The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1892-03-17

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tish.... !. 81 hsnd sud. irem reading our
,,st. siehsnses. &c it.rn thai there is ~
iuou.sias isisr., I'll over TIE state 10
isvo, 81 good road. Poor rosa. arr nai'
,sncs 10 the farmer. tesmsier snd pleasure
.rety. Their mste p.cssssry email losd'
add are destructive TO horse. hsreess aud
Wagon, 10 say nothing Of the disgust Of
The driver sud pssssbser
The old R9mAns were. probably the beet
rosI ba.ld.r. tie ~efld bns ever seen. sod
u.py Of their ro.d. snd bridges butt two
or three ibtb.spd jean $50 h'Se been 10
cops,sut %. ever .luee 18th hardly any
repairs.
Road mski0s u science. std, though
almost every one tbiok. be keoss hos I"
n.ke road, vet Il iss lac, that there are
very lee II suy scientific road builders 10
the state Wbile this isa fact !, - stili
true that some Of the eitiE 'ns 10 every
town koos % uch more shout road build
ipg and road repairing thsn others DO
and ,lno.t every town bss ZONE very lar
road men.
Dang 10 The ispoistce IN sucb matters
al III. men Who bsys the roads 10 chsrge .
very large proportion OF the money 40
uusliy voted by tue towns as 8 road ssI Is
wasted, or ct least. very !, ladiclousiy eI
pended
Ii is the cOmmon practice T. vote az small
tsI a. sill possibly spswer 70 put the
roads 10 psssable eond ition, aud the
work ths, IL done is not Of permsnent
character and most II II bss TO be done
over again the next year.
The town OF Manchester has better roads
THAI the asorsge Of towns 10 the state. aud
this tow snuusiIy .npends about SLOW In
repsirs. Nov We think !, quite possible
that the roads Of this town conld be pun
In such condition that $500 each yesr
would keep them 10 moch better condi
ton then they nov are How much would
il cosi9 We do not pretend to know, bu'
litu would not cost over $50 600 or even
$50. 600 il would be economy TO do 1t. y
$4,000 each year saved would pay the 10
iersst on $50. 000 at 4 pr cent, and w
sbould Ill the time have the use OF much
better roads than ne now have.
Now 1t may not be best to undertake toe
mnch At once but would it not be geo.
, policy TO fix small portion OF the roat
; each year 70 tbst it will be permapen
! Improvement, aud 70 that 1t will need Ut
, tie or no repairing for msny years to come
Crushed stone makes the best road bee
} but Q good qnsity OF coarse gravel u
nearly ~ good. Gravel mixed with loan
4 comes next. Loan alone is OF little vslu
, as il needs to be replaced every year o
two
: We have some good gravel beds IN town
The one most used pow bss some goo'
ersvel, but for the past few years 1t ha
been more than half loan and sand.
better bed could probably be found wit
o little trouble which would be great des
: more prof able for the town to use.
We would suggest that as soon as tn
snow is fl the select men and the high
: way commissioners OF each district exam
. inc all the roads 10 town to see what need
: to be done, 30 that the money can be equ
table di inbu,ed. and, II the 70 cent ~
: voted will silow. TO select piece OF ros
; and have IT put 10 the best possible cond
ton ~ permanent Improvement. Mex
year something more csp be done 10 tbi
direction, aud 10 few years the road
most travelled eau be made ike the oil
: countries OF Europe, SO perfectly smoot
= and hard that neither the wheels oil trav'
. or The rains of heaven can make any ia
preston upon them.