Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1891-04-24
GOOD ROADS AND CIVILIZATION.
The Highways of the bluegrass Region
of Kentucky.

says that 'the ways of communication
created Wv man are at once the measure
and the means of civilization" He adds
+,tl,is j., +bo ss,,e article from which
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course has been made possible VI
| course he means the country or common
road; indeed he says so. If this be so,
and certainly it would be nigh impossi-
HE "a successfully advocate the negative
| .;do Of +bo r,.orossor,, stataDort tho
r,,.,,,o,. ~ 4r,t n,rtof 1Ioot,,c,,v known
40 tt,a r,nngross section mus have
| roon ror ,haal IN civilizotion Of +bcir
! 1rs,l,,. ,,,-.rnlir,ists in other narts of
| +h.ir e,,t, ou1 country os fcr hacl, rs
| e;.t,.. ,.,.,., o,.o for drrino, that lancth
| ~ ii,ra fhev have had better country
roods and bnro maintained them in
| h.,ta. condition than anv,vbere else in
| A-,a7-ic, of which 7 bavo any knovl
edra
Tba r,oda in tbe Bluoorass rra1on are
rot better. f. be sure. than the roads in
+ba noi,,biorbood Of BOSTON. Init those
,,a1. which are GO admirable IRE not ey-
a,tl, c,,1,+,.,- roads. but connect with the
cr.at luctronoIi, of New England the
numerous ontlving suburban towns. in
,vl,irh d,co1l 1HYny Of the richest ,nerch.
ant, and .,reatest csritalists who do bust
moss in Mn. street and the adiacent
Observation-Disclosures
s., far a. know Therefore, the Blne-
,-rass roads nrn the best country roads
have ever seen in America. and thev com
uare most favorablv with English and
Scnttigh roads and with those on tho con-
tinent of Europe. It is not nv purpose
to tell why. il. This limited section of Ken
tuclv tho roads should be 50 s,,Dcrior 10
those in other PARTS OF the state and coun-
t-v. Indeed IconlJ not do soft would.
l5ut the1, ,~o SUPERIOR. and every ohsery-
mt traveller who has ever driven on tbo
road which rodiato from Lexington. tho
center Of the Rluerrass countrv. will
o,.rae with mo that nothing like them is
+, he founl in amy other section which
dpnends for IFS s1,nnort unoo Agriculture
alon.
T,gn Hl,rroul-hq the ,rreat naturalist
in q recent articla ON thi4 section said
t,aj. Lavon1 its line orass it was famous
f,r tl,r.,. tb,u,.s--bnrd broad hard heds
and hard roads. and ONLY the last of these
did h. find .JmjraLlo
It. has h,..n ,,,,,-.stad 70 me that Az in
fine ,i,l+ or fem counties co,nurisiu- the
Bh,cu-o..3 srcIinu tine best horses in ,he
coilntry ara r..rol il 1uoy he that tho
roals were made GOOD becans. The horses
were excellent and capable of getting
over ground with great spcpd That is
an in0c1,ious euuD,.i.ioo. hut asanatrrr
of fact trn roads were made good and
mad u.r1nanru,ly good. long before. that
narticrllY. s.c1i,n m.ca1na 50 ure- eminent
FIR its fast and we'll bred horses Tho
cnrolI9r,. Of flti- 1,ronosition !. that GOOD
roads viii 7nal,a rood hor.es or rather
will .rco,,.,.,. f,r,uars to Iroad ,,oo1
horses
know very well that in the noi,,h-
borbood where now live the roads
arn S, vrr,- l9i that a n,c, vvould ba
silly f., own q horse who could do hot
Zen. than cj-bt miles an honr Tbaro
, tncv have the best material for MAKING
roads. b,t o-,,o every year tha roads ara
covered with ,lo muck" md sod which
/, grows and accommodates at the sides Of
! the center. and when the weather !. drv
the roads are knee deep with dus+. when
= tine weather is wet the wheels siul, into q
worry odh..ive unl almost tn tho arIn
But i Is very different in the section
Of Kentucky 10 which | have olInded
6 Thor, tine roads have been urouerlv built
, and carefully maintained In tine first
place these roads were built by turnni,e
cannanies. assisted by tn. STATE. be-
Ievo the state gave this assistance. a.
. rule. bv subscribing TO the stock Of IN,
= various cglnuanics. bucin whatever vay
! it was givcn the state seems TO have re-
served to itself some kind Of s1noryisio,
- and n right to acquire the nronartv h,
, purchase. The roads were all carcfnllJ
= nacada1nized with an arch which nenoi
y w ended on either side in dirt rool
/, which has ALWAYS been used for ligb,
driving in good weather So that tn.
, metal roadway is only usod for beo,-,