Evening journal., 1896-08-27
ROADS GOOD AND BAD.
a CITIZEN TALKS INTERESTINGLY
OF THEM IN HISTORY.

he DePiOres the Yearly Intending OF
Roads" In Nsw Castle COUNTY. Wilton
Costs the County Large sums. Hat
Which Results I'm Little or No Bens nc.
The Angel visit Plan.
II Is regarded es an axiom that the
roads OF country or the want Of them,
determine the status Of that particular
nation as to Its standing in and among
the countries OF the world, sald a we'll
known New Castle resident yesterday.
As a nation grows In importance aud
ciSilizstion its highways and roads keep
psce with Its Upward and onward course
Bad or lid ifrrent roadway are
always found whore there has been but
partial advance In civilization, or where
ctuntry has retrogrsded after it has
reached the summit OF its power Yet,
when people have vanished entirely. as
the Romans have from England after
having subdued that countrs, their
works remain As we'll 40 their history
"Ihe old Rsmsn roads Of g At
Britain are lasting Testimony to the
greatness OF the RJmsn Empile and
People roads to- day as fne az modern
art can build. Tley have dt6ed tho
orumbllng hand OF tine. which seems to
have laid but a light faeer upon them
These ROADS iensin az models which no
nation neei be sshHn @ 1 TO initiate The
use OF tho bicycle has opened the eyes Of
thousands TO the fact that there Is more
In the building of roads than the Telling
OF tie,s aud levalllng OF earth banks
"here in New Oastls oounty-We have
been building roads for a csnturv or
more -Lo ~ the result OF our labor
II An iuhsbltsrt OF the planet Mars
shouli drop into oar mldst, and after
taking = good look vt our beautifully
constructed roads aud having besn duly
introduced to Que OF our road engineers,
and informed by him, that we had spent
years OF time Acd thousinds Of dollars to
make, and mend our highways, would
not thls celestial visitor upon his return
Go his own planet, 90 bach with tha idea
that he bad nat with very celebrated
eArtbling, yelepsd, Baron Munchauseu or
! Tom Peppe
The initial step In tho construction
Of house or building Of most any kind
Is its fouodAiion
rhls holds just as good Ms rsgsrds
road making 40 It does Ia ooufttuctiug
bousee--hrst lay your foundAtion aud
tben place upsn it your superstructure
"lf the foundation Is strong aud we'll
laid. then your road will what a good
roso should be-one which will need bat
little l-psir
"rhe modus operandi OF msking u
roads Il iast tle reverse OF the above
We lay no foundation 10 nave neve
thought u Necessary When the frost Il
out Of the ground, our attention Is turn-s
Co little road mending.' The rain sns
snow OF the past Winter has washed o.
the msterlsl,from the crown OF the road
way and that will have TO be repiso- d
The ditcbes or drains on sither eide ar
cleaned out, aud the soil Is placed npnl
the crest Of the road This is suppose,
to improve mRtters-this muck heap
This mending Of roads is PER
formed each succeeding year ard will 81
eon'inus until the people demand some
thing better for their money Our itI
yard has been convert. into crusne
stone msnufsctory, the motive power 0
, which is supplied by his honor, Judg
Ball.
WaatIs done Nth all this br, ks
stone 7 IL IL pii c d upon he roads e
! IA o'uBtY after an improved plan tn
above style Is called the 'AnRei'
|, Visit Plan This name has besn sdopts
|, b-osuse tie spots Of broken stouo are .
few aud far between
4 The sbove plan. IL IL hoped wi
/ cover our roads with broken stons some
, time during A d 300 "