Spirit of the times. [volume] (Ironton, Ohio) 1853-1858, 1855-02-13

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.ne 0osa ilcm stne csuk o. mo tiver.ts
sncSunset'ng = eood des' o. opposition
!. :"snss paH - ine countyi ana ! beifsva
: was sg'esu upon q, !, : .msetins q
,and .noidsss 'as s2uskes 'Hostons recent.
y. 20 Slve sne Aen o. way .cn tns river
csnx. lame! ie'ns' snsn ,haye tsenysf'bottoln
'slMe o'viaeo 70 ine middle. fss. R1'i
..ow, alc 9ct me 'e'mefs sssnd.ns y
!neif own iignt IN tni: matter! II you
ASK sny o. tne wealthy tsri1eFs wti!
.ncyi are woIk!ng ana striving 20 hsrd
70 improve tnoit farms, and enrich them.
selves thsy VIII tell you, II they are
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ior me rising genssai'on' Not one ol
'"e'n put wouia slad'y sonst q Tempo
tay a"conyen'ence, 70 secure . iuture
oeneh' 10 'he't 'am'iies. NOW, II Will
certainty DO great inconvenience, for
time, 10 many OF 'he iand'noiders. TO
nave 'he ROAD removed from tpe river,
put 10 tne long rum IN my opinion, .
very great sdvan'ase.
In tne nrst place, good road, Passa.
PIE al al seasons OF lne year. which
Gun never DO oulit on me river oank,
wou'd aaa twen'y.nve per cent. 10 the
yaloe o. every islm along the rvef' 70
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.ne nill'le'mers immediately BACK from
!ne rlver: .Ff - . 2f
But 'hls IS not the view Of the case,
20 wnicn ! wisn 10 directsPecia atten'
tion al !ne present ume' Let us look
forward my years-a long perIod'-lon.
ger tnan the average lie Of mano II
NE river bank disappears ior the next
n'ty yeers' as last as II has ior the last
Ten years. the width Of more than two
county roads, Will, at the end ioi that
t'me' nave peen swept away, and lie
"eP1s''ea "a ,ne uu'i 81 Me4'co. lhls
Iesu' - inev'.aD'e. y tne river banks
u'o Ien unprotected, az al present, anu
.hs Cnlo river conl,nues 70 be nov'ga'
'ed Oy mamEotn steamers, al mat sea-
son o. me year wnen inc water IS Just
VIZ" ehouen ior the large waves 70 strike
'ne oank IN me most ahvan'aseous
P'ace 'or UNDERMINING Lat the sand
VEN. :. !.
fhe only way THIS can DO prevented
Is 20 remove the road from The rver'
ana give the farmers a chance 10 secure
me oank; ana ! wonder they ere SO
oi'nd as not 10 see IT, 4sa
| nu' mere IS aholher view OF the. ques'
!,on' whlch concernslevery taxpayer in
me county Where can this road be
ouiit' ana Kept IN good repair lor the
mex! my years, with the least expense.
Everybody knows that a. much tray.
eied ROAD, made 81, the soil which
abounds here, is about as good as i'm.
Passaoie hve months IN the year. A
good solid road, passable al all seasons,
which the public demands now, and
Will much more imperatively demand
hve or ten years hence, can only be
built OF stone or plank.
Now, where can such road be built
with the least outlay! Through the
middle OF the broad river bOttcms?-