Evening Republican, Volume 16, Number 300, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 18 December 1912 — The Road Contract System. [ARTICLE]

The Road Contract System.

There are three systems of road maintenance in use in this country—viz, the contract system, the labor tax, or personal service system, and the system which provides men permanently employed to look after particular sections of road. The contract system has been used to some extent in various states, but it has never been found entirely satisfactory As a general rule, the amo ant paid for this work is small, and such poor service Is rendered that in many cases the roads have become worse rather than hetter. _ - f .