New England Roads

The progress made in the last ycar in Massachusetts and Connecticut is most ehcÖBJfgiitg. In ()ic i'ormer state an appropriatiou of $800,000 was pwided a yoar ago, and iu 18J(i the mimlKr of Miles of road bnOt by the state advaneiil from 8!) to 130, the work being cfóhe in inauy different loealities, ïor the afeé of bringiug its advautages Before tho : eyés of a laíge itmbér.of tnapi Au apflïopriaöón of a Uke amoujit trrïÜ li(i soupiit tliis ycar. Tliere is a ftroug féeling in favor of oontiñuing the policy euteretl on three or four yeaxs ago, and a nuinber of "tlirouh ïcute.s" are conteanjihited in various direetions. ('"iinecficut proceeds in a iuuili inoré modest w;y, its ar.nual approriatibn beiiiK liimted to 875,000. In the twn sinre the state nndertook tlie work 1 and appointed a ])iplivay cninn,ission, however, the counties liave contrilmted the same ainounr as the state, and nnm than $500,000 has been raiaed by the towna for road improvemeut. The men1 who would rather pay $100 a year for shoeing horses and repairing wagons than $10 a year for a good road tas are sfcill iu tho majority in maiiy regions. -