Mexico weekly ledger., 1878-01-31

copies of q home paper containing the
same article and many others of in
terest concerning the city for three or
four cents a copy. Week before last
the Mexico Intelligeneercontained an
article written by j. Gill which could
OF be surpassed in its consiceness,
correctness and interest and the asso-
citation did not see fit to order a copyl
of his paper. We ask, is this fair?
Does this encourage us to work for
the interest of the association. How
do you suppose persons that think of
opening q mandatory here look at
this. What assurance have they that
they would not be treated in the same
way.
After the matter of printing was
settled
COL. NJ. MC'ILHANEY
was invited to address the meeting on
the subject of rock roads. The Col.
spoke rather fast, SO we were not able
to catch all his ideas, but the general
drift of his speech was to the point
and as follows:
/ have given the interests of this
county some considerable attention
and think L have some idea of what
constitutes the interests of Audrain
county, and | know of no internal i'm
provement of nor vital Importance
at the present time than rock roads.
1t is the duty Of every country, State
and county to look after the improve
ment of their highways. In this State
the care of roads 10 intrusted to the
respective counties and for this reason
We should appeal to the people of the
county. No county in the West has
been more fortunate in its railroad
facilities than Audrain. We have
more miles offailroads for less money
than any other county in the State,
t.is is a fact Now shall we put our
money IL more railroads or in rock
roads. For the good Of Mexico and
for the interest of tho county, the
system of rock roads is what We want,
let us by all means have rock roads,
enough railroads are 4 good thing.
1t brings out competition and cheapens
transportation. Too many railroads
are injurious, they are bound to go
into pools and combinations, and
put the price of transportation to an
unbearable rate, they all combine and
force the county to pay eXtortionatc
prices for freight, and thus kill the
county, through Which they pass. Now
we have reached that point when We
need no more railroads, what we want
is the means of getting to the rail-
roads we have. We must consider
this matter well before We take hold
OF it. This enterprise must be hand
led in such a way that persons in the
remotest parts OF the county will be
benefited. If we had good roads by
which grain could be gotten to market
We would fund that in time Audrain
county would become n Of the best
grain growing counties in the State.
especially of wheat. We spend too
much money on small dirt roads, it
has become fashionable to have Il
road around every 40 acres of land in
the county, this is n waste of money
and work. Thousands Of dollars are
spent each year in working roads that
are hardly ever used. Let us have
main lines of rock roads running each
way from Mexico. Close up some Of
the neighbours ros roads and
use more gate-ways. Thousands OF
dollars can in this way be saved each
year.
Let US fund our county debt, it is
only $50, 900. Let lis fund it for &c
years at eight per cent, i'll this way
we will have money to commence
work with at once. We must not
think of a heavier tax, if NC go Gu
with this work we must fund our
debt. Let us do this and we can do
a grand thing for the county. With
good rock roads we will be the banner
county of the State.
CAPT. Dan MCINTYRE
was then called on to address the as
ISOLATION on the subject under discus
sion. The Capt. made a concise
speech furnishing facts and figures,
but owing to the length ofhis remarks
and our limited space we are not able
to give it to our readers in full. He
very forcibly brought out the point
that if we did not build rock roads
VIC would have to take a back seat,
that we always had kept in advance
of our ncighbors, and We could yet if
we would only muster our forces, and
that we had always progressed in the
past year, 10y year, and that if we did
not make n mo.p now iu that dircc-
ton we would retrograde. He is not
in favor of funding the debt. He
SAYS let us do all We a now and i'll
1880 the debt will be paid and we will
have plenty of means to carry on the
already commenced and appreciated
good work of building rock roads.
j. j.. GILL
then made n few appropriate remarks
on the subjet. He made mention OF
the fact that the committee On roads
should by all means have been presen
on this occasion. He made a motion
that the committee present ut the next
meeting some definite and specific
plan for beginning work at once, on
some particular road the motion pre-
vailed.
J.. Med. Trimble then ma lie 6
motion to adjourn to meet Friday
night Feb. Stll, carried.
Miss Linnie Allison is visiting il
Fulton, the gnest of Mrs. Dunbar.