LPUBLiCAK NEWS ITEM CBAIUEIL WIRC, Editor. Published Every Thursday Afternoon By The Sullivan Publishing Co. At the County Beat of Sullivan County, LAPOHTE, FA. W MASON, I'resirten. THGB. J. INGHAM, Scc'jr & Tli&s. Entered at the Pout Otliee at Laporte, aw second-claw mail matter. HIGHWAY iiuILDINGr. SOME VALUABLE POINTS BY CANA DA'S DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS. I'h* Importance of Good Drainage In Hoad Construction—'Water and I'roat Destroy IliKhnai'i and Make lkeu Imyuaaable, At the late national and Internation al kooU roads convention one of tlie most valuable of tlie many practical addresses was that of A. \\\ Campbell, director of public works of Canada. Mr. Campbell is one of the foremost road builders of the day, and the fact that he has had some twenty years of practical experience carries weight with his utterances. In discussing the principles of roadmaking he places emphasis above all other things on drainage as of fundamental impor tance. In fact, he makes drainage cov er all three principles of roadmaking. r nlosg the foundation is properly drained the ro*>d is useless. Dirt roads, he believes, can be made good by having a proper knowledge of the way to construct and maintain them. Mr. Campbell said in part: "The science of roadmaking is tlie subject allotted to tue. To discuss this question and go iuto the details of road construction and the scientific treatment of these roads would take up the rest of the time of this con vention for the balance of the week. !tut I am not going into this subject in detail. I am simply going to sum it up in u very few words and ask you to make your deductions from that state lnent. I think it was at Buffalo that a gentleman asked me tlie question. 'vVhat are the principles of roadmak ing?' I said the principles of road making In its simplest form—yes, in its most complex form—are very briefly stated. It matters uot wketlier the street lies ont in a remote part of your state or if the other end of it rests in the central part of ujie of the greatest cities on the continent. These prin ciples must be considered and utilized in tlie construction of that road or street if you are going to make a suc cess of it. They are three in number— first, drainage; second, drainage; third, drainage. "Drain the foundations. It Is as use less and as futile for you to attempt to build a good road without provin ing a means of draining tlie founda tion as It is to erect such a building as this on a weak foundation. You must drain the foundation. Then shape your road so as to shed the water from the surface. Make your ditches along the shies so as to discharge that way through outlets into the common course, and after you have done this you must so preserve and maintain that surface as to shed the water at all seasons of the year from the center Into the ditches anil see to it that these ditches are kept free and open so as Improvement of Hoad* Adds to tli* Valne of Heal Eatate. Whether a city or town should in crease the taxes or issue bonds to pro vide for good roads nnd paved streets is. of course, a matter that depends very much upon special conditions and localities, says Good Koads Magazine. Hut be this ns It may, It may be broad ly stated that the individual citizen gets a far greater return for his ex penditure for taxes, provided such out lay be made wisely and economically, than for any other purpose. The taxpayer has not only the per sonal advantage of the use of good roads and smooth streets, but these likewise add greatly to the value of liis real estate. In this sense he ought to cheerfully bear liis share for such Improvements, although, of course, in a potential sense a bond issue may easily be justified. As a matter of fact, the real estate owner may well bear an increase of ?1(M) annually in liis taxes provided this increase be pro rata with that of others, while he wisely hesitates at 1111 expense of a quarter of that sum on his own personal estate. All this, of course, goes without saying, and yet the taxpayer often forgets it. (ienesee County <N. Y.) Pomona grange was organized recently with 860 members. This was one'of tlie counties in which the old grange coun cils were for a long time established. No. 203, Maeleary, Ore., iias chosen a team to compete for the state grange prize to be given for exemplifying the | and third degrees t: the next stst» session. Sonestown Cider Mill will upen September 10,1904 and will continue to run on Thursday, Friday and Satur day until neon e.-ch week until November 18, 11)04. J. M. CONVERSE. Transfer of License. Notice is hereby given that an applica tion tor a transfer ot' license granted to ,\Y 1.. Sa.ver ot Dushore to Patrick Dalv ami the same will be presented to tlie Court of (Quarter Sessions on Friday, Nov. 11, 1904. at 10 o'clock a. in. Tlios. E. Kennedy, Clerk. Clerk's office. Laporte, I'a Nov 1, 'O4. CENTRAL State Normal School LOCKHAVEN, PA. J. li. Flickingek, Principal. Fall term, 15 weeks begins Septem ber sth, l'.Kti. Last year was tlie most success ful in the history of this important school-about 700 students. Loca tion among the mountains of cen tral Pennsylvania, with fine water, splendid buildings and excellent sanitary conditions make it an ideal training school. In addition to its Normal course it also litis an excellent College Preparatory De partment in charge of au honor graduate of Princton. It also lias departments of Music, Elocution and Business. 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