THE FUTURE OF OUR ROADS.
[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] SIR,—It is agreed that the roads offer the best solution of the unemployment question. It is also well known, as pointed out in your article last week, that the " made " surface of many roads is too narrow for lorries and other heavy commercial vehicles to side-track while smaller and faster cars pass. It is further certain that tar-macadam is dangerous to horse traffic and an abomination to the pedestrian. If these premises are allowed, is it not clear that a solution lies in adding at the side, wherever possible, a strip of macadamized road laid on a proper soling ? This would enable the lorry to side-track, the horse to stand up and the pedestrian to resume his country walks ; while the work would be more within the capacity of the average unemployed man than tar-mac work. At present the roads are useless as "the King's highway."—I am, Sir, &c.,
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