Хоттмэтв 22, 1862.] 
е т AERE 
low the average cost of the highways 
Т1. per mile із be 
тре 
аб an modify this cost immensely, such аз the| 
ze the Creme ОП, the rwr of the road material, and the 
bod. 
ЖОЙ ied Med the field by 
MÀ 
support the road Mon» 
e. 
t s 
оаа side, 
itn sey miles of carriage, 
blue 
ЕГ кл АГУ the M 
Pio ion t 
oft pame. a о modios th mu. S ju 
of t per mile of the highways e 
С anion and Tetbury istri cts will exemplify this: та the 
Whi! former, а vale district. ave generally a bad fou nde d» net 
e have р 
ster E either indifferent o siv 
"m ай rable. In the latter, a hi district 
rape ently close at hand, 
me traffic Bee I nr 1 Ped fud add that a traveller 
ka former district would not be so eager for the High- 
ben. he ham d the dat tter. 
ict in 
ge Parishes. No. T Miles. 
Average Cost per Mile. 
£20 
[LI 
- ^ е7 u—— 6 
ЖбРайьћев, with 12 72 Miles, cost. £19 0 p ИШ а 
ану District, average of 3 years, ending March: 35, p 
он. No. of Miles. Dive, ^ Co гуа er Mile. 
27 
15 П 
5 
1(Tetbury) 23 а 
M Parishes, with 55 Miles, cost ЕУ 5810 10 per Mile on 
THE GARDENERS' 
rying the e sire the 
sel kuo 
Grounding my 
| X ies POT poing kept i 
88 
етт тг 
5: rar the charges for i nr r manage- 
ment will so moun any benefit derived iim 
bringing e xii ed TT mom to bear j ihe терй rg 
will be swallowed wp by them. Let us examine ir 
CHRONICLE AND AGRICULTURAI, GAZETTE, 
——L—— 
But it will be obj | merely to the payment of of the intere ансоб й for 
t been 
1107 
the year, but 
of that which had n n paid in former years, and 
the st st trong language c of P ш giving his decision, 
this. 
The claim upon the surveyor's Bue under the 
present J 
e parihes are obliged t repuir, and the tolls are 
| sped to the p i of the yearly фе ай interest. 
"ei is ПОК, and the cost of n 
nil; but tbis is not ir way E 
surveyor "a d uty, 1 
ow that the demand upon his time is yeh 
TI a serious tar. 
0! 
Е MANAG 
md GEMENT ne AND SUKVEYOR). 
Highland. Roads und: 
T 
miles, 2 per mile, 
HT. 
"icis gren or less than 1 
and del Should be LP ассог шлу 
the demands on their time in 
rveyor 
account, 
eR MAD the \үумры: Н of the 
a be er and at 
mile, and on the PONES of the 
management expenses not exceeding 30s. per mile, 
I ect Um following as a resolution for your 
adoptio: 
s nd: it is tho opinion of this Association that the New 
on average. 
m of the cost per mile of the highways in mss 
E exhibits in an eere rad d e 
of AS Act to two p different 
ter 4 the publie, 
o My trus 
airing t 
that 
— thy esti« 
he highroads 
superiority o of the propose: 
stem. 
presen 
“H will no doubt be ERA on behalf of the existing | $ 
+1 
^ 
ole question rather turns upon the] 
and the 
| tns n our t minutes which Appear 
Hig dd Act will probably prove beneficial both to the public 
the т: tepa; 
x LU it is dosiráble the highway districts should 
with those of the union, as these already im. aiy visions Eu 
pori Les — purpose of local expen: 
tative m, possessin 
hoard Жул, and ми n 
J EAEAP 1 eac 
ill be obtained.” 
2 ДНР оронуп to the adoption óf these reso- | 
and am aware that we have some a resolu- 
r dire 
them, .So 
me к: the e chin 
auses in a B 
The vum 3 table shows the cost | o 
- 
id хэс the by 
the 
ya Aei o course parisl 
Vere We. caim of € rustees allow 
this 1 monstrous i A. follow 
inhabitants of the paris ah, Tho a 
use o roads, would se 
ff a deb which might have accrued | ug before they 
me б ы) parish, and they would find t Ives 
axed to repair the road as if it were a parish road, 
vd t бе vere entitled to use without paying any 
whatever." 
Bat the "niis д have not only stolen the 1 from 
they atly rage it 
eways, and the parishes іа ж en cases аге 
рүе to ke eep their road frequently in a 
ti 
+} 
r it vas it must be kept in sufficien 
of it. 
» the ач munication between 
which, 
in consaquenos + p рин ы = аге чач costly 
to repair, 
meet the е pitia - 
To {һе debt res repairs, 
Sir G, Cornwall Lewis ai ntrod 
r G. Gre 
of an annual paymen 
| debt, until the whole was 
the debt was found to be so enormons, that. the plan 
u 
very desirable that this debt А № cleared 
off if posibile, pas eir fhas in у oes not 
exceed 100,000 0 nile d er mile 
m | owing, ар ата per LE 
| years, and levying P аза land tax to be deducted жч 
the rent, fall } 
ма -1 n 
- e it 
ustice to Aere - a: 
lected by Mr, " Dre 
ct, d the Tables I I bring. before ут 
whi 
re iuflcient ior рађа A eeping denu 
iighways o 
Bu 
т general question 
BAM, AER them ve c Becas 
to meet by argument Lin this 
I think it is not 
of the 
к " s the highwa 
place to discuss the 
E 
mi E 
maintenance of the tur denn 
duel taking t 
miles, EY sov clearly how it var 
пе length 
es under 
E 
Repaired chiefly with 
white stone 
We hav 
let us follow the а 
affecting ‚Р th 
| county generally or the еты perg and i 
t this that we shou e vul, our guard rid 
the 
The 
| erp m roads have either e гаа for, or eod 
roved as the principal traffic routes of the 
сону, and are therefore 
ebaracter than the highways which are ын fitted 
for the convenience áa - parishes. 
The system of tax 
ms to e uti the 
the 
ty of the country, and the tolls le vied are наб 
ith [^ pie 
eiie ut the kingdom ; с нҮ a very е 
Railway opened 
Blue stone. used after this 
he Chureh Road formed 
femme 
) 
a temm lab hour Haps е vm 59, be those 
apparent. 
р, thea advantage gained 
iyw qua materials would be 
rad cheapest rate from the best quarter, and 
m. 
thus 
object if it ean be „attained with fairn ness to all 
interes 
Í property to repair the roads, it seems most pup 
that those who do the damage should pay for 
reparation, 
If w e travel or send farm produce by the railways, a 
a: АЕ of levying rates for the repairs in ап 
UM ace for the county of Norfolk 
Harford “ wust эе been asian 
tl aeh 
e Court statem of the |» 
mein nika а and 
income $a expenditure ot 12 turn 
what we e is erc onse ле a main- 
^ tenne of the lines, and ti o fr ekart 0 
e roads- ian con- 
сы ч 
E 
it gru saddle the ЕТА 
MA w we should like it. Taking tbe 
of miles of turnpike road in this county at 
| 1000 уйе, E ihe cost, on an — at 327. per 189 
t the 
there were at least two 
statements were no ee by him 
Differing Lr eda in character in the highways, | 
the урга roads h: a фо" construeted ps s. Yer 
юж odate ut ral traffic of the try, 
oss roads, 
unfrequently ш tela ene Ў 8. 
Nis bres й the case тей mes t M 
have us Á er Б en 
prre and re mi pains of pr roads, and йе torapikas (ай, 
һауе їп поряд о e parishes to 
repair. "the he e turnpike 
roads in our own peigibourhood, and the extent of road 
r mile less average ofl 
and probably ‘not far actual cost, 
E hare annu: the county p 
0007., ed as much "d the ed ens 
io remark burdensom 
t, - what an 
h inj Ч 
ho no y largely would escape 
Mena scót free, being p slightly Tatonblo—inke for 
instance the millers, brewers, mercbants, 
carriers, commercial caer the ven 4 унан the 
E rint miian renting hi 
vehicl аа Да 
ar is n 
By the common law of England there i is no question 
to the abut sf the UM to repair, if T 
not funds fi purpose. In the Acts of Parliament ра 
and carts would probably 1 
ys at command, and pretty constantly and | 
oy 
leute dite] Ji Фарер nature to be put 
onse quently 
n te еареѕ rai 
A few horses present expensive system of biring teams, | no 
ап 
io! the repairs, pou d .to the payment of еген, еса аы i 
repairs 
In others, the көгө. d m 
is nof sufficient left у Ше 
1 
ы and if there 
eitis y Б, ie a 
Шау turn out to be 
instance the new Poor- 
Which is yery like 
оой $ gracoa a dn 
ecidedly 
Law systems, the local 
the proposed high- 
фе леце of the рош in the 
. £170,840 
108,500 
н Gloucester 
ч ending Mickacimas Т. 1862 ;. 
the decrease of £053 
new Highway Act? 
“Ж 
: Showing 
lr mot а like result follow 1 the 
- Here seem pA Pep Bises HE 
м ы. 
P roads were 
taining the turnpike roads npon 
them. 
the kind the attempt was made to apply the tolls, == 
на 
gency of declini rnpike 
d eigen ated This is more a жу гы than a tenant's question, 
даң I think the fourth and fi ч peapea ad 3 believe 
calls for attention, seeing that trustees on 
— of their 
plication re Acts are now told that 
ыры debts upon "m 
mods айо bo be Siete, if e P" E кг the 
таан 0 ог ру tax payable b he lan 
Yi 
u Lad at these roads Mn be placed under the same manage- 
ment as the highways, and supported out of a common fund 
