The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1910-05-21
GooDRoADs AND soUNDHEALTH

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There IS nothing dry or uninteresting
about the good roads movement. Its ap-
peal is to every one. Its call is received
alike by the pedestrian. the farmer who
carts truck 20 the railway station. the
driver of good road horse. and by
those who ride in automobiles. There Is
as much poetry in the good road across
country as in the bypaths through the
woods or the steep path that leads to
grazing uplands.
Road improvements has also its
economic side through its appeal TO
summer tourists. Gov. Quinby of New
Hampshire estimates that summer
visitors last year expended $4,000. 900
in that State. and bases his confidence
that they will leave a larger amount
behind them during the coming summer
upon the improvement that has been
made upon the highways. Washington
Post
There should be no let-up in the
good road movement in Virginia.
Some of the money that has been so
beautifully expended by automo-
bilists and others in the past few
years in States where good roads
can be found will soon be headed
this way unless all signs fail. because
the Legislature and the people of
this State are fully determined that
the Old Dominion shall have good
highways. The value of good roads
can not be over-estimated. and we
feel confident that as soon as the first
ten miles of permanent highway
is built in Spotsylvania county
the people will begin TO feel the ben
ehts. not only in increased land
values. but in saving of time. of
wear and tear on vehicles and from
standpoint of personal convenience.
We sincerely trust that the time is
not far distant when there will be a
permanent road through this section
connecting Fredericksburg with both
Richmond and Washington. and To
obtain this shall be our endeavor
from this time on. No greater at
traction could be held out than such
a highway. and this route. once put
in good order. the travel over it
would be immense and the revenue
to the people along the line some
thing worth working for. With
such road leading both north and
south from fredericksburg. this city
would be fifty times as attractive to
strangers and far pleasanter place
for our own people.
THE COMET AND THE EARTH
IL scientists have not erred the
earth passed through the tail of
the comet. or the comets tail
swept the earth. either you like. for
something like two hours. and then
the comet sped on its way through
space. According TO the weight of
authority nothing unusual or start
ling happened except that many
human eyes We're gazing for the
heavenly wanderer in wonder. If
the comet had eyes, would il not
wonder too at the marvellous change
in this old world of ours since its
visit seventy-five years ago? Ii
would see a network of railroads in
place Of the few struggling lines: it
would see trolley lines with out num-
Der, where none existed on its last
visit; telegraph and telephone lines,
skyscrapers and other wonders.
which seventy-fve years ago the hu-
man mind did not dream of and may
it not well wonder what visions OF
progress will be here for it to behold
when it returns again in 1885. The
comet is moving some, but verify
the world do move also.