THE RURAL COTTAGE PROBLEM.
[To yes EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR.") SID,—In your issue of January 11th you published a letter pointing out the necessity for highway authorities to build cottages for their roadmen, who now occupy cottages primarily intended for agricultural labourers. Being a ratepayer in Hertfordshire, the highways of which, as was stated, are almost wholly managed by the County Council, I applied to the County Surveyor for some particulars on the subjectt. He kindly informs me that " the number of roadmen permanently employed by the Council is four hundred and sixty. A considerable proportion of these live in urban areas." Even if only one-half of this number is taken to represent those who live in rural districts and require cottages—the proportion is probably too small—and it is taken as the average number for each English and Welsh county, it appears to be obvious that the proposition contended for in the letter which you published on January 11th is correct.—I am, Sir, &e.,
E. S. Roscoe.
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