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truck, 1 acre, 110 rods ; in potatoes, 1 acre, 79 1-2 rods ; 

 and in corn, 3 acres, 11 rods. 



Lewis W. Smith. 

 "West Newbury, Mass., Nov. 23, 1894. 



REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON ROADS. 



An entry of one half mile of road was made by David 

 A. Pottengill, snpt. of roads for the town of Danvers. 



The full connuittee met him Nov. 12th, and with him 

 made a careful examination of the road entered for the 

 Society's premium. And we were much pleased with its 

 appearance, and satisfied with the excellence of the work, 

 presenting a smooth, even surface, carefully graded, and 

 durable in its construction, built on the Macadam system, 

 with the crushed stone, ])urchased of the Broken Stone 

 Co., of Boston, delivered by cars, very near the work, 

 making the teaming much less expensive than under or- 

 dinary circumstances. The total cost of this half mile of 

 road, according to the statement attached, was $2450. 



This se6ms a high price for country roads, and the 

 committee were of the opinion that quite a saving might 

 have been made, by using screened gravel for the surface 

 finish, as a portion of this road was done, with equal or 

 better results. 



For the most economical construction of good roads, 

 the location and environments must be considered, for 

 what might be tlie better system in one locality, might 

 prove unnecessarily costly in another, as, for instance, in a 

 district where good gravel abounds, it might be question- 

 able whether it would be advisable to build or repair a 

 road on the Macadam or Telford system, instead of the 

 gravel near at hand. 



The importance of good roads has been for a few years, 

 and is now being discussed, as never before in this coun- 

 try. And all classes of the community, especially far- 



