The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-06-16
GOOD ROADS NOTES.

Strangely enough a railroad is
smoother than a plank road.
"Honest Elections and Good Roads"
is the platform on which Charles G.
Richie, of Louisville, KY, is standing
for reelection next November e Judge
of Jefferson County Court.
Fred Harvey, thirty-fve, a Barre
(Vt.) teamster, was thrown from his
wagon while driving over a muddy
place in the road, and a wheel passing
over his head forced his face down into
the mud in such a way that he was
smothered before aid reached him.
A novel case was recently decided
by a Judge in Brighton township, lear
Sacramento, Cal. The wheelmen OF
the township, who have a cycle path,
were very much annoyed by the wan
dering of COWS on the path, the ami
mails preferring the smooth path to the
road. An animal was impounded by
the county officials and a test Ease
made. The cow came off victorious,
as it was found that no pound ordi-
nance existed for the township, though
most of the other townships had laws
covering such.
The fourth annual report of the Com
missioners of Public Works of Ogdens-
burg, N, Y, gives an intesting detailed
account of the work done for road i'm
provment during the past year, for
which work SIG, 40 have been ex.
pended. Ogdensburg is now provided
with excellent facilities for road con-
struction and improvement. The
equipment, the aggregate value Of
which is about fifteen thousand dol.
lars, will serve for years to come, to
build and keep in repair a superior
class of macadam roads.
Many farms in this State have en-.
tailed more labor than al cheerfully
bestowed in piling stones taken from
the land, stone fences being seen for
miles, yet right alongside of these
fences of stone the farmers have driven
fetlock deep in mud for years, when
they could have used the stones to bet
ter advantage on the roads than in any
other manner, as they were encum-
ORANGES. Now that the stone breaker
quickly reduces the stone for the pur-
pose, muddy roads should be covered
with stone. Philadelphia Saturday
Post.
"The wholesale trade of the city has
been undeniably light. A number Of
causes have operated to this end, the
principal one of which has been the
weather. Country roads in much Of
the tributary district r little better
than impossible, and act as q bar to the
ordering of goods not absolutely neces-
sary." The above, from the CONNER
cial column of the Chicago Tribune, is
extremely interesting. It conveys a
large lap-welded fact, that, like a can
Ger, is eating into the prosperity OF.
large tracts of our otherwise glorious
country, says the L. A. W. Bulletin.
Nearly twenty years ago General
Grant, in en~umerating necessary lines
of public improvement, named the pub
lie schools and highways. Once when
he and General Sheridan were in a re-.
miniscent mood, the old commander
said to Little Phil" speaking of the
~latter's famous ride to the battle Of
Cedar Creek: SHERIDAN, if that bat
tie had taken place after a prolonged
rain, and there had not been a good
pike from Winchester, you would never
have been promoted to the head of the
United States Army. You would not
have reached the battlefield to cheer
your men, and there would have been
a great defeat for the Union forces in
stead of a great victory. That would
have left Meade and Thomas a long
distance ahead of you in the line Of
promotion"