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Cut No. 2. Is a photograph, showing the county road just opposite the combination bridge, given in Cut No. 1.  By careful examination one can see in this illustration that crooks and turns of the road and also the gullies and hills.  There is not good reason why this road should not be as level as the surface of the water in the river.  Cuts Nos. 1 and 2 show the difference between private and public enterprise with regard to road building. Such illustrations as these can be found in every part of the state.  See photograph number 001707 for Cut. No. 1.

85. Country Road Adjacent to Combination Bridge in South Charleston, W. Va.

Caption reads, 'There are over 500 schools of this size and smaller in West Virginia.  Consolidation would make better schools and save money.'

86. Class Photo Unidentified School

Going to school February 6, 1906.  Mercury five degrees below zero.

87. School Children on Their Way to School, Temperature Five Degrees Below Zero

Picture of a man with a baby and a small girl skinning an animal.  Handwritten note on back reads, 'For Minnie and Leone Fron Silas and Oive Sycamore Cottage Sile Philips and Chlidren.'

88. Father and Daughter Skinning an Animal

Children being taken to school February 6, 1906.  Five degrees below zero.  A little quicker, but about as cold as if they had walked.

89. Horse Drawn Sled Taking Children to School in Sub Zero Temperatures

Schoolhouse in Marion County.

90. First Consolidated School in West Virginia at Seven Pines, Marion County

Cut No. 5. National road Ohio Co., where macadam has been replaced with brick paving.

91. National Road in Ohio County

Cut No. 6. A bad road in Monongalia County, West Virginia prior to organization of Good Roads Movement. Courtesy of Director Jas H. Stewart.

92. Horse Drawn Cart on a Bad Road in Monongalia County, W. Va.

Caption reads, 'Cut No. 7.  Same road as that illustrated in cut No. 6 after improvement by Macadamizing. Courtesy of Director James H. Stewart.'

93. Improvement on Road After Macadamizing

Caption reads, 'Cut No. 8 is given here to illustrate the use of the Steam Traction Engine and the Big Road Grader in preparing the road bed for macadam or other permanent improvement.'

94. Steam Traction Engine and the Big Road Grader Preparing the Road Bed for Macadam or Other Permanent Improvement

Caption reads, 'Cut No. 9 represents a macadam road in process of construction, showing the grading and also the laying of the first course of stone.'

95. Grading and Laying the First Course of Stone on a Macadam Road

Caption reads, 'Cut No. 10 represents a macadam road in process of construction after the top course has been applied and is now ready for the roller.'

96. Macadam Road after the Top Course Has Been Applied