotto ‘Don’t give me away: speak Surveys in office on unfinished voce: longthey i e Lidpras 15.32 miles | now!’ Trunk Line No 2. “He spoke. And, in the guise of myseli, he made a most successful little oration. There was loud ap- . plause and much shouting of ‘What's | miles niles 77.95 miles Completzd length Unfinished length Total 6.6 1. Senetn 7 oM on uoMe" miles| the .matter Wwith Jones? He's all | Trunk Line No. 3. right!’ | Completed length 288 miles “As for me, I sipped wine and gradu- | Upfifished length .... 4 m‘l”eg‘ | any recovered from the nervous shock Su[;‘\‘:"\L {r;“o.fii-\'.h. ‘on’ \‘mfin’i:rfi;:x el occasioned by my narrow escape from length 8.8 miles | being eloquent.” Branch of Trunk Line No. 3. Completed length Unfinished length .... Poetical Epitaph. The epitaph collector displayed en- thusiastically the photograph of a se- vere and stately marble tomb. “A new epitaph,” he sald, “and one of the best séoltees. | in my collection. It is the epitaph of mil ! a body of Indians slain in battle near $8.00 miles| Cooperstown. It was composed by a s AR clergyman, W. W. Lord, and I consider 1o it most poetical.” The epitaph upon the tomb was as follows: niles iles Surveys length in office on Trunk Line No. 4, Cerpleted length .... 42.65 Unfinished length . 33.3% on unfin rveys in of ength . No. 5 Trunk Line missioner that wil] not be so remote as av the present time, It is the.purpose of the department, if sufficient funds are provided, to have county or di trict s, to whom can be dele- gated a la part of the work that is now an obligation resting on the com- missfoner. The law under which we operate today gives the commissi er authority to appoint deputie the funds have not been sufficient carry out t em, and I most earr estly request that a sufficient apy ation be made out t ommendation Another import providing for carrying out tb [ lished policy of the 1 OV trunk lines. Mar runk lin run around, or th beundaries 8 1 ng of ti and there is har 1 ar linie that does not that is finangially the road, to y nothir of it after it is cons have de very se to tended to sing of th commissioner, under law, to construct an expensive section the present of highw through their limits. They claim they are financially unable to bear this added expense and that the road is not a part of the highways uged by the town to ca its business to its nearest and best market place, and that the expense of construction and care and maintenance, with the travel these great trunk lines are call- ed upon to sustain, is a burden they do not want to assume. Their claims cannot be contradicted by the high- way department, and I would recom- mend that the appropriations that have been made specificaily for the exten- sion of our trunk lines be not made a charge against the towns except in so far as the law provides for one-quarter of the expense of repairs. The justice ¢f this recommendation = has become very apparent in the iny ation made during ‘the p yvear and the ircreas vel that these trunk lines are called upon to sustain These g t trunk lines have ceased to be loc n character, by reason their gereral use by the traveling p lic now using our trunk lines : exclusively. I would also recommend that the re- strictiong limiting the amount of mon- ey to be used by the several towns in the state be left open question so | far as the amount of mor that will be avaflable under the present The limitation. under t vear. Fi and rs ypriated directly concernerl present law hundred tt amount is appre 50,000 a towns, as requested and $250,000 is appror lines. During th two millions of quested by the to amount of appropriations 1inder the present lz at the the last allotment, $1.627,000 quested in excess of the total ; appropriated for the two y other advantage in having striction removed is that pr six ‘weeks of valuable road bui time is taken up by the towns in hol ing town meetings and ting in the votes for the appropriation every years at which time allotments ar made, the entire apr ropriationy, made under the bonding ould be by s the town meeting and ing entire amount « able from the bonds. thus say uable time that could be used for way construction. The constar changing hoards of selectmen involv a large amount of correspondence which could be avoided if the entire appropriation were taken care of, recommended. No additional oblig: tion would be entailed on the state, by reason of the fact that this money would come from the le of the bonds and not from the i e of the Larger contracts could be gotten r Already n appropriated that —Iless $132—has heen This will take care of the work has been planned for the ens and would carry the work along until the first of October, after which, town meetings could bhe held and allotments made to the several towns. Longer sections of highway could be improved or a division of the mon over sev- eral sections could be mace. Complain has been made and dissatigfaction ex- pressed from a majority of the hundred and thirty-two towns to the effect that while th. had requested $20.000 under the former allotment, their applications had heen scaled down to $7.872. Many of these towns had elected by their vote, to improve several sections of highway, but were denied the privilege Lecause of the fact that the allotment made to them had been reduced from their original votes. The time originally planned to have this appropriation extend over would rot be Impinged on in any respect by the adoption of this recommendation, nor would any added obligation be placed on the state its adoption The present law provides that from the passage of the law the $4.500,000 shall extend over a period of six vears, and if the state is disposed expedite matters- and give an impetus to the movement, the adoption of this recom- mendation will materially asslst to- wards that end. This recommendation fs respectfully urged. to | also recommend priation of $25.000 a year for repairs be increased to $30,060 a year. It is impossible to organize or originate an inteliigent system of re adequate [imds with which to carr: on the wark Noextlnd} ma: that the appro- 1] | Trunk Line No. 13, Under the present recemmendation, | s | partment and let. The provision now ingrafted irto the law in nof allowing any tow to exceed $20,000 in two years cou remain as a check, so that an (qu.-‘j and fair divtribiution of this money | could still be had. "TWILL one | irs without l “White Man, Greeting! whose bones you stand, were Iroq “The wide land which is was ou “Friendly hands have given back to | ws enough for a tomb.” We. near now yo Trunk Line No. 6. d length g ed length 8.5 miles & 1.3 on unfinis hed 0 miles \ offie Trunk Line Ne. 7. ———41.15 miles Surveys in office on unfinished | length ......ccc0nuve 10.9 miles Trunk Line No, 8, Completed length . 34.6 miles Unfinished length 4 miles Botal ..ok o ——— 42.0 Surveys in office on unfinished length ... 1% Trunk Line No, 9. Completed length . 22.9 miles Tnfinished length . 54.8 miles Total | s J.7. Surveys' in office on ‘unfinished length ... .. . 3.0 miles Trunk Line No. 10. | Completed length .... 31.2 miles [ . 26.0, mites miles miles miles — 57.2 miles in offce on unfinished Trunk Line No. 11. Completed length . 9.5 miles Unfinished length . 49.0 miles Total oib <0 —— 585 Surveys length miles i | i miles in miles miles i4to | ~Total | shed | 2.3 miles - 215 miles 72.4 miles Local | Surveys in office on unfini | length Trunk Line No. 14, Completed len, Unfinished i —121.9 ¢ ‘on unfinished al miles | eys ength miles Gravel Roads. 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