The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1878-03-09
cou>T6 ROADS.

Lilac Mut Ibosaua htar-- 81 500
...sta in tue HsstinS
... s.IHlrurd meeting OF the bust
.... .... sf Dallas. 10 consider the
,...... ut tre county roads leading
.... Dallas. aui jhe repairing Of the
...... r..s.0u, Wa- held Saturday ~
....a.... ball, Major Il V, ThomP
...." ..#.Iug
Old. minutes 90 the previous meeting
..- ..,I sud adopted,
". following report Of the COM
r..... .u roads aud bridges was read
a.I..prI-
...... .s.fuau %. citizens meeting
...a.. umIttte heretofore appointed
t....rT.tu the work Necessary 70 De
#... ..-I Hi bridges, etc, upon wagon
..#....r#.ug 60 aud from Dallas, Deg
.r.... report. They nave given thi-
. 800 Ils attention that then
... t.a.H permit, aud tas-, while The
....... hz- not Do. IA -o -a,i-iac
....| HYuI'Ufa .r f.rs would desire,
..... .H went H' UUa tu inspect ia,
H#.... r.aI-, SOL "a Jack % practical
.........e Iu such matters, yet gury
.... lo submit Tue following rr
..... a... o. they 'biub Will be SUN
... .. sraNla tHI- meeting % tax,
...... B.I.ur reg triirK the matter
|.. Tue roads rune Ing northeast
.m Hu.sa. Shown as the R4ckva,I
u." .Uf suI.l l7 q very important
..# III. ..a "ify. runs for yuut twenty
H Il- comfy. o. !-opeu Co
o.. ... no forty fsat and j. one Of
... .rs. l.rst rurt- BOO the county
.- ..H.a WOE. Ef~r--g-y Co Iut %
. travelling condition j. tho
...... U' Iutss- across White knck,
L..a. sasIstt aud Muddy creeks, the
... H... .U rH-r % which IL one thOu-
4.... rlrsr hundred and six dollars
..##lu road running la the III
#.... n. Cedar Han and Alyar.io l.
B. .sH condition. Perhaps not mucb
...s.g BE- necessary, though viii
U..r H fridge Mountain and Fish
....-. HI 10 rnst OF from -ix hundred 20
s.. hundred iuIisrs The committee
AL. ... ts SET fully advised as 20 thu
r.t. ami BE- may be necessary TO open
..IIHIY rssgu Grapevine prairie,
..U. gs necessary 90 bridge the West
I.a at VII near EagIr Ford crossing
I.. at.us'ti cost 0T this bridge, with
HaatY rJaCbss, two hundred and thirty
... .al. In length, IL Que Thousand
f.. .Uudrei and seventy hve dollars
I.s mI.tee are not fully decided,
u.... ur uut 10 would De beet %
I.I . HrIfEs Tor this Grapeyiue couu-
Oh. $50 Eagle Ford, or near OWsn'-
ruasIUg. uu him Fork. The latter
H...i lei The most expensive bridge to
.. HIt would be- = saving Of toll on
rHfg- Bf this city.
..urH-Iuerr - no bridging 81 con
.U. Ia iuIrrd on lhT roads leading
. |.-. .t.r ami Nu4Hhachip, Aur
.... .. wulk UUt what eau Dee done
b.. TOE .H4j hands, except that portion
I.... l..l.ty bottom nuu the termi-
1910. OF Toe present. turnpike % thc
N.a Ius cost ~ repairing this road.
Is tHualsd 81 from one Co three thou.
Ht.t H...r-, according to material
U.N B.r eork done The COM
u.a. feel confident that sIct
HH arrangement can ue made
n.U fEa rri 70 company Of this cts
irrrlIrirg ihiH road AZ will make b.
mutually beneficial, Ia not being Over
eap...yr Co ourselves aud vt the Fam,
time profitable To the bridge company
luHfr sre other roads that will r.
la.fH more or Tess wnrK. but thus,
utuu1 are the most important. The
r1uw,ttse are pleased 10 report that
iu their opinion, after conference with
u.usr- better po-ted than themselve,
nu -u. Do on stters, tt II not so difficult e.
kUp iu repair roads In our prhirie
country As they had been led to sup.
pee before investigating the matter,
sud believe the mails thing necessary
t1 H- done Is 10 have the roads thrown
up With bitches on each side,
HHi necessary draining 20 car
~ on the water. 40 as 10
prevent ~ standing VA the bitches
The committee would recommend the
ss.r"iUg and payiug by our citizeus
Ui t competent sud practical suEiuee,
a. Il-riuteudput % our roads. tina
tlr Necessary ploUs and serapers h,
purchased for use iu such work that
tNs ROAD officials iu the county adop
the plans Of such engineer In wurkins
The ruad-, he To allow them the use o
such tools when necessary that zucf
work g- cannot well be done by tn.
tusI hands iu the time they are 70
qnr.t Uy .gw TO work be done by lshpi
employed by the citizens Of this city
sod that employed on the poor farm ot
tnla county which this COMMITTEES con.
ttCuiIy believes the county court would
ami certainly should order.
The committee further report that
I've juuU and dollars raised by our cit.
if.HH, together with the amount OF
fa,l gul bridge funds which can be-
laI from the county, and aid fr IN tie
r'Erus ~ the county, will be sufficient
O. 'aui the rritgs-, aud put our roads
iu good repair They would, there
tIH commend tat q committee he
appointed Co 20 90 work at once %
l- this aruuIut. ~ the time for
waraIug roads T. ussrly At hand.
s. ]. ADAMS,
4 DAVIS,
w. u 0AHLiN0TON,
JOHN % stone,
O. HENDERSON,
X Y. ToNPKGNs,
Committee.
Mr. Hsmp witt, a member OF the
honorable county court, being present,
emp .-sei his views in connection with
the pbisrg stating that the county
commissioners court were we'll aware
o'the Importance Of the move OF the
Improving Of all roads leading In ana
ouf of Dallas, aud that no meats upon
uer part should be spared, ~ far rs
ms INs would permit, to assist the cit.
zen- ~ Dallas and Dallas county In i'm.
proving The roads.
Toe Glowing resolutions were ther
read
"ri That "a executive com
mi..'' ot tIrrs BE- appointed TO take
lINZr ui al money collected, to pur.
o. |- sll necessary implement, q
u'..ra.l l"t contracts, employ labor
approve and pas ac .nt-, AMI have ,
t..'Fa' management r, .4s aflair- OF
81. n-sn..stiou Adopted
Toe follow ng we're appointed :,
eaHl.rss the committee Captain $
!. Adams, Alfred Davis eud w. NJ. c
hl tpou melton, the chair va
h.ii to the committee
Lr.l.rsd, That com u4ittee ofthre,
appointed 90 confer with she Dslls
h.Ia4e youptuy, 1T their next reguia
meeting, aui Urirg 20 their attention
W. question ~ dolls and the repaiTiut
VI .H. road across the Trinity bottom
hjui'sL
Toe following were hppointed as
e'"mifes. w G Conner, VI ID
VH.iugioE AMI VI Uilmaun. Upot
I1'.r- the char WAS added 10 III
committee.
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