Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1888-02-17
ROADS AND ROAD MAKING.
a Wilmington Mnn Tells what He
Thinks of Hrntileboro Roads.
HE ALSO RELATES THE EXPERIENCE WHICH
WILMINGTON HAD WITH A SNOW ROLLER.

WILMINGTON HAD WITH A SNOW ROLLER
1900 - -
EdtOr ~ me iHuhtF i nave uuutru h 1Vul
paper several artcles ~ regard 70 nrehhlllE l"aus
In winter anu care OF I9aus III summer unu ~
you ask your nelghnuIlhg towns 20 Hct on tt
same mint suggested M lHr artlcle IN your lass
issue, ASK permission 10 tresplss upon your
space Tor rev llncs perfectly agree WIN YOU
when you say the holth part OF tIit stAtc N
ahead OF us ~ ING care OF roads, 50 iar Us YOU
town is concerned, nut sum take issue as i3r WI
mtngton. IL Us notorious inct that BiatuepoIo'
as town, has the poorest roads IN the county,
taking location ana SOIL lhto cohslderatlol' ana "
has been a sunlect OF coiuWrht tor seNerhl ytdIH
ny travellers urNlhR across tne country Holl,
Brattlehoro 70 Bennington ahd NORTH ADAMS 9lu
/ have henru u sthled ny many strangers tnht
they could ten when they crossed Marlboro llne
by the cOhdltloh on Ine highway, u was llol 80
few years ago. Blnttleburo used to have the bet
ter roads dnn undertake TO state we reason
FOR this, and ony say, MARLBORO aud wilmington
have much better roads than formerly, ana Brat
tleboro much poorer would II not DE- wen Tor
our "neghb0rlng town TO act ON the same hlit
ut the March meeting aud try aud root out the
difficulty
Now IN regard 70 snow rollers Tor breaking
roads hhrulS lnlnk W !nhhgtuh ~ very uu'h
behind the north part OF the state IN that polht
for three or -four years ago our seleCtneu procured
snow roller and gave Il trial, AMI, after using
il on some Of the best aud most level roads we
have to break chung il up and il has remained
there ever since; and II Bratteboro or any
other town wish 10 purchase IT, they can do 80 at
a very liberal discount from cost ! do not con
denim the snow roller entirely for tbery. arr, argi
ments in its favor. hut from what have seen Of Il
do not think it practical for these mountain towns
any, m,y oI nus in ro'ui 5 Ir
cannot be kept on the road In the trial Of the
roller in this town, i went Off a bank win -four
nUrSeS ,o ,as, il n n ~ q 1raP I'm uH i
one pair Of horses. aud not with two pair to do
any business even n the streets Of our village
WIN JSt ,' tgh' dtP' r 9t snow ana tmf g
right kind Of roller will work yery Nicely; but
we have found out by experience, last winter and
TINS thus TAR That we cannot regulate The storms
winter roads If the towns viii raise money en5igb
and that 1t Is properly laid out; have the right
men IN the rlght place, and you VIII have good
his winter without nail for fonr dovs m,t il WAS
not the fault OF this town There has been but
one Jay ihls winter but that our mail roads were
do not wish to boast lit am oi,tt certain there
is not another town in the county unless it is Do
ver) that mas as good roads IN winter as Whining
d st 10 iS ~, TO- u" IT, ~ 1t ',l,lsi ue uI.
On a light sled viii make a track but not a road
very drifting ana quite steep grades; THIS Is broken
one Sled Tbrra t0 four L1nrs ,n',i,s H., rnpvJ
trip, and that makes a road over which all our
freight passes ! cannot think this road, and in
as cbrapy ,rit& % r s th H. I, n tba,
is roller that will do it let us have IT, as money
saved is money earned, for with free trade,
VII w. IT., ,'ig iac, e., S' root u"S OF ue'
rhara l. roaI &c.. .,..,..,.. :, -.
rua,,i, o,.,',,,.,;,,.' e sloue ~ Wv Nj
,ni % frianI ,; ", o'i'loi mi'Yi. Uai ~
raaJ, T. i; ,,at ,h a. W. ou' t'.
-, .oij I'M . M.
cout, and i, aJioi,,',. .,; 80 81 Nm,
uan,r,sh;ra AL Ms po' .iY"' , ,','
RottII,,.,, II H. ,. ,'.,, III III
tbnsa ~ o.bar So, MI a. w.
dnna j. =, al ,,,,t 49,. -
| ,a,,,..J,, d., III