, 1880-01-21
COUNTRY ROADS,


WMEtASns, NEAR Qu1ScY. ILL.,, Jun. co.
III your issue uf Wednesday, It'll, Uf Jn,I-
nary, again comes ,lp II willing cry froin your
Bloomington correspondent Of "a mud
cmbnrg,,," saying, " a cnmplptc md ettcctllai
enlbargn l,as been placetl u, all tral|fG tN-
tween city ainl farni,-llot IL pound " grain
Is coming In; not Il iloof iIor II llorn." Not
only Bloomington, but over ollc-lulf tho
Stato wis IN tlIu sN,nu tix, Now What tl0 thu
people of tuwl, md country "propose to do
about IT." Do they intend 10 forget nil
HlMtt II rs Aool, Ms tho next freeze ,iakes tho
country rnnsls mil glty streets Nlssablc. do
tley rruposp 10 sentl s0me 1llnre towil-lnect-
Ing de,Aagugs to tho next Legislature 10 enact
u still nIore antetllluylan rUad taw.
AT the tine 0f the introduction l,y tho Hon.
j, n. Carter ut Adnnls) 1T az I,lll for III
net 10 proyistu ft,r thu collection uf statistics
relating to tho improvement If highways III
tla SNto Of Illinois," tho towil-nlcctt,g
,lcJaaKogs Nude themselves .s busy
Qo use M Old sailors p!lu.So) ns
the ID III II gale of wind II
.!efcat It: and s,ccccstc.!., 'rlat law received
tho hearty. a,Nl Mlltlualitie'l l,nnr;rnent nf
would liayo given tic people or thu stute u
vnst amount Df information Ut great practl-
cnl yniue md ut u tl,inlnhl Cost. IlAt t!w
wnutd luye lWr1t rnrriMt nut through tho
l.aiIr.ia,I mil Warehouse Con,,.issio,,crs, MIL
fees now lnltl IL lawyers tlvs times tho Whole
cost tu enrry 1t mt. - ...,
'rl!o, passnge md approyal Of TUG present
lsoad lay nl tl!a tsefsa1 OF EMrters@ @ ~ % wers
@ PIT " ck 'n wt "f sySte'a ;, TUT as nas
wnnid hive inilt,guiatrtla systnlll TINT would
l'uyc lcen Of yl.st n,M far.rG1cl'ilg Utility.
o,Hnlng OF spn!c new linc,of railway, WIS
rGpDrtltl NJ sayIy III TINT address tint
Fraacs was I" by ct'1'Srat'1latctl aPon ti,c
completion OF this noW tlirohFl line:
ali thu trunk and through, lines Of railway
| really lltt,iet( wcru now finished; .nnl that
HOW the thing ,nost lcsdstt 70 ntttl 10 the
| prosperity, ctaI!fort, md saelnl !'apl'incss 4t
irnm every farm, vineyard, and gatslen II.
| Franca to thu railway stations. ]4Oltls Napo.
| lem gnyu tho influence Of the Government
| IN thht direction, aud TINT speGcll md LILY
countIy rnnls Wy By longer rH,,cnnereti ,;l, By
aet Of itat really great man, W. haye lois
a'nl to spurs 9f great men ~ VINO aro busy
ssts aS ny 5 s !" ue wo GoEfssfh Esn fh;,y aeS eSt
elected, siMn,l most Of the time VI each term
fixing tllngs for another. Thus country
rons ron ;aG,sd n other questions Of public utility
"'T 'rhn S7mnnin NJ 1uIrofs nt,vovs mil thcfr
s,Mill Tux cl,eeriully. because they knew
s's,,,ls nm } "} iiliMnis Vii chnerf,lly INV nmv
rranv",,,',ia tnx r. bn;ii hinI,vnvs ut,tIrr n,
HI'i't sSSu" M ~ S % a,n ~ ~, " ~.
,n",t IN dn,nnnstrats % tfey ara 9uttinS THAR
m,nmrvis ,~nrth "~' "0 "7 '''S''
'Su0s ~ snsot,ors Ms' now arc road taxcs ,rc In
c,mn.,rr nsMi III" cn,,Mt1sv runis 1cffinn ,vorsp
evnvw Saar nv iin'inr ilis ,,r,.s,,i1t % iin,i ne
taeri viii b. IN i!i,!nls abaut lIi0oo lilghwNy
1Tm''.r i ,x,rEin't MN ~, !, Ii. Dv,, i,nnx v"n Il
t!,s ,.n.t nr,t 1t nx',"t"r. ~ war. n, hnaut
snT @ @ nshii".snirtri ststi,s If ttcm VII
i, ~ ,f .! M sSts,sItsu a,v ~ a'!nsrt MY a.tn ~