Daily Yellowstone journal., 1892-05-22


mike unt feel like taking off his coat oil
! Il warm day and sitting out OH the piazza.
! The New York Central says in effect, II
; lead Il blA1tlc>s life. and IF cu1lr>t like
my friends, hut | IT. not carr to extend
my acquaintance very generally
Tho Illinois Central il sort OF III ill.,
corruras,el Elt",lluln. 1t does not care
for tiot or man. It was given St. much
valuable lan'l fur building its roil that
its head Immediately >w*llc,!, airI ever
since ttlrn thu l'>or t4rucr* alun: its line
have had IT. rights
Ill. New England road Is very ;:rntlr-
manly. and eyen its railrual l!2n.l>, they
tell n4e. ulc mariturtd every t"t, Yet
If is not ia cor'liul It's so1nc rp;4s!s,
came neartr freezing to death Inst winter
"a the New England road tlan ever
dill III q s1>uw bluckatit: on t,:e Union
Pacific. 49,. r. r: ::::::<..> i.
The study IT tn: personal pec1'liatitic>
Of railroads in the United $tates ii 4
very interesting one indeed to 1ne. i
have been thrown among I'LL kinds OF
railroads his =casur. Int neycr 80 lard
rs | VIZ hy the Baltimore a,ltl Ohis>,
1t was VII The Baltimore ami Ohio
that | passed Il very restless night once
in lower eleven. Upper eleven was
occupied by a boy who was car sick. Ut
course tue rough Rad was to blame
mostly fur it, but the things he ha,l eaten
would disturb nnyln"lv'> digestion Il
little, think. lie did not try to CONCEAL
anything frnn nle. Ilc Wis perfectly
frank with nc rt*a'tlil4: thu matter.
/ aln EluI to notice IN the matter of
highways that country roads are attract
,1* Il :nt,tl deal If Interest," Two great
magazines have Recently printed cxcel-
lent articles on tue subject. and 1ln.
whole cn'1n:ry is waking 11r to thu fact
that millions IT dollars annually 70
toward roa,lb1i1!il1y that might Ok well
70 to the bottom Of Lake Victoria Nv
ANA.
Our wagon roatls throughout tho co1l,!-
try urc generally disgrace ~ civilian
tion. nnd before we undertake TO supply
jaeger underwear and sealskin covered
Bibles with flexible backs to the African.
it lui3lt 10 well to nut it few ,lollars into
the relief Ut CALLED ami broken down
horses that have lost their health OH our
miserable highways.
The country system, as recall it. was
III my boyhool about rs ln,or and ins11f-
ticient As it could we'll be. Each town.
ship was divided up into ROAD districts.
and each road district WIS presided over
Ivy I'LL ovcrscer Of highways, whose duty
it was to collect 50 lIAnv days work or 10
many dollars from each taxpayer in the
district. ct course no taxpayer would
pay IL dollar when he could come and
make mud pies On the road all day and
visit and gossip with the neigl4bors and
save his dollar too, The result seemed
t. hc that thu work tlono was INSTRUCTED
AMI generally I'LL injury to the road.
With NIL uue respect to the farmer,
will state right here that l1e docs not
know how 10 make roAds. An all visit
Providence never intended that lie shoul1
know. The professional rundbnildcr,
with tho money used by ignorant sap
head, and self mule rpud architects,
Cnitctl ): svrr which Wo or three
times thu i sized loud could be
easily draw =; the dumb b:4sts of
the republic !: rise up aud call us
blessed for ut.
But thing, ~ looking brighter MI the
time. Even ,.,rth t'arulinn is beginning
to wake up Ashcvillo has sold her
street bon,Is. aud Buncoinbe county
fully realizes that good highways will
make it u paradise, while poor ones will
kcure away everything hut the b1lzzards.
Tho other dry NO rAn Hcroas II young
nlan who was formerly IL caterer for ii
viz l'r%u1vny restaurant. Now llo ii
running IL thriving hotel ~o,lt west, ~ Lie
Ii IA tor,lial and bright young German,
und IN tl,o course ct I'LL cre'.iny told IN Il
t;uud sltul ubuut tho New York WAittr
and t:;tcltr
"rlh,ro IL Il regular systum," be *isi1,
governing walters IN New York. and
tho ran w;p is not In it gels leftnway
behind. Wuitels do not OF cp1rAo d.
pcul u1,on their salaries, and not entirely