Modern business geography

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Identifikator:: 1830562916

URN:: urn:nbn:de:zbw-retromon-217337

Document type:: Monograph

Author:: Huntington, Ellsworth http://d-nb.info/gnd/117070092; Cushing, Sumner W.

Title:: Modern business geography

Place of publication:: New York [usw.]

Publisher:: World Book Company

Year of publication:: 1930

Scope:: VIII, 352 S.; Ill., graph. Darst.

Digitisation:: 2022

Collection:: Economics Books

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Title:: Part two. The field of transportation

Collection:: Economics Books

Means of Transportation 175 (2) Light load for a woman who in her foreign home carried many things on her head because too poor to hire other means. (3) Distance short, perhaps half a mile ; hence not exhausting. (4) Very low cost of power, since the woman is an unskilled worker. The value of the wood, although slight, more than pays her for the labor. ‘5) Road level, well paved, making transportation easy. C. Discussion of a transportation item or picture. 1. In the upper left-hand corner of a sheet of paper mount a newspaper or magazine clipping or a picture dealing with transportation. On the rest of the paper discuss the item on the bases of this chapter and the table in Problem B, page 171. D. The condition of the roads near your home. 1. Which are the best roads in your town? Why are these kept in the best repair ? Find out from your local street department the annual cost of keeping a mile of the best road in repair. Would it be wise to save this expense? Why, or why not? Where have you seen an ideal road? Whose money built it and keeps it in repair ? 1. Where is the worst road you know of ? Why is it in bad condition ? 5. Do you think it would be wise to improve (a) more of the roads in your state; (b) all the roads? Why? Has the rural free delivery of mail helped to improve the roads near your home? Name a locality where the roads have been benefited by this sys- tem. E. How the quality of roads depends on geographic conditions. 1. Why has Massachusetts about four thousand miles of hard-surfaced roads, while Mississippi has only a few hundred ? 9 Much of the soil of Illinois is clayey. What are some of the difficulties of road building in that state? Switzerland is noted for its good roads. What difficulties have had to be overcome? Why are the roads a good investment in spite of their great cost? In three groups of states both mileage and expenditure per mile are high, in comparison with other parts of the country: (a) northeastern states; (b) states bordering the Great Lakes; (c) Pacific states. Explain the conditions of prosperity, density of population, relief, and material for road building which probably are most important in causing each group to stand high. 5. The expenditure per mile for roads is low in these five groups of states: (a) southern coastal plain; (b) Allegheny plateau; (c) western plains; (d) Rocky Mountains; (e) Basin plateau. What factors hinder each group from spending much money on its roads? 1

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