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Show THE MOVEMENT FOR CETTEn ROADS. It llcx.i lu Jrr.i-j Lut Ha 1 ! t.n.lr.l t All IMrvHlon. Tlio moveiLent towanl highway lin-protmiiit lin-protmiiit htip.-obaMy attained great it rojiortions In Nc Joree-y thin In uny other stnte of tho Union. In speaking of it the New York Tfr-tnji: llio movement for luiptiv,l roads bo-gan bo-gan In Union count), N.J. , under the iiilhience of Dr. Channecy Ik Ilij ley, of We.tfleM. Dr. Kipleyhiu worked twvn-t)'(Io twvn-t)'(Io yean toward the attainment cf this Important projen-t, an 1 ho it aald to hato ospiiideel ?10O.ia, in object loBson for lmf roved roil. Tho inoviimnt thnt legmi has rcad rapidly, unel Union county tedny Um impreived roadt from UliaU Uik the ceiuntyaeat, extend ing in .ill direction.. The ex, rimeut, If it nmy bo M called, Um x u ii inott Kikcetsful one, nnd theacitnrnof mitiu t lining and oqttipplng theno roadt is gradually ltettig rfected. One of the liwattt fcigr.ltiniiit outgrowths of tholni Iirovfrl roael trojecti4tho hearty ) m jlhy accorded it In tho Now Jersey M tie legUlature. Fortunati ly the friend of tho pretjeotwero enabled to luvtiro the onthnaioAtla Intere it of tho inemU r of tho legUidture Jrrc,pcti, o of pollt ieiil intlucncu, and being tl us freed from wb.it bo frwiutntly ombarraanoa und fin 4xtm legUlatlro co-oj-ration tho Iin jirorM road project wu indoniod by nil thu tu to authorities. (Jovemor Abbelt i-ionoof tho most hearty fcupiKrttraot tho yte m. Tho moxement lias by no mean bera rchtiictwl ti Xowjenwy, On tho eon-ir.try, eon-ir.try, n widcirTCnd luteif.t haa leet.ii ilovdojaeil iu iiMnrly tu.ry ttAtoiiitho Unliyii, oa 1 evidenced by tlio rejoin mond ttlous mado in tho annual me-Mgeeof me-Mgeeof thagmcrnon of nuvernlatatttn mUocattnglinprooil roada throughout uil part of tlu Ir roiumouweultht, (loerivr WcKlnUy, of Ohio, lu his meoMige, referred tu tho improved rwtd Idea numieoiiMr) wrt of llie In ntllti that might bo fecured to all ilaK und particularly to tho fanners. (iuentur JUurer(of IVinmjhiiuUi, indoiiTtvl the proje-ct in two uninul meHjig4, an hu, u alewi Uovcruora AbUlt, Hill and Iltilko itr. The last and by far tho snout Impor tantinmoiu tho direction of Improved ruids it tho Interest mauifttatoil by tliu gemral guvemuunt. A few inontlji ago h'tteru uro Mitt from thodeimrt-leint thodeimrt-leint of tnto to cer American comul nil over tho glt.be iiwtrucling each ono tolaetp;ito tho history und mcthodji of tho rj-Mtin of roadt omplo) cl In tho country in which thoy wcro tdtuuted, nnd to mako a rriiort nu tliombjectlo tho i.epirtmout cf ta. Iho consuls rvspondod iu iv way that han ghwi guat Mtifactiontoeery frlcud tf tho fur.. proud nwil Idea. Their reports hao bven carefully orrangM by tho department depart-ment and Imunl in n mjIuuio of 400 luges, fonufng tho Ilneit cncycloiwilhi tf road that has ever leen cuiupilod. It may l had cinjit application nt the state department. Anions tho conntrlfs that have ran trlbuted thaptera to this Inter. ntfii r ulumonro Av rallntth(. Tiji hlauda, 1'hillpi Ino llnnd, Japan, Ccjlon, China, , tho Wist Indies and feonth Anurici. Tho information oUUliud from thuul rontitri .i i i. rtTr. to a rum berof t are f all) pit pun df,in 'tlom w hit !i ion r tlie subject lu U mot tomj relit u-vivo u-vivo f no. It is ii iticeable that the raids through ont r.imjHi aro f ir uirior to t Low in tho United Mnte iudooil, a gentleman wnahpurel tusny jeterdny that nothing rtnuk him f fondbly In bU travel on the continent an tho otiporiurily of tho tondn, 1 In t xi tallied that tho tmsoii fur thla advanced mtivetnoiit 1 due to the fitrt that the counlrh-H In which l.o ttaeltil have n tivilisntlMi exUndliu lat k n thbirnud enr, while Umt of tho United fr tut c embrace but n ImndnHl. One of tho most Important ftatemnit modoin tho repon in .jueitioii is the rnarkwl iiu rea In tho value of tigrb cnltnral Irnd ultuntcd on tho Improud road. ItUuMtliuitctlthat farm pro)). ertytlm l-mfiU-l increase In Miliiii from 0 to 15 jier ciit which U anrrly FUilhlent cot itnendatiou tu tetabllidi tho neeesnity fitrco-operattm Iu tho niotee merit that lm been ktart.nl in New Jer ey. One frMueutly hears It wild tliat hiilory ftirijhee no Instance of Hie rapid reromj of u country from dliturbai.ro n ripl-1 nnd nuuph to aa tlut of rrauce, und tho n covery in this limtauco It mild to bo duo directly to tho condition of tho roadu, which are in such n high Ktatt of luipro.ttmnt na to placo nearly all agricultural class w Ithiu reach of the markets, thut facilitating tho tranipor tallou of fa nu produce und h.rniug tho cost cf It. Tho geKxl reach which fonn m dUUngulsliingA (Ijiructvristie of tho Trench fyntum were originally crentol by Napoleon I, who xlauuctl u liKuttlahorntepi'ojuct In thU tlir' tl u fur tho j arpote of mot ing his nrmy with iohu amldi"i.iteh. Nii-lir,.;i HI nrriM out the pluiut thnu originalexl by hU unele, nnd in thlt w ay t hero t. iw rpet u-atnd u-atnd n monument of Najvnleunlc suguclly thnt will i nduru through Keiieritthnii. Tho itctUo woikers for tho project ff iinproeil riMd In New Jumy btllua tlat if they con Impm ujuni the jcxtplo tho fact tliat good road xy fwt them Mho tho Uittlo w ill bo won. |
