I see occasional references in the papers to their uselessness." "They're in pretty bad shape, I'm afraid," replied McKenty.

"I haven't been through either of them in years and years.

The idea was originally to let the wagons go through them and break up the crowding at the bridges.

But it didn't work.

They made the grade too steep and the tolls too high, and so the drivers preferred to wait for the bridges.