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Show B VAluauLc TESTIMONY. " H Long inland X'nrniora Don't ItoRret Money I H Sprnt for Good KoiuIh. B Tho iota! issue of bonds in Queens R ' county within the past three yearn, m nnd baforc the present improvement;; B. Mere provided for, for roads and H bridges on account of tJic county nnd H towns, amounted to over $1,500,000. Of H tins siun, about one-half are county B bonds and tliu balance nre bonds issued H by the various towns. H The intercut on these bonds is in the H neighborhood of $10,000,000 n year. 'J'lie H question i:t, has It been u good lr.vcrit- B inent for tho taxpayers? A larg roftl B otn4e owner nt Lynbrook suyb: 'I H voted for the macadamized ronds .11 our ' H ,t"vn mul (hey have proved n fine iu- , B vestrnicElU Jt was done moot oppor- ' H junaly, just ns the bicycle came into 1 B jfOitatal use, and the derrick road lias ! H OcOfJmo a fnaiious route iu consequence. B In the first plncc, it has led to the in- 1 H vestment of perhaps !?100,l))0 in the H comity for rpsid hous.es, improvements B to old hotel:, etc., and the best of it B is all thc&e investments have proven B lirolltable, and there in oery prospect B of t he invest mqnt of ns muoh more next 1 year, iu club and road houses to ne- B commodate wheelmen. Then wheel- B nen spend -ni immense amount of B ' money in the town some say as much PPB ;ib $10,000 in one day, during tlu height PPpB of the bouHon. The macadamized roads PPPB have also encouraged carnage r.dingf PPPB and made the town and country vastly PPbB more attractive in all respect;." PPPP Capt. Abrams, an oyster denier nt PPPB East Eocknwny, snyu "that one of Uie BlBM results of the macadamized roads is BlBM the carting of largo quantities of ovh- PPPS tors direct to the city. When we have PPbH packed our oysters in sacks or barrels, BbBB taken them to the depot nnd paid tho BbBJ freight or cxprcssnge upon them, there BbBI Is very little profit; but when wo put PPpfl them into our wagons and cart thoni PPpfl direct to our customers we en n make a BbBJ ' little money at tho business." BbBJ The farmers at Valley Stream nnd BHlf Springfield say tJie macadamized road? BbBJ have extended the market garden re- BlBJ gion .several miles further from the BlBJ '-ity, and have vastly helped the busi- BBBl m:ss. "We can," said one, "increase BBB the size of our load nearly one-third. BBP and nt the same time save considerable BBBJ time in the round trip to and from the BBBj city." It is officially reported Unit BBBJ nearly 00,000 market-wagon loads of BBBJ vegetables were brought to Wnllabout BBBJ market alone last year. This will give BBBJ coma idea of the saving in time and BBBJ horseflesh to the farmers of Queens BBBJ BBBJ Along the north aide of the island BBBJ one of the indirect results of the good BBBJ roads has been the abandonment of the BBBJ market-wagon) train, which formerly BBBJ ran between Oyster Bay and way sta- BBB) tions to the city. The wagons and BBB borscs were taken on the train, the BBBJ charge for the round trip being four BBBJ dollars. An average train carried from BBB 25 to .10 wngonn, holding about three BBB tons each. Now the teams are driven BBB direct to the city, returning with n BBB load of manure. At a recent meeting of BBB the Farmers' club, the matter was in- BBB formally discussed in connection witli BBB the freight rates of the Long Tdnnd BBB (railroad. It was the opinion of the BBB farmers present that, until market BBB produce could be carried by trolley ears BBB and manure, returned in the same way. BBB the best way to market produce and BHB get fertilizers was by hauling with BBB horses, and this necessitates good mac- BBB ndamized or loamcd roads. Brooklyn PPJ Uagle. |