Waterbury evening Democrat., 1893-09-19
THE ROADS OF ENGLAND.
smooth and solid IT i=hway> That Are Well
 RuiIt and CarcGuIIS Repaired.

Smooth and solid IT EhwaS> That Arc Well
 RuiIt and Carefully Repaired.
 The Suliditv. the >lu, zr,h hIlr->>. tl.. ,-,:l- tinu0uS excellence uf the highways "f England may well l.. iEy wonder and despair of the American wha r,fityls on the two streaks uf country i-.ul or costly expanSe uf hobby. vrry ku.,hjsv. city pavement he has lrf; at ho,l.c. There roads are made. \t h"mr fa,. grow that Is, they arc made is9i Isi -eHcrally grow worse. II Thomas Jeff, -uu was right in saving that thy civilization of a country might cLslly l-. IuI-t,l from the state of itS roads. then America l. about two centuries behind anywhere else in spite of her boastcd progrrs> We tickle the sides of a large streak vt mud with a sCraPrr and dump more mud III ths, cen ter and cumplacently 20 home with the idea that our road tax i> wcrkel fu- he year. while 1t k left to The lon- suffering driving public and the chief y,1lu,-rr ot the weather tn replir Ih" ml~-hi,f We have wrought.
 In England the r,najS ar,' w T made Iu the beginning and arr carefully locked after every day instead ef ,,-,c, I wear. andnot with what Cuvlv,r calls irib
 
 steady determination of means ta an und. English rnads are >tart,zl "u, lu existence well equipped. aS all els, i~ there from which they cNierct E,-,l work and >..rv- ice. Careful ,'NCaVIJIuu L. a --,>pi >nb- stratum, lil~srll film, III with sand ur ciuderS. llyvr rf evenly b-rN,.u stone and above that ls,d uf maJlsIau anl cinders miusly,l 1uak,, d road ,srr which .l l,. l.. E. that invites >;-s,'l Iu every br-~,- travel ing over 1t, even down l., tl.s. l- h, moths hitch d [" ;sr beer trucks. Hrl l. The biCyCirr'~ f'udc>t dream
 Tl,rr Is uut much crown t., ,j1, trr,.,l way. but where the Suriac, h,.r,I and Sm,S,thly rounded asi :s. d nj -h, crowned roadway would b. h.; only uuurc,.~-,Iry, Lut injurious. Fur thcr,, l. ..r.ul.l-, and real lra!naEr. Mt E,t,, tl.l'r..>~iuii ar lf, >iJ,> where tI. water Iuay stand in rcrroIcl,ul puJllr~ until il rl,.t>,'> Providence L. Jrv + Up with the sun. but q drain carried al,'u-, tly -;JItr- .t9d having openings at rr'lzr intervals whence thr water I~ CtrrI,rl Jn Jhc >yS tens uf drainage III tine adjacent fields and made ln sul'>crvc the pJgrE- ~,> ut agriculture where dtsir,,i- Tn, foot pass, uEvr. t,,,. has been ryluvlslj~ t,i l'y a Cond path at oue side ,r Ii." ,'thvI made from ciudvrs IT slaE le.:Iu'l,rl fine anI frequently some land owner wh, loved his fellow man ha~ l'lli.c,l l,It- rows of oak or ash or Scotch fir CT ,lli that arch and shade the wu, a1yI ar, things of l~Iutv and lny> forever.
 Presently it rams. iS ]; l..t~ a ta~.l,l of duiug in thar country, aul wil,r" ,nry' Is a 2 aak place i'll the Surfir-, th,. r..li. Gutt. rcd. Is it left to thu, f,,r-rit,.l g; tentiNn of whom it may concern ur ry-, .et'tei until all th" rrst If th, way l. like unto il: Oh. un, Nu ,N,rH re.ij side are neat little piles al irr,-yr.'.,r m tervalS If broken st"u, y- fu-ul. -,fu~, or smelling Slag or whatever lu.y b. ln, best material uf the district :ui whyu a rut is discovered the workman urharG, of that division fills i; up neatly. and I'll couple "f days it l. worked down smoo,h hly. inii>tinSul>hahlr fr"u th. rest. The drains. t,v, arr krVt clean and flowing.
 S the rads arr irr, clean tui harI and smooth and sulld and >, they wind white and In'rfvct track. amid n. sre,r"ry and light anI ~'2l.j,' ,t tl.l, parknkt country. and tn, pedestrian auj equestrian and the cvcl,.~rrliu -,r thrir fS of beauty that k soul satisfying [, gaze on and imir'>Sihl, ta ,l,-Srrilr-.
 Th, care If the roljS thr,u-hal:t Ems land Is vested ln county rasutll>, th, members of which are gentlemen "t weight and standing m th..r rr>.~-,I1v, districts. and whN serve. like iu,IuU,r~ ui parliament, without other IomituslJ10r than the houur ot ti,-' l~.s!tinu. Nc; thcil work Is none the less well done thar it l. gratuitouS.
 \ chief engineer l> their adviser a:i> executive. assisted by unr. two ur thrt, assistant surveyors. according, l.. thr vN tent "f the country Cuy cred hy t.r,- ruun ty limits. New roads ar, Lut vu'l>.rurt ed without their ury >sItv lvI4- wei defined by d Cumml>>l Il ar jUrr ut ln quIry for thAI rurlu>,- and win n, dam agt-S are hv.l Ia bt iI.:.I, [, '. C,s.ll- Isl ;ion k given. whether TT ,. >t. ,i:., aI old Highway or making a nrw "IIs'. Cor. St. Lou.S Repub..>.