The daily intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Territory [i.e. Wash.]) 1876-1881, 1876-10-09


regret to ~sy taat Cur county b. been
rather negligent, esT~cialiy IN the
vicinity Of s.st;lc There may he
some exc1se f0r this apparent neglect,
- Inc fact that The distractions 20 road
making here a-e MT small " Aea ~
...n.sder. hoss ever, iIge amount tnst has
been expended this year 10 roa i improve
faerfs i Iyoks So { - lght have had
greater results. and III looking FOR tn
reasous Why these appropriations have,
n >,ue instance. fallen short e &C
r.auiishlng their objects. 50 may
attribute to itlare 20 poor uanhze
ucut. E-pecialIy Is th.s true 81 the
lss4ch rad fpr ths improvement #
mhIch 800 Nas appropriated. and has
been expended. t<aldes a large sum
raatrii5atci by sabscsi ptian. witnout
improving 4 but little la fact. this
rad +. till H. . wfcte hci condition IN
ulacs.s sheu. in c.isidcraiIon q the
money expended. It ID aid bs N excel.
ient repair II Is 1T enough that
money -hou.d be eAp-ndsRfJr the Im
DFoTcment - a rsai bat It shou!c IL
expended lndicious Instead Of money
raised for the rela.ss> = this road being
.psut thus, the contract was let 10 al
irresponsible Ioafer. who subsequently,
ran away before the work VAS half
finished with tile hard cash he should
nave paid hls men " hat work lie dad
was done miserabiy. rs be did not care
whether IT was finished properly or
not 20 long as he got hold OF tho money.
Another party. equally irresponsi BILE
and unsolicitots A. 10 the quality IT the
work. came along and took the contract
10 finish the road IL got through IN
the speediest manner possible, aud W.
learn from good authority. made - "a
day for his own true. without DOING
any work, aud - per day for each Ut
bis men whom lac paid but -. In this
way the public were feeced AMI de
frauded The 500 dollars appropri-
ated for the Improvement of the road 10
Black river. and the 500 for the
snoqualmio road was, probably. ex-
pended rather more judIcionsiy. though
we are told that disinterested parties
had the contract OH the latter and
sighted the work all they could. The
800 appropriation for the clearing Of
roads. " hich were rendered impassable
by fallen timber, last winter was prob
ably used Ia better advantage than eth
ef OF the other appropriations. The
8 GOO which is be,ng expended ON the
bridge near Renton. will complete
much needed Improvement, and The
money has. we presume, gone INTO the
hands of contractors who are interested
In public Improvements Besides these
appropriations here have been - 900
sci as,io by the County Commissioners
u, a road fuud, and there sre many plac
- where a portion, ar all OF tins sum. If
II could Isl got Al might lbs expended
20 ths great improvement Ut our roads
Though Il Is not po>slbl" for any ex-
tsn>lvo rnad improvements In let male
this season. there y some work that
should ctrsaluly bc aunc before The wet
weather acts H. and which If
neglected vii cause "A great deal
of unnecessary senience. fhi<
i. probably needed inor., err
much, on the Lake Washington rad "a
elsewhere There are several bal places
- hich ii uot soon fixed. will render the
road quite impassable The most Im-
t,ortant at these are the holes in the
corduroy just this side of I.aston's place.
This might be easily repaired. ~ there
are "a sufficient number of pnncheots on
the side of the rpai. there Ia replace the
,iecayed ones Also the ,iilspidated old
bridge u few rods beyond this. spanning
the creek. might be easily repaired. The
bad place IN the corduroy across the
slough just beyond where the slaughter.
house Rad branches off. should likewise
he filled The gullies which have been
washed osl ~ ihe road on the hill de-
>oending Ia the lake need repairing. In
regard "a the latter. some trenches
should be cut along tho sides of the
road 20 permit the passage OF The water
during the winter.