Lexington weekly intelligencer., 1873-10-29
county Roads.
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DOVER. Octnber 18th, 1873.
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II euclose ShereWtth Que ,lullar 10 pay ar |
rearages on subscription. You viii ,liscon. 1
tinue my paper from aad after ihis dase. IA |
nave been subscriber tn the paper ever
since It's foundation. aud have Ia sacrto hal \
no fault to tnd. Il Is probably due to inyseii
to state The reason which prompted me !"
lis determination. Briefly state! Il Is as ~. |
lows: II am informed that the editor OF thr
tntelligenccr has been ,Xerttux all the tn- |
nucnee he could hiring to bear upau tue
county court TO defeat certain count! roa't.
one Of the most important In tar county anu
which was uprned and tfaNe'eu two years
ago for iour-tinhs OF It's chtirc lengtit. II Is
now practically useless, and Whole COM
munity, Including the writer hereoi' 10 pu'
to great Inconvenience.
The writer of the foregoing Is 3 good cit.
izcn, but lie is getting little old and de-
ciicdly rractious. II he had taken the trouble
TO investisate and inform himself. he could
have asccrtainei beyond the possibility Of
doubt that the edi,or Of the Intelllgencer has
been friend to aud an advocate OF the road
known A. the Lexington and Marshall road.
to which he refers, ever since u was pro-
jected. There is large population on the
line OF the road and contiguous to It. In the
extreme eastern portion OF the county. to
the conre;tcuce OF whom this road Is Indis-
pensable. Thy have no other route OF t;ar-
ci to Lexington, except circuitous ones
More than year ago the road was opened
from the Saline line, In the neiyhborhood of
Battles, to the all running south from
Dover. about II miles from Lexington, since
which time the travel has been accommodate
Il a ID a
There remains, To complete the road ac-
eording to the original design. section of
about three miles, lying between the present
terminus and the Salt Pond road ut Pe'idi-
cords. We have advocated aud stili advo-
cate the opening of the road through one
half OF this remaining section. which Will
bring the new road iuto what is known u,
the R''ck Ford road. just one-fourtl OF u
aiile north OF the Salt Pond road; the travel
can then turn down the said Rock Ford road
to the Salt Pond and will be thrown only the
tween the eastern boundary OF the county
and Lexington.
The section Of a mile aud a quarter be
tween the Rock Ford road and Pe,Idicord's
we have opposed and will oppose, till the
county debt is paid. or some cheaper mode Of
construct,n. bridges is devised, because II
involves the construction of an expensive
bridge across Cottonwood three or four hun
drcd yards below the existing Salt Pond
bridge. Last summer. u commission con-
>isting of JUL g Carr and ID. Chambers was
appointed hy the county court to contract
or building the bridge. Bids We're advcr-
TIED for, and the lowest. $1,000. was made
by 81. 10. company. Believing that the
expenditure of such II sum of money on Il
single bridge. 10 save only one-ruurth OF n
mic ot travel. was not warranted 10y the
tina, we 60 :iI 10 have the bids all rejected
and the com mission discharged. aud the
action o; the commissioners aud of the coun-
~ court in the matter meets with the appro-
baton OF every citizen who-e opinion we
have heard expressed. not excepting 10.
Pa-- anu others OF his neighhorheod. who
were personally inter. sted III the bridge ant.
pe'i;i"ne'I the county court to have 1t built.
Sa much for the Lex Nington and Marshal
road. AMI now few words OH the subject of
county roads generally.
for roads an,! bridges and arr entitled to good
and direct rna'is and substantial bridges
wherever the public convenience requires
Them. anil all such roads aud bridges should
I've constructed 1T county expense; hut the
county cannot afford 10 make every road
demanded :or indi, iduai convenience. We
La>c known instances of lengthy county
roads fi.ur Il out. pciiiinned Tor AMI put
through at an expense oi many hundred dol
iar> 1" the county treasury. brcau>e such
rjaI igc!Uucd Il half or thrre-quarier> Of a
m!le of rJa nre!rd by single individual.
,nd the individual WIS not willing 10 pay for
II as private road if he could cOntrivc any
plan IL throw the burden nn the county. We
hn"w one farmer. the owner of 1000 acres Of
lind. with two county roads bounding his
!ar:u and two uno'structed pa>swavs by the
courtesy of his nei.hhor>, who has been
striving Tor three years to get \ county road
usv ..->------.-ss>--s--ss,.s
private road which tie needs 10 facilitate ac-
cess TO his timber. The mile Of private road
would cost him 500. II he applied for II like
a uaR. Tne five miles ror which he i try ing.
il he >iccr.d-. will cost the county 5000,
ana YET Ht IL N'aN tSA-paNN II anu CuiIiiI
bitterly of n.sed!' ss extravaganza in county
exp nj tarcs. Reform can be inaugurate,I
| only with indivi,Iual claims and demands;
| the aggregate OF expenditures Is made up OF
Individual allowances. and so lon: As ilidi-
vidual, urge tHcir scparat. --t"f.hs IN the
! I. urt and ,-i---urir deinlnl. denunciatiun
wont avail TO decrease taxation
As citizen of the county. It is our right
| end privilege TO 20 ba.urr TIL county court.
whenever we have any TACT to communicate
or argument 10 present in hehali of the
public GOOD, and we intend to do it just as
long The court will favor us with hear
ing. and we will dcnounce all road schemes
| and other schemes intended for private ad-
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