The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1874-01-29


John Paris, the level headed President of the
Board OF Supervisors Of Augusta county, has
drawn up a. bill. be submitted TO the General
Assembly Of Virginia iof adoption, providing for
more efficient County road system in Augusta.
The first section provides :'h,t il shall be la wfu
for the Board of Supervisors of Augusta county,
al any meeting Of sal Board at which all the
members present. and two- birds concurring
| therein in lieu Of the system now au horiz d by
law for keeping pubic rOais nov in lawful e.
pair. to designate such roads rs may be deemed
OF such general utility rs to be considered proper
to be kept II repair at the expense Of the coun
and p .cify tine poiat at which each shall COM
mence aud terminate, and from time to time
thereafter. in like manner 10 designate any other
roal. considered proper to be so kept in repair,
or it from any Cause, any no ii or roads. SO des
ignated shoull cease to be of such general utili-
ty. said Board, at its discretion, majority con-
curing, may cause such road roads 10 be drop
ped from the list Of roads so designated rs afore-
said, and such read roads thereafter sha II be
kept in repair in the same manner as other road,
not SO designated
iHSiO ZIG nlso tuIF'peH OIutF DFIet SeCtlQus,
which provide for the mode aud manner Of car
ing into effect The general system well present
ed in section 1t is nemplate.l by this bill
TO institute practical plan for The pei manehl
and thorough improvement OF the ieasiing county
roads; to have them graded graveled and drain
ed, and by degrees to inersect these main roads
by other important tributary roads, so rs to al
f.,rJ ~, al,
egress wi their wagons, vehicles and teams in
the various localities Of the onty, at all seasons
of the year. The bill is minute and eircum- pee,
in its provisions for,he establishment of com
ptste system, SUCH as the wants of the people de-
mand, aud which We are sure, will meet with
universal approval. L. has been matureIy con-
sidered, safely guarded in all its details, and we
do not think can he improved by adding to or
taking from it.
We have so frequently and persistently, for the
past two years and more. urged upo people
the essential importance Of having good county
roads, that is is not surprising that we express
our qualification at this first t.ngibse sep takeu
to csusumma!e the desir .ble emf. Mr.. Paris has
taken i'll the whole question:: he has digested and
prosecute! an adnlirables system has met every
demand necessary to that system, aud all that is
necessary now is for the Legislature to enact the
bill into law anl for. the Board of Supervis ors
to execute it The county Of Augusta will then
have inaugurated Of JAe greatest i'm rrovelneut
ever devised for the de seiepment Of her rcsour-
| Cas-. the enhancement OF the ma ketabe value OF
lands, and the attraction Of capital aud emigrt-
tion. There is nstaing that op crates against the
Valley OF Virginia so much az the miserable
county roads. Persons coming here from Penn
sylvania, where they have good roads. with a
view Of purchasing, sbo cked ut first sight of
the mu.i and holes they have to encounter SO
soon they gel out of the city limits to say
nothing of VIII they experience in the cty, and
MOI untreqlently thus prevented from making
rxamnaf. Gus and investments. All through the
West, the roads far superior to those we have
In Kentucky, they have good county roads. also
In Ohio and Indiana We may put our lands al
merely nominal prices, and so |, ng as our coun-
~ roads are almost impossible, and consequent
" the market inaccessible persons who haze
been accustomed to d fferent state of things
will not purchase. And that is the character Of
immigration we desire. men who i've ex p-rience
AMI capital and that is the kind we will not get
until we push forward some such system rs that
suggested in Mr.. Paris bill. The Improvement
OF the county roads. under this plan. win be Of
more value than two additional railroads run.
ming through the ceunty.