Randolph journal. [volume] (Winchester, Indiana) 1865-186?, 1867-06-27
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A. there are some remarks being
made about my not taking stock in
turnpil<eS, / have concluded TO COM
municate, through the columns of the
Journal, some of my objections
When first saw the new law In 20
gard To turnpikes, il looked 20 be 20
unjust and unfair that | then dcterm-
incd not to go into II voluntarily, but
concluded to say nothlpg about my
objections at that time, but let every
one act for himself lam not opposed
To help build turnpikcs when material
can bc had In II reasonable distance,
as j bound myself several years ago TO
Assist a company gratuitously in max.
ing turnpike through my vicinity,
and am willing 10 do the same now.
l object to the late law because our
land has 20 be- assessed at the supposed
amount of benefit that will result from
the construction and maintenance Of
the proposed road, out of which the
rond IL To- be made, md the balance 10
remain u lien or circumference on the
land Ia keep up the necessary repairs
and other expenses Of the company So
long as the excess lasts, 80 that If any
man living I'm town takes stock, and
the speculator, who, no doubt, Will
buy up the most of II at very low
rate, for many of the farmers can not
hold IT, can receive into their pockets
the whole of the proceeds of the road
while the farmer must he dclving
away year after year 10 take IL up.
In the next place, object TO the law
becausc town property u not included
in the assessment. At the same time,
where several roads leads into town,
the citizens thereof have the benefit of
them all, while the farmer seldom use
but one. 1 see nothing in the law To
save = man from paying on every road
that may run i'm one and a half miles
of him, which is Objectionable. be-
llpve no person should be compelled to
pay OH but one road, and he should
have his choice i'm that. IL will be
seen that the foregoing refers to the
new law. There are also objections i'm
the law Of lSj2, under which COM
panics are now organizing, one cs
which Is, that the Board of Directors
may, i'm the route or distance from
Winchester To Huntsville, run the
company in between thirty and forty
thousand dollars i'm debt, which would
have to be paid whether there is ma
Hence, the necessity OF clccting men
OF good, sound Judgment, who manage
their own affairs well, then there will
be no danger.
1t i distressing 10 look over the
State and see the many holes that have
been dug, the cmbankments thrown
up, the many broken down and un-
finished canals and roads, the vast
a Mount of timber cut and suffered to
rot, and the immense amount of labor
lost and money sunk, all of which *
an incalculable loss 10 our noble State;
and yet, ii still goes on, all for the
want of forethought and prudence.
Build roads: yes; am perfectly willing
to help if material can be had to make
a good road through my ncighborhood,
if done upon fair terms. L presume
my ncighbors remember when we
undertook To make piece of turnpike
between my house and Winchester,
that ! some times had one and often
two teams hauling gravel. Perhaps
that is more than some can say who
are now making considerable stir
about roads. w. e.. WILMoRE.