Monmouth weekly herald. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1854-1860, 1854-11-29
Main Street wants Repairing.

40 one cen help being fbtuibly struck with
the great improvements which the spirit and
enterprise of our citizens have effected in Free
hold Within d few Years. Large and beauti-
fuledifces are daily in course Of construction,
the sure indications of increasing wealth and
thrift. Weare no longer compelled to wade
through mud knee-deep, if we wish to visit bur
nearest neighbofs Our sidewalks are well
paved OF plankeai throvghout the principal
streets. But amid all this Improvement, one
very impcrtaiit item has been neglected, and
that is, the hentling of Main street.
Winter is now rapidly advancing, and we
can already see what sort Of road we are to
have fer the next four months, Already, the
mad is 50 deep that horse can scarcely pull
an empty wagon, and as to crossing it on foot,
wee Aetlde the desperate individual who at
tempts it, Thanks to certain of our citizens.
we can make out to- cross when down town,
but to undertake It up town is foolhardmess.
Wesalways pay our friends across the street,
9 good bye visit in the latter part Of this
month, for We never expect to see them agaiii
before April the greet gulf of mortar which
intervenes, precludes the possibility of the go.
ing to them, or their coming to us.
There is no reason why Main street should
not be passable thoroughfare during the
winter, as well as the Summer months. Means
can be devised to make it 50 without d very
great expense. We appropriate large sums Of
money every year for this purpose, but we
never see much good effect from It. 1t is just
as bad now as it was ten years ago, and will
be just as bad at the expiration of the next
ten years. unless some more effectual plan
than the present, is tried Permit us to make
suggestion, M
Let sufficiently large sum of money be APP
propriated, to make double tracked plank
road, beginning at the terminusof the Keyport
road, and continued the entire length Of the
village. BY doing this, we ensure to ourselves
good road for the next seven or eight years.
At the expiration Of that time the planks will
probably be much worn then let them be
covered over with sand and gravel to the
depth of four or FIVE inches In this way, we
will have a macademized road, which win
with little attention occasionally, grow har-
der and better, the more it is travelled upon.
This plan has been pursued in many of the
villages in the State of New York, and has
been found to be an excellent one The old
planks form solid foundation for the gravel
and prevent the wheels Of vehicles from sink
ing into the mud .
tits true this plan will involve considerable
expense in carrying it out, but when it is fin
ished, there is no more expense Whether it
be feasible one, or not, it is certain that the
present system Of carting a load Of dirt here,
and another there, is Us eless waste Of time
and money, for We see the good effects of it,
only until the fist heavyfa fall of rain Some
thing should be done, and if any one can sug-
gest a better plan than the one mentioned
above, let. him make it known I'VE earnestly
invite the attention Of OUT citizens to this mat
ter. 1t is one which concerns the public good,
and We all have a deep interest in it, Besides
the convenience to be derived from it, it win
add greatly to the appearance of the town.