Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1892-11-10

Now that State league has been formed |
to promote the cause OF good roads in YER |
mont, highway Improvement ought to make |
n big step in advance. The first thing 10 |
be done, Of course, is to secure the adoption |
Of some plan OF road Improvement for the |
State aud its embodiment in law by the |
Legislature. Tho next question that pre-
seuts itself is as to what general scheme for |
the Improvement OF our highways will be |
the most practical and the most feasible. |
There should undoubtedly be thoroughly |
qualified road commissioner in every town, |
rs provided in the bill introduced by Sena-
tor Brownoll and some means should he pro- |
vided for their instruction in the best meth |
DDS OF road making. The bill introduced
by Senator Ausdcn Of Windsor county
provides for the appointment by the
governor OF State commission
Of roads and bridges to consist of three
civil engineers, who shall in turn appoint a
civil engineer in ench county in the State,
TO have charge of the roads in the county.
If good civil engineer could be secured in
each county, State engineers would be e use
less expense. There might be a State road
comm ssioner, and it would be a compare
lively easy matter for the county civil en-
ginoers to see that the town commissioners
did their worl, properly.
1t must be taken for granted at the out
set that the work cannot all be done in the
| rext five years or in the next ten, but some
plan can 10 adopted, however, the use of
which will render the roads permanently
good so far as they are improved hereafter,
and that is all that can be reasonably
pected.
The second question that naturally arises
is as to what roads shall be subjected to
| highway improvement under State scheme,
! 1t is evident that only fraction of tho
roads in the State could be comprehended
by a project like that intended at present,
although all road improvements could be
rendered more permanent in character.
There are numerous by-roads and cross
roads which could not he included, for they
have only few scattering residents, who
could not afford to bear the burden OF any
material portion of the work themse yes,
aud these roads are so seldom used that the
state would not be justified in making
any large expenditure upon them for the
present.
1t seems to us, therefore, that any high
way improvement project should at first
concern itself with those roads which are
most used. We would mention in this class
those roads which connect the villages in
one town with the villages in adjoining
towns, and main roads loading to railroad
stations, Take the highway leading from
Stowe TO Waterbury, Il distance OF ten
miles, as an Illustration. This road at GER
tam times OF the year Is almost impossible,
and We understand that the present method
OF repairing il is to SO through with a road
machine after the mud dries down in the
early summer aud make II ridge in the cen
tire. which the next rain converts into a
mass OF mul. Thousands Of tons of freight
and IN enormous quantity Of lum-
her are shaul4i over this high
way, not to mention the pleasure
travel to Mount Mansfield Now this road
macadami2ed would be Of insstimeble bene-
fit to the people of the town, including those
who live on the cross roads and possibly
those living on parallel roads. II would oil
course be unnecessary to improve any ap
proximatOiy parallel road in a like manner
at present but this would come in time.
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leading from Stowe to Worthwhile end sc
: on. At the same tina the town road com.
, missioner should SEQ to it that the improve
. nents upon all roads were Of permanen
nature. Il would surprise people o
Vermont to see how soon even tho presen
q road tax, expended in this manner, woulC
q give M fine roads Of permanent character
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