48 BOARD OF AGRICULTURE, [Jan., 



over the State of Connecticut and find suitable material out 

 of which thousands of miles of excellent road can be con- 

 structed at less than $500 a mile. I believe it is practical to go 

 right out through many of the towns and construct good 

 practical roads for travel of all kinds, either for bicycles or 

 heavy travel, within three figures to the mile. This road of 

 mine is used for bicycle riding or for heavy travel, and for any 

 kind of travel that goes over our average country roads. 

 The highway commissioner says that we have got to be care- 

 ful to get the best gravel. I have got the best gravel on earth. 

 I have got also poor gravel, but I have had experience enough 

 in the last twenty-five or thirty years, so I do not take poor 

 gravel, and I am fully of the opinion it never should cost, tak- 

 ing one mile with another, more than $500 a mile for roads 

 built upon that plan. 



The Vice-President, Are there any further questions 

 relative to this subject, or have any of you any opinions to 

 express relative to this matter? If there is no further discus- 

 sion in regard to the matter the time has arrived for adjourn- 

 ment. 



The Secretary, Before we leave this hall, I think it is 

 due to the people of Bridgeport that we express our apprecia- 

 tion of the courtesy they have extended to us in inviting us 

 here, Bridgeport has been unwilling to receive guests with- 

 out placing them in her guest chamber. We had a comfort- 

 able hall, but in receiving the distinguished speakers we 

 have here this morning, the city of Bridgeport has oflfered us 

 the use of this hall entirely gratuitously, and I desire, Mr. 

 President, to ofifer a motion for a vote of thanks on the part 

 of the State Board of Agriculture to the citizens of Bridge- 

 port, who have so kindly extended to us the use of this theater 

 for our exercises. 



Motion seconded and unanimously passed. 



The President, Our session this afternoon and there- 

 after will be held in the hall in the Atlantic Hotel. 



Convention adjourned to 2 p. m. 



