THE VALUE OF THE ROAD.
And where do the workers come from ? Where do they live ? The answer is curious. In one village, where a factory has recently been established, most of the workers —many of them young women—come by omnibus from a country town ; and one reason for the migration of these factories is the sudden and beneficent activity of the omni- buses. They fly frequently. They move fast. They are cheap. And they perform a double function. They take workers to the village and village holiday makers to the towns. In this same village a large number of the men go out by 'bus, bicycle, and motor cycle to work in various towns, some at considerable distance. Every morning the emigrating men pass the immigrating women. Both live at a distance of five miles or more from their work.
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