Project Gutenberg 2010-09-12 Public domain in the USA. 139 Hulbert, Archer Butler 1873 1933 05001841 The Future of Road-making in America Historic Highways of America, Vol. 15 Produced by V. L. Simpson, Barbara Kosker and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.) "The Future of Road-making in America" by Archer Butler Hulbert is a scientific publication written in the early 20th century. The work presents a comprehensive exploration of the pressing road-building issues in America, emphasizing the need for improvements in rural roads and their impact on society, agriculture, and the economy. This symposium includes contributions from various experts, each addressing different aspects of road-making and its significance to the rural populace and the nation as a whole. The opening of this work establishes a critical context for the road-making discussion in the United States, highlighting the current inadequacies in rural infrastructure and its negative effects on farmers and communities. It presents compelling statistics, such as the debt of farmers forced to bear the financial burden of poor roads while remaining distanced from railroads. Notable figures express their concerns regarding the social, educational, and economic losses resulting from inadequate road systems, illustrating how poor roads can lead to diminished community ties, lower school attendance, and social isolation. Hence, the text posits that enhancing road infrastructure is not merely a technical challenge but a vital sociopolitical issue that demands national attention and cooperative efforts from various levels of government and society. (This is an automatically generated summary.) http://www.gutenberg.org/files/33706/33706-h/images/frontis.jpg en Roads Roads -- United States Roads -- United States -- Design and construction HE Text Technology Browsing: Engineering & Construction Browsing: Science - General 259020 256046 2024-09-14T08:28:30.963042 2023-09-15T03:52:50.452235 text/html text/html 256443 2021-01-06T23:43:05 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 1209212 2021-01-06T23:43:05 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 1261254 2024-09-14T08:28:37.584039 application/epub+zip 1258105 2024-09-14T08:28:32.795015 application/epub+zip 154987 2024-09-14T08:28:31.701075 application/epub+zip 1431032 2024-09-14T08:28:41.229951 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1397950 2024-09-14T08:28:36.421035 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 302418 2022-09-15T11:20:10.840896 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 227087 226860 2024-09-14T08:28:30.397131 2023-09-15T03:52:49.894234 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 226966 2021-01-06T23:43:05 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 80081 2021-01-06T23:43:05 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 226955 2021-01-06T23:43:05 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 80052 2021-01-06T23:43:05 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 21019 2024-09-14T08:28:41.393947 application/rdf+xml 17019 2024-09-14T08:28:32.073034 image/jpeg 3783 2024-09-14T08:28:31.884997 image/jpeg 1283075 2024-09-14T08:28:31.016029 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia