The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1894-07-13
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HEADERS.-Ernest EstabrOOk of Woburn
Mass, is the guest of his grandfather, f. +
Reed. He made the trip from there on hi
wheel Tuesday as far as Milers Falls.-Bailif
Perry cautioned the wheelmen Wednesday
against riding on the sidewalks on the com
mon which they have regarded hitherto as
their peculiar stamping ground. Why not iii
up Il nice little track on the island?-Prin. j
ID. Horn left Tuesday for Lowell, Mass, by
his wheel and will return by the same con-
veyance.-Chas. Clark and Ben Harmon took
a spin to Northampton on their wheels yester.
day.-M. j. Moran made trip to Townshend
on his wheel today.
Several more horses have slipped and
fallen flat on Main street bridge this week as a
result of the way water is stopped on there.
Why not be reasonable about it? In fact
there is twice as much water poured on
the streets everywhere at twice the
cost there ought to be to Mr..
Crowell and Mr.. Stockwell, and not doing
half SO much good as half as much water
would do. The effect can already be seen on
Main street where a passing team makes sew
eral times as much noise as it did year
ago. The puddles of water soften some of the
stone which is then worn down, making the
street rough and rapidly destroying the ma
cadam road. All that is wanted is to keep
the dust laid, not to have the streets perpet-
ual mud puddle. The sprinkler ought to be
spray llht dIltt tuC Cult OuSut uOt W
pass so often.
Gov Fuller was the leading spirit of the
good roads conference held last week at Ash
bury Park, n j., under the auspices of the
department of agriculture, the first gathering
of the kind every held in the country. There
were 400 delegates present, representing Al
states and one territory, and there was good
deal of information exchanged and interest
created in the matter. Among the most prom
nf l,n hav "a in M
and who contributed to the instruction of the
occasion We're: Geo. A. Perkins, president of
the Massachusetts highway commission; j.
W. Valley, chairman of Vermont's commits
sion; G. w. Whitaker of the Connecticut
Board of Agriculture: Rowland G. Hazard
scented in one way or other special interest in
good roads. Gov. Fuller presided and in his
address said that there are million and a
half miles of poor roads in the Union. The
roads. he said, in this country are as bad as
hose in the Sahara desert. He denounced
he method Of allowing the farmers to work |
,ut their taxes on the road. "Let them pay I
axes and Wen pay Them" said the cover nor.
He told OF the work that had been done IN /
Vermont and especially Of the Franklin ccun- /
sioners, each bringing with him samples OF
The gravel, clay, loan or soil of his locality |
and then building miniature road of these
materials as an object lesson-a plan which |
he thought productive of much good. Too
many of our people are entirely ignorant about
The making of our roads, while scores upon
scores of the road commissioners do lot know I
the difference between the bank gravel and
The river-washed pebbles. Road laying has
come to be question of science, and we
need biologists as well as engineers.
A committee on organization was then APP
pointed. 1t was resolved that such u confer
ence of organized societies and individual
friends of the cause should be held each year,
and that an advisory committee be selected by
she delegates to aid in spreading literature on
5he subject and securing legislation, while a
central executive committee of three should
De chosen from this larger one. Gov. Fuller
was made member for that state of both these
committees and chairman of both.