Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 36, Number 108, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 9 September 1904 — The Worst Paved City. [ARTICLE]

The Worst Paved City.

Moscow is probably tbe worst paved city in the world. Great cobblestones driven by band Into a loose bed of sand form a roadway which Is always dusty In summer and muddy In autumn, and In many of the roads there Is no attempt at a roadway of any kind. The streets are badly watered and cleaned. The city Is regarded by the Russians as “tbe holy city,” probably because of the large number of monasteries It contains. It was once the capital of the empire and still enjoys the distinct >n of being considered tbe capital of t le Interior, but there does not seem to be any particular desire on the part of the authorities to make It more worthy of its title.