Good Roads And The World's Fair

Col. Albert A. Pope ís a erusty ol reíormer, and he could not well com plato ií luis lumbersome drive at the tairiíf ín luis last circular on the "Gos' pol of Good Roads" earaed (rom repulí lioan papera, profonnd silente on the wihole subject. Rut im one questiontt tlie Bostonian's earnestness or the nn'i-it al h'iis cause. As he say.-j "Good roade dheapen the eost of trans portatían by saving time, reduclng thi wear oí draug'ht anímate and oí yihlclee, and thus leseen the cost oí' material to the producer and consum, er. Tare modern development tf 'slums', the wretehed outcome of lifü in tenement homses, can be laid largely tb the bad roads exiistfois in the farm ing diistricts, wlhlcb in certain season of tbe year prevent social intercoursc, makimg country lili'e clieerless, igolated fi-iwl inarrow." Col. Pope's effort iiow ie to bring it labout tliat the Woorld's Fair shaU be the means of letting our people kmow Iiow roally bad our Amerioaif ïtiads are iin comparjson with the high ways i cTen tJie ineanest of Europeau' eounm-iies. Wüiat is iieeded is a special departmemt of raad and inaiintenaiice at the fair. As it is no-n; arra-nged, the variottB exliiibite which havo to do witli the subject ivill bü sadly scatteicd. and no opportunity be aJfordied to iinpress upo'ii vteitors the itaiportanoe oí the matter. Col Pope says th-c tariii and the ourrenty ai-e imiilmportant in eoraparison witJi ■nad i-iillci-s and asphalt. Jlaking al owancp lor the exce.sses of an en Inlast, ii is urgairt that the meana of coininnink-ation between towns ami acroes tlic wMe areae of our country ie i'iiiproved, a ml roadS be built 011 'he most appnyved and modern line?. It ■vvll be vealth im the pockets oj is all. We si'iK-erely trust the WorW's "air management will give the sub.