Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1896-02-06
OUR MEMBERS BACK.
The Senate and House Committees Re
turn from New Jersey.
PLEASED WITH THE ROADS SEN
The Trip win lie Productive
Good Rcsnits In Highway
x,r,;,i,-,ccorCcd Hosri-
table Observation-Disclosures

..,.. -...,no-, M the Senate and HOUSE
'o On counties. Giles ana
80 and the delegation OF Objects
and members Of the Virginia go -,
Rods Association. Who ac0oi'p%"'s'
dion, N New Jersey, returned 10 ~
- On, their northern jaunt lew
-. hofors Q o'clock yesterday MORN
.r.o~o was no divergence OF opinion
tbc legislators and their
s-'o.1r as 10 the pleasure Of the trip.
Am agreed. without exception 'ha'' oar
,.,.. ,ho inclcmency Of the weather Inc
.., a., their northern brethren had been
,..,,,., n single disagreeable feature.
30 Tho hospitality shown the Nir-
...,.,s ID can be said that when it comes
d, Giving their guests a right royal time.
,.o Jersey statesmen are not easily cA-
celcd.
.resf the Jcrseymcn were highly pleased
.I,h the Nlrginlans. was plainly evident
non, the manner IN which the remarks
of the latter were received senator
Nusbach's reference TO his New Jersey
nativity appeared TO please his hearers
Immensely. Chairman Dlggs's statement
fbaf Nireiuians we're so anxious 10 Visit
the Jersey capital that two special Pull
uan-cars were hardly sufficient 10 ac-
,ommolate them provoked much
laughter while General Hundlcy's de-
claration that there was no new south'
but that it was the old South. reinViso-
rated. that uow existed, was cheeieo 10
tho echo When the specchmaking was
concluded. "a Jersey assembiyman re-
marked. Gosh. but that was gooa SPEAK
ing" ......,., .,.,
WILL BEAR GOOD RESULTS.
The Incidents Of the trip constituted the
chief theme of social conversation among
tho legislators yesterday and WINE inc
general opinion seems TO DE that VIZ
cinia'S present financial condition rs such
hat she cannot hope 60 90 more than
take the initial step in the direction or
giving State aid 10 building public hi6h-
ways for several years yet 10 come
there can ho iut little doubt that the
object lesson learned upon the snow
covered roads of New Jersey VIII bear
GOOD fruit when the General Assembly
shall come to consider the matter OF i'm
proving the toO-l0ng neglected roads OF
the Ola Dominion
A DELIGHTFUL ROAD.
Tho road between Rivorton and Moores-
',rp over which the Virginia party
.ravfUed dav before Yesterday is certainly
thing OF beauty The distance between
.he two places Us six miles and. not
Nithstandng the heavy fan Of snow ON
The uielG before. the horses attached
o the carriages i'm which were seated
hc visiting NiIginians made most eX-
client time, without appealing 10 be at
80 fatgucQ. The road is constructed or
zone and macadamizod. Its surface is
smooth and even. and travelling over d.
% BoF rff in ~
ID different roads. from TO - feet al
.0uch the entire roadbeds are construct
, much wider. so as TO provide for turn
uas The prices Of building stone roads
lf this character ranges from $500 10
5000. or even more.
The Jerseymen appear 10 be very proud
of their roads. and SAY they would
rot part with them for twice the amount
they cost. The value Of land adjacent
10 The stone roads has been greatly III
.reased since the highways were con-
stl7icicd The farmers in this section now
maui very large loads Of produce TO Phila-
Ieiphia and other cities over these roads,
without fear of injurins either horse or
vehicle.
COST or CONSTRUCTION.
The abutting landowners are generally
assessed DO uer cent. of the cost or
construction, the county and State paying
.he balance.
afr. Clayton Conrow. president of the
Sew Jersey Good-Roads Association,
who delivered am address before the Nir-
siuans at Riverton last Tuesday. says
Good roads are the foundation OF
successful farming; they must be built
av one of four NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
county. state. or by companies. The sys-
tenn of construction by townships was IN
hcrited by our English ancestors. and we
have discovered IL to be an error Roads
arc not confined 20 townships or coun-
Tics. but extend over the entire State;
therefore, State authorities should CON
troll them Bad roads may turn success
Nl farmer Go a business loss. Before The
construction of stone roads In Burlington
county &c cost 10 cents per basket 10
market truck. now It costs cents"
SIR Henry l. Budd. Road Commission
Cr OF New Jersey. is a cousin of Df.
". Budd of Petersburg, Va. II Is
said that if the Virginia Good-Roads
Association IS unsuccessful in getting a
TAX of . per cent on 500 laid for the
improvement of roads, they viii advocate
70 tax of 81 on the 500 for the first year
So the next and so on until the s. rate Is
reached