Evening Republican, Volume 18, Number 8, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 9 January 1914 — Heavy Hauling is Injuring Roads—Must Be Stopped. [ARTICLE]

Heavy Hauling is Injuring Roads—Must Be Stopped.

Stone ro&ds cost too mueh to be ruined by heavy hauling when they are soft and during the past few days the roads of the county have suffered a great deal by heavy loads. Sylvester Gray, the new superintendent for Jasper county, is going to do all in his power to break up the practice of heavy hauling at seasons of the year when the roads are soft and today put up a number of notices quoting the section of the law that explains the penalty. Every farmer and especially every tax payer should aid in the enforcement of this law, for a wagon heavlly loaded can do several hundred dollars damage to roads In a single day. The heavy automobiles also do a vast amount of damage when the roads are wet and softr Some of the machines with chains on the wheels splash the water and particles of rock out to the side of the road in large quantities. Arthur Troxell, who lives north of town, states that he haft observed that local machine owners generally straddle the ruts of the road when there is yater on the road, but that the large tourist machines generally run right in the ruts and work a great deal of damage. Certainly there should be a movement to stop the wreckless destruction of the roads and jMr. Gray threatens to resort to suits If the warning given in the notices Is not heeded.