Rensselaer Republican, Volume 27, Number 47, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 30 July 1896 — GOOD ROADS [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

GOOD ROADS

Snow Shoes. They are worn to prevent the ( traveler from sinking into the soft surface of the snow. If teamsters could prevent the sinking of their wagons by wide tires, and thus haul double the load in all cases, they would at once adopt the broad tread. The trouble is, however, that most roads will hold up tile narrow tire for a time, and as the road doesn’t belong to the drivers, the evil is perpetuated until the wheelmen eotne along and Institute legislation. The Way to Vote. The Good Roads Club, of Atlanta, Ga., has instructed its secretary to write to all candidates for the position of county commissioners, asking that they forward the club-.a written statement of their views in regard to roads. And why not? What are commissioners for? The position is not a particularly ornate one and hence it should be of some practical use to the public. -A good system of highyvays throughout a county would be of more real benefit than anything else commissioners could propose. Voters have a right to know a man’s ideas concerning this important question before putting him into an office he is not calculated to properly fill. Don’t buy a pig in a poke. Don’t vote for anyone who isn’t willing to do all he chn, within reason, to Jift his community out of the mud. makegoml ballast wlienpropverly utilized. Just Think!

Oh, think of the farmers who come and g‘> . ' Through a sorry road like this! And think of the grief they needs must know, And the good roads’ joys they miss! And think of the poor dumb brutes that reel Through the mud till they faint and fall! And think of the cyclers who cannot wheel, On a road like this, nt nil.