Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1875-04-27
WE MUST HAVE ROADS e?

Will our Changers of Washington,
! Scott, Russell, Wise and Bristol Good
/ son help us to build a road from Bris-
tOl via Thee Springs, the Spahr
LcighbOrhOod, Booher's Chapel. Liv-
ingston Creek, KinderhOok and Men
dOti, thence through the Wood or
Griggsby neighborhOod, via NickeIs-
Vile and Osborn's Ford to Guests
Station, i'm VIE county?
You, sir, together with the farmers
OF this county and the merchants of
Bristol, have seen the need for inn
proving our roads leading from your
town. Is any one able to calculate
the draw back, the farmers and the
town sustain by reason Of our bad
roads last winter? Why, sir, we have
the name Of the greatest inland ship
ping town, or city as | may say, for if
we are not one we will be by tie time
we ship another season, 500, 0O0 worth
of eggs in this town. And now must
we Of the county and tOwtf neglect so
great a necessity for the advancement
and development Of our agricultural
interests?
Taking practical view of our situa-
ton how can we longer do without
roads. Why. sir, we, a. farmers of the
back woods, have almost given up the
idea of grain raising. except for our own
use and are being forced to turn our
attention TO eggs ana tobacco, and
simply because we have no roads 10y
whicl'tO market it. Upon them ten
bushels of gram is as much as we can
haul, while in eggs, poultry or tObac
co we can carry SO worth.
You town people had better help us
Changers build roads so We can reach
you with our trade, or we Will simply
have TO ship our eggs aud tobacco and
get our goods at Grange prices, and
then you will feel the cost of your pro-
visions. / am not in the habit of wri-
ting, nor had l thought of doing so
until / drove one of Dixon, Smith,
& Co.'S hundred dollar wagons seven
teen miles over one of this roads the
night we had all Of our fruit to go up
the horn, and | WAS not able To sit on
the spring seat for mudholes and
washes.
Will you not agree with me that
this road | have described il badly
needed and will pay Us well when
made? You know how it is yourself
as you in company with one of our
young merchants travelled This same
route TO a recent meeting Of Kinder
hook Grange. Again | will say we
Changers are going TO vote for you or
the man who will advance our inter
eats by suggesting or assisting in some
plan 10 improve our roads. Because
spring has set in we should not rest
until winter comes again. Now is the
time to take stock in the movement.
while so many candidates are ready
with good warm grip of the h nd
My Grange and District will be the
first to ask our Court to order a sur
vey of this road, so that Scott county
might be approached with an early
report. There are many OF us ready
to subscribe OF our means to the enter
prise. ana with this and the aid the
counties can give us We can pull
through. l think. know three Gran
gers who will give S350.OO to begin
with. So you may infer what we can
do by Joint action. Surely your mer-
chants will help for il will open up
a large trade TO them and il will con-
tinue for years And | would further
suggest as good men to lead this en-
terprise Mr.. Campbell Merchant
Nickeisville, Scott comfy Mr.. VIM.
Sut'On, Moccasiu Creek, Russell couu-
ty Mr.. James Wood Moccasin Creek
Farm, Scott county; Mr.. John Oyler.
Kinderhook, Washington county
Mr.. Joel II Fleenor Cove. Scott CO.;
Mr.. James White. Livingston Creek,
Scott and Washington couHties Mr.
George w. Pettyjuhn. Rich Valley,
Washington county Mr.. Geo. Spahr,
Spain neighborhoOd. Washington co..
Mr. VIM r Rhea, Three Springs.
Washington county Mr.. Z. &.
Stoiiio, Beach Grove : Mr. John Harr,
Near Bristol MI. I. b. Dunn, Messrs.
]. II. Winston & Co., and James NJ.
Barker, Bristol.
Respectfully,