The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1892-10-20

tn. Lssss,ss.r. s-a sAs read 0-sssie-
Both The ouisoisg spa tnoonins Cover
neu 10 their n@ssses called siseniion ol
the leslslsiafs 10 the subject OF better
hlshvsys. AID We ro,ioe that there is .
srovins interest 10 The subjects I'll ever ,be
eoaniry. II les fact tbs, ve are In respect
10 good roads far behitd The Raropesn
ns,ions and fer behind the older settled
sections Of Canada
0pe reason for this state Of ,hinss Is
the, very fee people tbov boz 10 build .
road that uill stsnd the wear aud washing
Of year. though nost people think they
DO. The old Romans. 1000 years sso.
baili rosds that have been 10 nee ever
sinoe With little or DO repairing OF course
il coat much labor add money 10 build
such roads. bat 4, pays over add over again
in the loas rnn.
Mot Of the verk 81 preset done on our
Highways 10 OF such . ehsrsct that it bss
TO be done over sgsin every two or three
years sud perhaps every year IL does not
stsud becsnse IT Vas not done well. Either
the material ga, poor or II vas not proper
ly used.
Nothing Is mort Apr .oisi ID 10 any SEQ
ton OF the country than good roads. They
add to the value OF farms aud buildings.
spd 10 our ,t,te. would bring in thousands
OF summer visitors. Who now 90 10 other
sections oil The country. curious eIperi'
men, was tried in one county 10 New Jer-
sey year or two ago. The roads there
we're under comfy control and II vac de.
termiped TO mske permanent r ads" in
this county. 1. required . large outlay
OF money and an enormous t,I. and the
people grumbled, but the money was o.
pended by men who knew how TO build
roads, and. after fair trial, the people are
enthusiastic over the result, They say
that their property has actually increased
10 value more than the total outlay for the
roads, they have the pleasure Of riding
over them and are not likely TO be lroub,
Jed with 3 road tax Of any amount for
man y years to come.
OF course IT is too much to expect that oil
the towns or any town will make over oil
II, bighways into 'permsnent rosds'st once,
but We think every town should take a
portion OF Its most Travelled highway and
put il 10 "per condition each year.
The great trouble is there is not, probably
. dozen men 10 the state Who know how {,
build road Of this character econ nom icslly
What 10 called the Tslicrd system 10 pro
badly the beet. though II is expensive A
road veil built under this system will susi
tain any smouDt Of travel for many years.
aud With the ordinary travel OF most roads
IN this ststs would last hundred yesrs o.
least without repsirs. Of cons quence.
The present system OF collecting aud exi
pending the road tax 10 q haphsz,rd man.
nsr is certAiuly vast ,ful. and in most cas-.
a. does not result 10 the kind Of roads We
ought to have. Whether our legislature
in its wisdom, can devise way to remedy
the difficulty remains TO be seen. A state
oom missioner has been suggested. The
ght kind Of mao 10 that position could
do 8 great deal OF good and much more
than earn bis salary. but be could hardly
cover the st to. A good commissioner in
each county, or what would be still better,
good com missioner 10 each town. q man
~ho knows the science OF road making,
would be beet OF ell. There ought TO be q
school somewhere which could give com
petent instruction in the science OF practi.
cal "permanent" road building