The Lincoln County herald., 1873-01-22
4 Bridge Greatly Needed.
Justice 10 the Citizens OF y Large Psy.
tion Of the County.

Justice to the Citizens Of y Large PER-
tion Of the County.
The late rains and freezes have re-
minded US forsibly Of . long and much
needed bridge over the western fork Of
Caivfe river, in justice to the citizens Of
Millwood, Waverly, Niueveh, and por-
ton Of Prairie townships. At certain
seasons it is almost impossible for those
living between the forks Of this stream
to get to Troy to attend to business aud
quite frequently the mails for that section
are delayed days, and even weeks.
For example, The Probate Court
was in session last week, and two citi-
'zens living in that region, whose bust.
ness with the court was Of such import.
fauce that they were compelled to attend,
were delayed until the very last day Of
The term before they could get here, and
then they only did 80 through the most
perscvering endsavors and great risks.
Mr.. 4. q. Sitton, ex-public administrator,
after several unsuccessful attempts finally
succeeded, by travelling up tho stream
and directly out Of his course for miles,
In crossing the north fork, and then rode
through woods and along by-roads until
he came upon the public highway, whence
he made his way to the bridge northeast
OF Troy, arriving here late Friday even.
ing, after ride of three times the dis.
tance Of the ordinary route. Collector
Shaw started for Troy on the FIRST day
of the term, hut failed to find crossing
Several other attempts were made, and
then sorely tried he started up the west
fork with the hope Of somewhere finding
place that he could get over. lie at
length found o point in the edge oi
Montgomery county, where, by dismount.
ing and "cooniug it down a steep bluff,
holding on to sprigs and roots, hc sue
ceeded in crossing on q gorge Of ico
Once on this side, he borrowed another
horse, and reached Troy Friday evening
after journey Of two days. Others from
that section who have business here arc
often delayed, and much time, in some
instances money, is lost.
Beside these troubles, the mails for
that section are delayed, it being impos.
sible to get them to their destination un
der the difficulties attending travel. The
town of Nineveh has been known to 20
without it's mails for six weeks. This OF
course was an aggravated case, but delays
Of two or three weeks are common. The
people suffer great Inconvenience in con.
sequence, important business letters fail
of delivery, and the reading portion OF
the community are left without their
papers.
Now this is one of the best and most
important portions Of the county, intel.
lectually and agriculturally considered
and ranks among the largest and most
prompt Of our our taxpaying sections.
Something for their relief should be done
by the County Court. A bridge over
the west fork of Cuivre on, or as near as
practicable to, the road leading to Mill,
wood and Louisville, would accommodate
the whole scope of country we have
named. An appropriation fer this pur-
pose is in order, and We hope to zee Judge
Mudd give it his careful attention; for
tho expendiug of money for a needful
object is not extravaganza. In our hum.
bic opinion, our "fork" friends ought to
have bridge, and should agitate the
subject until they get one.
HAD TO Come TO Town ANYWAY
A young man came into our Office the
other day and asked for paper. There
we're no copies of the last issue left over.
We asked him what he wished to see, and
he said he wanted to look at tho "strays."
We opened our reference file for his in
spection, and he succeeded in finding
what he wanted. We then remarked
that he ought to subscribe for the paper,
and he would have the news brought to
his door, and would not have the trouble
OF coming all the way to Troy for such
Information. He said tit wasn't any
trouble, he had to come to town anyway"