A treatise on road legislation and management ... To which is added, A few practical remarks on the management of tolls, and repairing turnpike-roads and highways

Front matter

ROAD LEGISLATION

AND

MANAGEMENT.

Introduction

In submitting this little treatise to the Public at large, the author has pleasure in thinking that he has condensed a large measure of practical experience on the subject to which it relates : he believes, therefore, that a sense of that duty which every one owes to society, and not any less worthy motive, has induced him to publish it. He has repeatedly acknowledged the debt he owes to those Commissioners of Turnpike-Koads, as also to many Noblemen and Gentlemen, by whose influence and support (for more than thirty years) he has continued in situations of great trust and responsibility, thus enabling him to reap a large harvest of practical knowledge in road-management : this knowledge, he humbly believes, could not fail to improve in other quarters, both the condition of the roads themselves, as well as their financial position and prospects, in the same proportion that they have done those under his own immediate care. In this hope he solicits a candid perusal from all parties.

Methley, Wakefield, March, 1857.

Contents

On repudiating Turnpike-Trusts Debts ... ... ... 1