New Britain Herald Newspaper, April 16, 1929, Page 13

[« | NEW BRITAIN HIERALD PALLREVERE RODE “ALONG POST ROAD Modern Highways Have Interest- ing Historical Backgrounds Washington, D. C., April 16 — Many motorists who speed along the Old Post Road out of Boston today are unaware that Paul Revere gal- loped along that same route after hanging his famous lantern in Old North Church. Nor do travelers on the Corniche Ttoad in the French Riviera always realize they are skimming over a sector of the Via Aurelia, a Roman “speedway” which Emperor Aureli- us begun more than two centuries before Christ was born. *‘Speedway” is entirely correct as an appellation for those Roman roads, a National Geographic Society bulletin points out. We have the word of Pliny, an early geographer for it. Once a Roman Emperor trav- cled 200 miles in 24 hours, in three relays of chariots. He sped at eight miles an hour. Pliny describes that record as “a wonderful thing and an instance of incredible celerity.” English Roads Roman Highway “Many present day roads are tell- tales of ancient history for they fol low the routes of historic highways,” continues the bulletin. “This is pecially true of highway of modern Furope and cven of the United States. Watling street and street and Peddars Way are surviv- ors of the military roads with wihch Itome once adorned Britain. “Nobody knows who huilt the first road but remains have been found of a highway laid out by Che- ops, builder of the Great Py in Egypt. Babylon had three highways and the first lev tolls in the history of high place on one of these 1 routes. The Carthaginians were the most scientific road builders of an- cient times, but the details of their constrvetion have been lost. Rome the Mother of Good Ilmuh “‘All roads lead to Rome, w hor, but a fact Auring man Em- the very tim of \\htl now i By the Roman laws the roads we free for the use of the public. They could belong to no one pe group of persons and the em warged with their mainte- nance. Soldiers, convicts and slaves kept them in repair. In some places as eliminated the yment of taxes. The Romans were pmud of the emperors who built highways ¢ honored them with triumphal 4 and medals and named the after th such as the Via Appia and the V Aurelia. “The Via ‘Lincoln Highway." the Apostle trave toll collectors. It was sar Appius O when completed on the Adriatic coast. fie takes a new path, Appia still runs its course Rome across the Alban hills. Road Maps Unknown to Romans “The Romans had no road maps. published itin ng the en each station. Their road maps » stations with the sur- Appia was the Roman Over it & Paul . untroubled by to Brindisi Modern traf; but the from anpronct were drawings o hpic features of count topor: ronnfl ng 0 nan Empire d aid likewis ror of the Fi an of road construc- r his death the devel- A into a lethargy which Jisturbed during the began a pr tion, but opment p was hardly Middle A An English Road Law A quaint law was passed in Eng- leng in the Middle Ages relative o the muddy and rutted highways of the day. According to the law bush- es and trees were felled for 200 foet ton either side of a road to pre- vent the gentle inhabitants of the countryside from rushing out and attacking travelers! The first toll for the maintenane of English roads was passed by Edward 111 in the fourteenth centurmy. “Fhe Incas of Peru had the most extensive highway system in the new world. Their ‘Queen of Roads,' which connected Quito and Cuzco, was five times as long as the com- pleted Via Appia. They were shrewd- er engineers than the Romans. The latter built their roads in straight lines, conquering all difficulties in their paths. The Incas curved and graded their highways to avoid as- cents and for Napoleon Forstered Good Roads he father of modern road build- tng is Napoleon. He systematized the industry and appointed a body of cngineers to supervise the construc- tion of French roads. Other Euro- pean countries and the United were quick to perceive the value improved highw “Turkey, long closed fo Wesiern cays, is planning an asphalt-sur- faced highway from Constantinople to Angora. Every day news an- nolincements bring in tidings of new roads being built in lesser known parts of the world. Automobiles de- mand an ever widening touring ra- dius, and modern travelers no long- er fear the mythological creatures which medieval people believed in- tabited the unknown parts of the carth.” Five years will be needed for the restoration of Williamsburg, colonial capital of Virginia, —: CAPITOL STARTS SUNDAY “IN OLD ARIZONA" AN ALL TALKIE With MUND LOWE WARNER BAXTER Studies Maternity ROSE FERDMAN Rose Ferdman, a member of the | staff ®of the Visiting Nurse associa- | tion, left today for a three months period of study at the Maternity {Center association, New York city. dy the technique sary to assure each mother minimum of mental discomfort during neces- th pregnancy, a . 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