Litchfield enquirer., 1876-03-02

case, where there were three pairs of cattle and six men at work uponSa main road repairing it, and the quantity of earth moved to make fifteen rods of road (thaf is to make over an old ioad) was double the amount necessary to make a new oneS Now 1t is not the amount of earth moved but the manner in which it IS put upon the road that makes good roads. The piece of road those three teams and six men put up could have been done with one good team and three men. There are certain principles for making good road which some men have in theory but ca4- not apply in practice. The greatest fault with our roads is that they are too high and too naFrow. Two'loaded teams cans not pass on most of them without one or both turning oyer. 11o 1fT
 Sometimes, also. the Selectmen are not good road makers themselves, and then you cannot expect good roads. I think the roads should be under the control of
 
 a good practical road maker who under stands his business, who would know when a man does good days work.
 Speaking of men's 8 not doing as much work for the town in day as for them selves. The town pays single price for labor, and gives no more. Now, Tn some sections of the town they do not pay as much into dollar per day as a private individual, and therefore the good teams and men cannot be got to work upon the roads. Or, if they do not work as hard as for others, the reply is, ''I earn my money"
 The selection of selectmen is not done by the voters of the town, but by certain ring. If a man is member of this ring he can be selectman. If not, he fcannot. Now do not find fault with our present board of selectmen, but with the way this ring has of keeping the same men in, year after year; and when they make change they will nominate the man who has been selectman before the last nomination. so that they keep this set of men in office year after year. Cannot this ring be bro ken up? Something more next time.
 ANOTHER TAx-PAYER. The Republican State Convention of Tuesday nominated an excellent ticket, adopted a sound platform and chose dele gates to the national convention.
 STATE TICKET. o=f9 ,. ts4t.1 For copernor.-Henry c. Robinson, of Hartford.
 Ltsuf GoneTnor .-Fredk J. Kingsbury, of Watert -y
 Sse o Stats.-Frarcis A. Walker. of New Haven.
 1reasurer.-Jeremiah Olney, of Thompson. Centrotter.-Eh Curtiss, of Watertown.
 DELEGATES TO THE NATIONAL CONVENTION. At Lpge-J. R. Hawley, Hartfo,d S. W. Kellogg, Wateroury; Jas selden, Norwirh Jehn T. Rockwell, Connty.-Martin J. Sheldon, Sufirld Dwight Mar cy, Rockville {; H. Lynde Harrison, Guiford Benja- min Douglas, Middletown John 1ibbits, New den, Stamford, Win. H. Mallory, (aternste), Bridge port ; wm. B. Rudd, Salisbury Wm. Cothren, Woodbury (alternate). +r
 The Courant says that at meeting of business men on the line of the Conn. Western railroad to consider the building of the Poughkeepsie bridge, it was pro- posed that a portion of the stock owned by towns in that railroad company be of- fered as bonus to subscribers to the bridge project, the towns retaining, how ever, the right to vote on such stock. If little Shepaug stock will help float, this little matter, there is $400. 1000 of it that can be had reasonable" with no re- served right of voting, either. ..a.,, .,t The Senate Postofice office committee, with Mir. Hamlin at it's head, is deferripg action on the bill repeating the svindling act for an increase of rates on transient matter put through by the express com paniesl last session. Mir. H. is punishing the country generally. it is said, for the abuse he has suffered from the press for allow ing such an act to pass. If that is his mo- tive he will soon deserve all the abuse he has received - - ..r. .