Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/3/84; site teddy.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!philabs!cmcl2!seismo!harvard!talcott!panda!teddy!lkk From: lkk@teddy.UUCP Newsgroups: net.politics Subject: Re: Re: Supposed monopolies: the railroa Message-ID: <1127@teddy.UUCP> Date: Mon, 12-Aug-85 11:47:22 EDT Article-I.D.: teddy.1127 Posted: Mon Aug 12 11:47:22 1985 Date-Received: Wed, 14-Aug-85 02:17:03 EDT References: <1682@psuvax1.UUCP> <7800374@inmet.UUCP> Reply-To: lkk@teddy.UUCP (Larry K. Kolodney) Organization: GenRad, Inc., Concord, Mass. Lines: 18 >As for private road systems, I don't know that much about them -- >I'm told that rural roads in New England were private until farmers >prevailed upon the government to pay for their maintenance (the farmers >didn't like paying the upkeep to ensure their access to cities). Or the cities weren't paying their fair share for access to the farmers? Given a society in which very few people are really self-sufficient, anything that has an effect on commerce (especially of essentials) is of concern to the society as a whole. -- Sport Death, Larry Kolodney (USENET) ...decvax!genrad!teddy!lkk (INTERNET) lkk@mit-mc.arpa