Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1850-04-30
tFor the DcmoCTail
Repairs of Highways.

both Sclccrmca and Surveyors, There Isno
rclsou which can b. given, urging the citi-
lrns Of Paris or ans town, to adopt the plan
Of raising p,pa,y anil apPOiu, commissicncrsto
lay II on, 50 strong - the one Just mentioned.
Those Who urge the plan 81 raising money
tax In repair highways, affirm that men would
be appointed To Law II out who would repair
the highway, thoroughly and mc,ho4ically-
Who would never half do piece Of rad and
then leave tor leave the hills To be washed
their whole length nv every shower and
storm. The arrumcn, Is good one, and un'
less the ruads are repaired with more system
and care. 4 money tax and road commission
en- must h. the next Usor, Several things
may h. enumerated A. resulting nom want OF
system such fnr instance As leaving the hills
without rroi,r-o1g,, allowing the water To
run rrrat distances a, the roadside without
turning It ayiis r'pliring tn rnahS with
pcr.shablc ma,cral covering rocks with
earth which ought to he removed doing lit
H. vhcrc much u ,.eCdcd Sc. Work on the
rad Is Ike vurL s,cryvheu elisa Job well
Jo-, Is twicr done bet only half done Is M,
doar a, an. IL relation To ,rdisr-cnH'' upon
the hill, aud descending ground, hundreds "
dollars NIGH, h. saved hy them every wear.
II such raris arr properly constructed. they
are no, only a saving tn the town, but they
arr cOn,rucucc L. the public. The Nv
cutlvr Offices, ct town have this whole mat
ter of systematic Road Repairing IN their cus-
tody. and under lhclr direction, and their au-
thoritv Shuuld b. exercised IN ,ts greatest
practical extent Ia produce uniformity and
sv,irin. In uuirr to SECURE greater system
M LAYING out the money and repairing the
highway, much benefit might bc derived hy
a mccuu. ct ihc Sclcctmcu and SURVEYORS. --
\ day thus sG~ui anil rewarded with the uSu-
Al nav. would b. ~ ScNlcchlc iu the town a.
any dav fur any Scr,icr In this way differ
rut view, NIGH, b. exchanged and discussed
and the be-, acted upon aud adopted. For
the want uf.ys,ru, what Is done hy one sur
,,yor one wear, is very often uudunc and rev
uluuoul1.d by another surveyor the nc,tyc
By adopting some such plan as the ono above
suggested, ,h.S useless and often oNira'agan'
waste Of MONEY would II avoided.
The manner of clccilug SURVIVORS might
h. much suJscr,icu, To- this end Nsat pres
cut managed i cannot D. conducive to such a
result There u nu, suihrrrn' Importance
now attached lo the otrrr ro demand the carr
and attention which j. necessary M order al
an times to secure the services 81 competent
mon. They ~. ~.,l~ctrd ard chosen without
much consideration. ~ rrganl To qualification.
For thc truth IT this assertion ] appeal Ia the
candid opinion Of every citIrn Now this is
uu, a. !, should b. The surveyors are truly
the mo,, important ofTcrr, m town. They
arr IN fact the trustees and agents Of much
the largest aHsaunI - m,''oy asSS--od ui-o"
the eiilErns The aggregate Of money en-
trusted Ia their carr i never les than $1,000
pr annum How important then, that they
should BE- we'll qualified for their Oihcc II
NOR, attention were given tn the selection "i
thee officers the adoption Of system and
method in Repair, Of Highways could b.
made to ycid practical and profitable results
lIv tl,.Sr remarks would no, be understood
10 mean that the'llighway surveyors, C'Hor-
aHy were incompetent men. By no means.
The opposite L. wha, Is mcau,-'ha, by tar
llc greater malouiy arr well qualified. Hut
scarcely year pa,S''s that sume persons are
not chosen 10 thIs oiicc Who are indifferent a.
iothe manner otcNPcndlng The money cn,ru',-
81 to their care and Who Cor this cause or
Snmc other pcrml, the funds OF the town to h.
lIIsd away or u>clr>,Iy suuandcrcd. will
suggest a remedy tor tn, evil. 1t NAV not BE-
dcrmci practicable and II not, there Is no
danger oi IT, bclug adopted Early after the
ASSEMBLING OF town meeting M March, lci a
oorumttcc h. chosen consisting Of uuc from
each ,urvryors District who's. duty Il shall b.
a. consult together and present 10 the town
some compslcnr individual IN each District for
thl, Office Then le, the citizens vote them
M. or not ~ ihcy thought cIrsdcul In this
Wv Iusticc would h. done To- the District and
competent men secured.
The large expenditure Tor breaking Roads
and removing distractions BY snow has been
mentioned a. one cause Of dehcicn, highways.
S.nrc this service has been paid for BY the
town, which has cost on an average not less
than $500, or 5000 per annum, there has
ben No. iucrcas" m the amount oi money aP-