The Press., 1892-02-04

that which we lars all, ISbslievs, In earn
est to do; sivsl New Jerssy gcod roads In
every psxt of the site. ~
In perusing an excellent publication
Especial sConeulari Reports. Streets and
Highwzystn Foreign Countries i find THAT
only in Darkest Africa, on the lonelyisle
of st. Helena, and O. few other benighted
spots on the face OF the earth, Is there an
absence 81 interest ia the matter of pub
lie roads. Everywhere else our Ameri-
can consuls report interest in public
roads; and, generally, an interest COM
mensurate with the degree and age OF the
civilization. lA4 ass
Al The leaven Of New Jersey has reached
nearly every state of the union; andthose
who have become known as active in pro-
noting our system and carrying It into
effect, practically, have been flooded with
applications for copies Of our road act,
Tor reports, for circulars and other infor-
nation. from Maine to Texas, and from
Michigan. to Florida. The requisition
from the department Of state ct Washing
ton for the Consplar Reports, TO- which
have already referred, Is traceable to the
OF roads under the New
Jersey act. Many have come from other
states 10 examine the roads of Union
county, and our engineer, Mr.. r. A. Dun
ham, has, by reason Of his fame, secured
contracts for building roads 1000 miles
away. gge spa s,6 .eaAt
u AS I said last gear, / would, as citizen
of New Jersey have good road from
Newark to Camden, and from Cape May
to Sussex. As o Citizen Of the United
States, I,would have y good pational road
from Lake Superior to the Gulf Of Mexi-
Ico, and another from Boston to San Fran
cisco. IN T.
SUPPLEMENTAL. fsA
Last year promised myself and others
to introduce q resolution, or In some 9TH
er way to present for. reconsideration to the
state board OF agrlculture, the subject of
cart and wagon tire and the comparative
length OF fore and rear axles on vehicles
lof heavy draft This year promised to
do the same thing, and submit, with your
permission, a short paper on this most
Important subject, urging prompt legisla-
saon IN the matter. s aara
Enc regulation OF the width OF tire and
length of axles by lawis no new thing. 1t
has heeu done Lam iuformad In saanx, os
the states OF the union. Such require
ments are made by the laws of France,
and from rules and practice prevailing
there, where all concede are to be found
the best roads in the world, I formulate
the following: 80. ~. ...
!. On all freight and market carts the
tire should be from to 8 Inches. .,. .
2. On all four-wheeled freight and, 9th
or vehicles for heavy lading the width OF
tire should be from to inches.
3. The fore axle Of the latter class of
vehicles should be 10 or IA inches shorter
than the rear axle according, as the tire
L is 4 or 9 inches wide, SO that the hind
wheels run In line an inch outside the
surface rolled by the fore wheels.
The benefits from the use Of wheels and
axles constructed under such rules is too
apparent to need much argument. The
carts and wagons become rollers. The
cart with 8-inch tire rolls a foot In width
whenever on the road and. when loaded.
|sis ( heavy roller. 4 The wagon rous from
! is inches u ~ inches. i i
N ON oxn har{lly estimate the l,ensflt to