Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1890-06-05
NEGLECTED ROADS


meeting n harrisburg, says The p Pm
delphia Record, Henry W Er. ~.
Schwenksville. made a powa,s-I 40 Z
ment upon the advantages wb;@t 2.
town and country derive from O04
suburban roads: s@
HThe rise in values of land 4
portions Of Montgomery and n = s-s
counties lying near to the city n I %
delphia. said he. SIS TO larya 20 -
due to the construction Of goa -. 80
which have greatly enlarged tie te,,..I
suitable forsuburban residences ,gle
Of dollars have thus been added = I.
wealth Of those counties. In Other : y. i
Of this state there are farms from ~ ~
to ten miles from any town Or rai,,a,
whose value is at a minimum M
cause Of any lack Of fertility. eood mi
ing or any other thing which m,Ls1
farm inherently valuable, but si,nrlv
cause Of the inaccessibility througs +
poor roads. If located near a good +,
those farms would at once become r..
valuable. One might as well live on /.
island rs on farm that is praere,T.
cut off from town, railroad and postasa.
by bad roads during at least four mms.
IN the year.
1T is sometimes argued that the On,
nous expansion of our railway svsm
has led TO corresponding neglect ct ~
ordinary roads; that we are no lone
dependent on wagons and horses MI.
transportation OF freight and pas;en,s,
from city TO city. This assertion n,
nishes no good reason for neglect \
roads. for it is an indisputable fact tle
90 per cent. Of the freight that Is TIM.
ported by rail or water has to be haul
over a road or street TO the railroad Z.
ton, ard the same is true Of the frag.,
after it reaches its destination
IAN orr trade organizations p natuul
produces must ind their way oys
highway before they can reach msrsg
and obtain their value: and thereto
good roads at all seasons Of the year
a necessity fer the greater prosperity I
town and country. And | can ST q
reason why the common road sSsa
should not in some degree at Least i.
ceive the same kind Of attention AZ
concern which the development anil IN
proyement of the railway and stean2
systems have received. The saving a..
cost of transportation which good ril
makes over a poor one is much Tegs|
than most people suppose, and the
often determines the question Of profig
loss.
in the census Of 1880 an attempt v
made to get fair estimate Of theas
age cost of hauling grain from the fan
to the railroad station. The estina's
returned varied greatly. from 30 Gs
to So for hauling 100 bushels one nil
But it appeared that the average g
of hauling 100 bushels one mile wa
cents at least. In most of the wesz
wheat regions it was stated thatifWht
has to be hauled more than eighiea 7
twenty miles 10 reach a railroad OWE
this l.ad carriage, in ordinary yaA
eats Up the profits Of culture Ana
iag to the estimates received, 1t oa
the ordinary farmer more to CARY
Lushel Of wl.eat a mile than it doe 2
ordii a-y railroad to carry ton
This matter Of hauling at a heavy
'en e has melted a great deal Of s7@
| ten IN tie western states. and some
teresting estimates have been mas
| experts in Illinois. a state whose TOPS
raphy is generally leye., and y
] Tier fore. seem to be fayoahleto
r0cds. These experts calculated ill'
twl-ghirds Of the year not more
| oue-half can be hauled Of what d Z
| best season is considered a god M
| This means that a horse whose eiIl
would be $3.50 a year on good T. 's
earn only 800 on poor roads TOES
| Ely has estimated that poor roai' Y
| the farmer on an average at leastSsF
horse a year.
I'm 'Gilmore's Practical Treats
Roads. Streets and mproyemela
following table, resulting from p1
made with a dynamometer atiacasle Y.
wagon moving at a slow pace
level, is given to show the force q =
/ ton in pounds upon several a.a
kinds of road surface in falr coall.
the weight Of wagon and load Oels
toh of 2,e40 pounds:
ON telford road ............... ,,,..,..
on road covered with six inches % "'
stones kid on concrete, Foundations ~
On road made with thick coating q s II
laid on earth, from TAO 70 II
On common earth road ..-----'- -
This shows that it requiE's
| times as much force to pull loaa 81
common country road as one nla'.
lied. and more than four times Y
power as on telford or one q 4
stone on concrete foundation
when it is remembered tnai ~.
the greater part of the year 'ns ii.
roads are in poor condition 'olI
may be gained Of the immense
horse power which they ea'ss
farmer. 1t Is plain, Therefore i-l =. !.
the roads are 50 Improved taa' :
can get over fifteen miles OF so,s-
with no more trouble and expslua
horse power than is require
ten miles of bad road, five l m,
been added to the TERRITORY - ~ ~
the city's market. and thar 'n' -
| ....t,,.l between