The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1878-02-26
COUNTY RoAps,

D0ne 10 sac hshisess "e"s '''"'"''
see,
Tho COMMITTEES appointed At q mpel'
ing held by our business men = low
days since, Al ihe lireman's hall 10 ~
yesiigale and repoTl the condition 81
the roads, aud bridges thereon, leading
10 Dallas, have rendered the following
report which will serve 70 give lhe
readers " THE HERALp some Idea 81
their wrelGhed State now, aud more o.
peoially what they we're during
ihe wet season, Harris lane, one
half mile long, on tho road leAl'
ing 10 Lancaster, aud when 10
one'eighlh 0f mile In length, ID ~ y
very bad condition, A little dllehlns
on each side Oi tho lans would he SUMS
elsnt TO put II In u good travelling
state, Hobh's lane, just beyond INC
fair grounds 10 Thompsoh'n mlll, lo'
gether with tho crossing NJ Tho mlll,
ID Ia q wrelehed condition. u could
10 remedled by throwing up ground
and dllehing on each side, Nearly all
tho trade from llookwall aud kaui
man counties, should come Ia on llllH
rad, bealdea that fTom Cyenne aud
Mesquite aud that section ~ country
yet II has been impossible Tor teams
for nearly four monlha, The Green
Vile road II IN very had condition,
especially near Captain Adam'p place
The lane there, aud beyond The
fair grounds for u mile, needs work
Ing, while n very little would be
all that ID necessary, The slew In
tho bottom across The bridge, needs
bridging badly, the old one having
been washed away, II NIL could DO re-
paired with very little labor aud OK
pense,
The lane NJ the terminus of the turn
pike, In the bottom, acroaa the bridge,
leading by Mr. Logan'a place, ha0
been lmpaaaablo Tor several months
This In short cut for travel 10 Cedar
nm, EllIa county, aud that region Of
southwest 0f Dallas, Work IN being
done on II now In tho way Of dltchlng,
oto.
The lane near John, II, Coch
rams residence, out on tho Denton
rOnd, IN In u wretohed state, aud has
wrecked many wagons this Hehson, Au
many IN four conveyance have stuck
aud been abandoned In thls lane In
one day thla winter A small cxpendi
turo would put II In travelling order
The ELM bottom road, leading 10
Keonan's ferry, has been next 10 Inn
passible the entire winter, even for
unloadcd wagons, The travel from
Grapevine. prairie, when the river In
up, crosses here. This ~ about sixteen
miles from Dallas, aud u bridge In
needed across Elm road for this trade,
to be situated at owens crossing,
The air line road that passes by Cap.
tain Caruth's needs working aud bridg'
Ing In places The preston road, near
Captain Caruth's farm, has been Inn
passihle ncurly Nil winter a bridge
auross the Trinity at lGugleford would
be great benefit 10 the farmcas living
In the cross thinkers, Crawlty, and por.
tions Of Grapevine prairie. A bridge Is
required over Elm Fork, five miles
this side OF Lewlsville, on the road TO
Denton; als0 the bottom road through
the timber leading 10 bewlSville.
This road has been almost impossible
for even empty wagons nearly all VIM
ter. II IL terrible place to go through,
and should he fixed Immediately, by
II plank road through II. All
the roads le aiding to and from Dallas,
needs working and bridging II places,
and the longer II Ia put oil, the worse
they will become, The repairing Of
and putting these roads in good condi'
ton is of vital importance to Dallas,
aud THE HERALD trust and believes
that our business men will push the
matter through with as little delay as
possible. These avenues of trade and
travel once put in good condition, the
old business will again How in its
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