Glasgow weekly times. (Glasgow, Mo.) 1848-1861, 1860-03-01
For The Times.
EacAdamized Roads.

pun ail empty buggy from The county. seat
to the river, or North Missouri Rail Road
the time when our venerable fellow -ci.i-
zen, DR.. Lowry, went in up TO his hat, and
The Italian pedIer up to his dolls. Are we
TO have an annual return Of this great in
convenience? Is thsre no remedy? Arc
we all to share the fate Of DR.. Lowry and
the pedier? One ofthe wsallhlest counties
IN The State, are we to have the meansst
roads? With our borders swept by great
navigable stream and Rail Road, are we to
be shut out from the market at the very
season Of the year, when we ought to have
access 10 ii? With LEGAL advantages inferi-
or TO none in the State, are we TO fall be-
hind the poor, but more entsrerising in
terrier counties? With seven millions Of
taxable property, are we literally 10 founder
in The mud, and have no comfort and conve-
nience in social intercourse?
4 good MacAdamized road from G!as-
Cow to Rocheport, and from BoonvilIs to
the North Missouri Rail Road, both passing
through Fayetle, would add intellectually 10
the wealth Of the county, and TO the CON-
fort and convenience Of living it. They
would give FIVE important connections, three
with the river, orc with the rail road, and
one with The county seat. They would SO
divide the county as TO place every citizen
within a few miles Of certain outlet TO
market, at all seasons of the year. When
built, good roads weuld be made TO them
from every neishborhood in the county, and
instead of having the msaness, we would,
in atfew years, have the best roads in the
State. They can be built, and at a cost Sc
trifing compared with their beneficial re-
suits, as 10 create establishment at the indif-
ference Of cur citizens. Had we half the
enterprise of some of the poorer interior
counties, the roads would be built in sin
gle year. Meniteau county, with taxable
property amounting to 100000 only, paid
the Pacific Rail Road $l05, 900 IN cash, in
| in three annual assessments Of more thaR
three per cent. each. This was more than
steven per cent. upon the assessed value CT
the entire taxable properly Of The county
The proposed MaoAdam,zed roads are 0!
Infinitely more importance to Howard, thar
the Pacific Railrsad WIS 10 MOniteau; ant
vet with more than seven millions Of taxa.
Bile properly, we have net bui!t them.
The two roads would be GA miles long
The cost could net exceed three thousand
dollars mile, a total Of 1892 600. Thi,
is en- ever estimate, as Will be shown bsfor.
this article closes, but al this estimate ths
ameunt is so trifing, compared with oul
resources, ard the beneficial results Of th'
roads, that ne citizen in the county eugh Il
hesitate moment, in concurring in : gen
eral movement to build them, Examlnaiiel
only is necessary TO produce an almost u
unanimous conviction in favor Of them
They oush, to have been bull. before this
and our citizens saved the mud and slosh o
another spring.. but we hive slept on on
career, and the good Dr.. Lowry and th
psdlpr must take their chances again.
The taxable property in Howard in 1856
vas $7,ll5,678. Less than three pc
cent. OF this amount would build the road.
: Divide it Into three assessments, and III
=. amount wsuId be less than ore psr cen
4 Annually.
Y What citizen in the county with enc thou
i sand dollars, would not be willing to pa
Il ten dollars annually, for three years, 10 hav
t. the roads built? What citizen worth te
= thousand, would moi be willing to pay
y hundred dollars annually, for three year
e 10 have the rosds2 How much of the COZ
Of construction would leave the county,
; ProbObIy not dolIar-certainly moi MOI
;. than The net cost Of construction at mos
fifteen or tw snty thousand dollars. But VIII
3 wouldve have in lieu Of this? 4 Sigh
,e examination Of eur productive industry wi
lp show.
10 The census Of 1850 shows that the prt
d. duets Of the sell in the county, in lhpt yea
1, estimated in bushels, consisting of whea
rye, corn, oats, peas, Irish and sweat p'
f. tatos,, was 1915, 948 bushels; tobacco, 8
T. 1873, 122 pounds; butter and cheese 230,0
re pounds; wool, 1850 pounds; lazy, $40
OF tons; hemp, 905 tons; value Of stock $500
- 435; and the value Of orchard product
~ $ll9,716. Would the roads, if built, I'D
70 Eve cents bushel ts the products Of Il
d soil estimated in bushels; quarter of Gel
ID pound to the value of tobacco; FIVE cen
d pound to butter and cheese, one cent
N pound TO wool: one dOllar,a ton to hay; a,
dollars q ton to hemp; ten per cent. 10 Il
IT value of fruits, and ono per cent. to Il
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