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From: janw@inmet.UUCP
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Subject: Re: Re: Private roads (and airports)
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Date: Thu, 2-Jan-86 10:30:00 EST
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> It is an established fact that private roads have nowhere been built.

Not *exactly* true, though Frank still has a point.
The following is from the Funk & Wagnalls encyclopedia:

>>The early turnpikes were all government enterprises, but later turnpikes
>>were built and operated by private companies under state charters.
>>Few of these private companies were able to net a profit over an extended
>>period, and nearly all of the roads had reverted to county control
>>by 1850.