Brick Country Road

be hrst bnck country road Jaid in the Uuited States bas been put down in Monmouth township, Warren connty, Hls. It is the fruit of a ruoveinent for hard roads -which bas been going on in the township for the last four years, and v-hicli bas resnlted iu the construction of a nuniber of miles of brokeu stone road and flnally in the deparfcure from old methods and the laying of a paved way of brick. The road ia the culnnnation of a series of experirnents in road building, and though it ia regarded as more or lesa ou probation the utmost confidence in its suceess is expressad. The work has attracted rmich attention amoug frieuds of good roads all over the couutry. The average cost ,pf the stone roads has been 70 cents per foot. The bricik road cost $3,500 for 3,000 fect, or about 90 cents a rnuning foot. Convict Labor, There is oue kind of work that (ho convicts could bo given, however, that vo bnlieve would meet with the unanimoDS approval of the people of tho state, and that ia tho iruproveruent of our roads. Herc, within a radius of ten miles of our state peuitentiary, is to be found the fïnest material in the world for road making. Wo have stono, gravol and even briok clay that could be prepared by the convicta in enormous qnantities for roads in all parts of Illinois. Down in the mudholes of central and southern Illinois a few inacadamized or brick highways would be uailed as a godsend bv the farmers whose homes are almost isolated duriug the rainy portions of the year. A system of highways thronghout the , stato, most of the worls cm thein to be performe.d by conviots, should be iuaugarated. If Governor Tauner desires to ingratiato himself with all classes of people, laboriDgrueu, taxpayers, bicyclists, farmers and, iu faot, nearly every ono, he wil] take upthisplau. - JolietNews. Work For Tranips and Convicts. It would be a most excelJent plan to üarness au the tramps aud crimináis íu j the country aud puttbem at wort building roads, says tbo New York Lodger. Appoint state commissions, nnder the authority of tho commissiou appointed j by congress and working by its plans, and have a complete systeru of roads on one general scale, whicii should be carefully worked out aud experimentad with nntil the very best results attainable by intelligent and painstakiug research aro secured. Kentucky Toll Roads. The farmers of Kentucky have taken the law into their own hands and dostroyed the tollgates in a sectiou of tfaai state. The turnpike corupanics had uot kept tho roads in fit condition aud had charged he full rate of toll. The farming community in that section is in a high state of excitement, and the result will doubtless be au agitation in favor of improved h-ighways.