TWO THOROUGHFARES TO BOSTON. I35 



PUBLIC ROADS TO BOSTON. 



The subscribers having been appointed, at a meeting of several 

 of the citizens of this and the neighboring towns, as a Committee 

 to procure a measurement of the two roads from the ridges in 

 Groton to Lexington, they now, by special desire, pubhsh the 

 following result of their proceedings. 



The roads in question run, one through Westford, Carlisle, Bedford 

 to Lexington ; the other through Littleton, Acton, Concord, Lincoln 

 to Lexington. The guide-board near the Groton ridges, where the 

 roads divide, states the road through this town to be more than two 

 miles longer than the other, and has had a tendency, it is believed, 

 to mislead travellers by this inaccuracy. For it calls the difference 

 nearly three times as great as it really is. The public have a right to 

 know the truth of the matter, and will then exercise their discretion in 

 choice of roads to travel. 



To obtain authentic knowledge on the subject, the subscribers have 

 employed a sworn surveyor, Capt. Hubbard, and sworn Chainmen 

 to measure the two roads, beginning at Loriiig's Inn, near Groton 

 ridges, where the two roads divide and going by both routes to Lex- 

 ington where they again unite. The following is the result of this 

 measurement. 



Road through Concord. 



From the forks of the road in ^ 

 Lexington to E. Robbins' \ 

 Robbins' to Viles's 

 Viles's to Patch's 



Patch's to Thompson's in Concord, 

 Thompson's to Bigelovv's, in do. 

 Bigelow's to Wetherbee's 

 VVetherbee's to Stearns's 

 Steam's to White's 

 White's to Proctor's 

 Proctor's to Nye's 

 Nye's to Loring's [the Ridges] 



Miles 19 192 04 



