THE DAY OF ROADS.
[To rats Eorree or rat "Sesormon."1 &IL—With reference to your article, "The Day of Roads," my two and a half years with the Mechanical Transport in France have impressed me with the value of her great high- ways. You mention that "the railway companies virtually killed the traffic on the canals because they did not desire their' competition." It should be pointed out that when the railways tried to get their early Bills through Parliament, the opposi- tion of the then great transport owners—viz., canals—had to be overcome by buying the opposition out at their own price; therefore the inflated amounts paid have made it difficult for the railways to work the canals at a profit —1 am, Sir, &e., A. Goonwm Snowy, A.M.Inst.C.E. Burton Buildings, Nottingham.
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