St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1873-09-26

lars per mile for care of the roadS-a
mere 60gdtciic compared with what is
heeutu. 1t Is consequently next To i'm
possible. with tn" vast extent ot our
roads. and with our limited resources.
I" have good highways. We must I've
content, till the country gets richer. to
accept all the perils of land navigation
as cheenully as possible.
But there is no reasonable excuse for
the large villages of Vermont in having
such abomlnable streets as they do.
Burlington, st. Adams. Rutland. are
not il whit in front of Montpelier, and
all need wofully to learn how to cXpend
their road money. Our sidewalks are
well enough-which cannot he said of
any other village or city in the State
but "nr roads are dctcstabe. One
hours rain will put them in Il very mas
~ condition. The street crossings. rS-
pecially where they are stone tagging.
are usually below the street level. and
admirable channels for the water tu luu
IN. and furnish the best of rcccptacleS
for the mud. But the streets them
selves. Alas, for their condition. Thou
sands upon thousands OF dollars have
been expended in carting clay upon
/ '''' Jung ~ 'ii. anu lHtN s'l'
no better at the end then 1T the begin
nih%: Cur successive survey uI's go on
III thc underwriting rat Of stupidity,
spending money III Imrc:ceptlbic I'M
proycmcnts.
We neeu surveyor WI" has heard OF
thc '"ltl" descendant OF the famous
A,tlin. OF paradl>itlraI h"t"ncty - man
VINO has Gone more To mend the roads
OF tins terrestrial ball than his prn%cui-
tor dld to spoil them. McAdam i Il
historical name i'll highway literature
| Broken stone. distributed knee deep nn
public highway, makes an impcri>hd-
/ hle road. / lie famous COinichv road 4
cent road from Geneva to Chamomi has
undergone the some process. And if il
Is nnp"S>ihlc for lis to mHcadamizr oar
town roads. we Yet might lind the
means 7" treat our village streets. "r 81
/ part of them. 10 this admirable process.
I The children of tins world are not 81
much wiser. after al. than the children
of ligh-. in the mattrr"fhighUayS Fifty
/ wears experience ot travelling over tho
bad streets of til" village have not
/ taught them much wisdom. Ii might
/ he Il good plan To spend two thousand
/ uOlldlN b''lNttn me corner ANA Inc lie
/ pot. and then other tw" Thousand dol
/ lars annually. till all the streets of the
/ village are provided with this simple
I and admirable road-hrd. In thai W:,l
of proceeding. whatever We gained
would hc a permanent gain To the vii
| lage. 1t would not have To he cartrd
off each spring to make room tnr some
thing no better. 1t would keep u> nut
of the mud. 1t would not he subject To-
he so intolcrably dusty. and it would
make all travellers bless the wisdom of
our highway SURVEYORS. .UontpcIic-
Waterman.
THE FIGHTING VI, Cooks. 1t Is a re-
malkahlc fact that General +. :. Me
/ Cook. who was recently killed at Yauk-
ton by Whitewater. the banker. i the
/ fifth member of the family who Ina,
/ Cook. the Youngest. was killed az the
/ first battle of Bull Run: Briralicr-
/ General Robert l.. McConk was as>a>-
>inarcd 10y guclilla>. in Tennessee. while,
T sick in his ambulance Major Daniel
/ McC""k. the father of the family. vas
killed while in pursuit "A Morgan. dur
ing hi, Ohio raid; Brigadicr-Gcu,raI
/ Daniel Met "uk Was killed at the battle