The River Falls journal. (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1857-1861, 1859-03-30
For The JOURNAL.
Reply to j ustice.

Mr.. EDITOR:-SOOn after EatsSen S ar
ticle appeared in the Journal. while IN
loading wood near South Fork Saw
MIL the proprietor of said mill came a.
cross the road to me. and af er sOiLe chat
upon common place matters, reier' nee
was made to CT i=e,.'s article, and Mr..
Dickinson intinatcd that was the autlo.
This [ denied, and told IN that | SUP
posed that the article WAS written by Mr..
Powell. He repe that it was my thur
der, he could tell my aticl,s VIII &c
read them, etc. | rep..ei that l bad mad
credit for writing rt;cies which | had new
er seen t.li they appeared III print, and
that had furnished but very little matter
for The JOURNAL. He insisted, as he still
does, that the article was made up VI my
thunder. N ,w this is, and was at that
time, all ''his Imagination" | aver that
l never saw the article, nor did [ know
that such an article had been penned by
anybody, till saw it IN the JOURNAL
Iwould say farther, that neither Mr.. Pow
ell, or Citizen, need any of my thunder
they have a good supply. Of their own,
and better article.
Now since the mill is going-not
that South Fork mill-it may not be on,
of til line of my duty to set my friend
right in some OF these matters pertaining
to the state road, and to Mr.. P's. article.
Mr.. Powell said that 1.-TWO of the Board
of Supervisors, at the time the town road
was laid by Mr. Randall's house, said that
if the petition had called for it, they would
have laid it out to the South Fork road;'
but he did not, as you assert, refer to Mr..
Moore and Thomas Dick. rson forautllor-
ity. Please look at that once more
1.-TWO of the Board did state what Mr..
Powell says they did, but Mr.. Moore said
at that time. that whenever the road was
continued through, it would be laid thr'o
by Dea. Asaph Pratt's house, or by Mr..
Samuel Pratt's house, and there is DO
question but that Mr.. Moore was ..sound
on the goose" But Mr.. Moore is now
non commttal, and what he would do in
case Of an emergency, is, Doubtless, beyond
the ability of friend Justice to foretel.
Mr.. Justice thinks it requires twenty
years travel with consent If owners, to
make road"
A law was enacted in this State more
than ten years ago, which says that
''Roads not recorded which shall hereai-
ter be used ten years or more shall, be
deemed public highways" and that law
remains in full force and effect to this
day.
But, friend Justice has s:no interest in
the matter onl y as ax-payer, and is not
willing to see the town involved in heavy
bill of expenses to bald up private inter
ests." He is, most certainly-''l' right"
in this matter, and he would by no means
misrepresent. There is nothing wrong
in his upper story" but there as some
thing 'ioose" about the foundation. The
law provides that
"All damages occasioned by the lay
ing out and opening any state road, shall
be paid by the several counties in which
the same may be located"
Justice still doubts seriously" the au-
thority of the commissioners to act, and
thinks there are dozen legal objections
to the road. The Legality of the road
has already been tested in our Circuit
Court-not before Mr. Just:ce-and the
''acts Of the commissioners" have been
sustained; the counties have paid the ex-
pense of laying out the roal, and it is
equally certain that the counties have got
to pay the expense and damages Of open
ing it, if called upon.
l have been clediblv informed that the
road is now opened and travelled through
the South part of the county, and thru
the North part of the county till we reach
Calvin Randall's house. There are no
objections on the part of land holders, to
its being opened from his house to Rush
River and Prescott road, which brings
the roal to the south line of Mr.. Pratt's
farm, The road has never been altered
in this town, and it cannot be vacated by
town board of supervisors.
Justice thinks there are just as good
routes to town, and rs near as the state
road. All this may be, but no petitions
have ever been presented to tho Board
to alter the state road.
In conclusion | would remark that the
spirit of neighborly Kindness, and chris
t'ai charlty SO beautifully exhibited in
some Of the articles on the state road, is
highly creditable to their authors and en-
inently pleasing and beneficial to those
who have perused them.
A. MORSE.
March 20, 1853.