ROADS OF THE STATE. 



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SUMMARY. 



* In some cities and towns the number of Surveyors is not given, the reply to the 

 question being, "Mayor and Aldermen," or "Selectmen." 



It will appear from these returns that we have in this State 

 about nineteen thousand miles of highway, for, including the 

 few towns that returned the number of miles as not known, it 

 would increase the aggregate to a greater extent than that. 

 The aggregate length of all the railroads in this State is but 

 1,258 miles. 



It is safe to say that the common roads, thoifgh the original 

 cost, mile for mile, may have been much less, are vastly more 

 important to the population of the State than the railroads. It 

 would be difficult to do without railroads, to be sure, and no 



