Mexico weekly ledger., 1878-01-31

Telling Speeches from Col.
McIlhaney and Capt.
Mcintyre.
St. Louis Papers to be I'M
bursed,
While the Cold Shoulder is
Reserved for the Home
Organs,
Home First, St. Louis AT.
forwards.
Miscellaneous Matters Con-
nected Herewith.

Council was in session as well as the
Murphy meeting and other assemblys,
Lutte a respectable crowd attended
the meeting in the Court House.
Quite a number of persons were
present from the country among whom
we noticed, B. Crawford, L. Mum
day and others. The minutes Of the
last meeting were read, corrected and
approved. The committee on roads
through Secretary Fry then submitted
the following report:
REPORT OF COMMITTEE On ROADS.
Mr.. President:-Your committee
ask to report that they believe tn"
material welfare of our city and
county demands that We commence
the important work of building good
rock roads radiating in the different
directions from our city.
That they believe that the business
interests of our county are stopped
and retarted in the aggregate, about
one third of the year on account of
the ~unpassably muddy roads.
That the present system of working
our county roads is a snare and delu-
sion, that the county spends many
thousand dollars each year i'll work
ing our roads in a manner that is
nugatory and idle, leaving the roads
oft N times III worse condition than
before they were touched.
That this road tax in the vacinity
# the construction o fthcse rock roads
might be utilized IN the building Of
these roads.
That we believe that there is good
lime stone rock III sufficient quantity
to build rock roads all over Ourcoun-
W, and that a liberal estimate OF the
cost for grading and rocking these
roads will not exceed three thousand
dollars per mile.
AS Il plan on which to inaugurate
this work we would suggest that the
citizens Interested in each particular
road should form themselves into
rock road companies by subscribing
stock to tie same, and i'll otherwise
soliciting and raising money equal
say TO one-half the cost OF their road,
theBe lat the county court be cmpow-
erei to donate to the Rock Road
Company, upon such a showing of
facts, an amount equal to What they
have raised in the bonds of the coun-
".
We believe the building of rock
roads under this plan entirely practi-
cable, and that it can he done, too,
without increasing taxation, by fund
ing the present county debt into 20
year bonds at IL lower rate ofinterest,
and making our rock road bonds also
long bonds, the whole payble after
We have seen the rewards of the effort
OF this Citizens Association. Our
county, grown wealthy and prosper
Gus, greatly increase, ill population
and taxable wealth, when new rail-
roads will have been built, our old
personal debts and ADVERTISEMENTS
will have been settled off and. times
become more prosperous, then a
levy of one-half per cent will raise
more revenue than one per cent now,
then we can pay of these bonds
under this plan. During the present
hard times our taxes a vcn be re-
duced while the debt is decreasing.
We believe that the funding of our
present county debt is essentially
necessary, if we are to do much in the
way of building rock roads.
| We suggest that this association
implore the county court at one to
| submit TO the people this question Of
funding our present debt, to enable
us to put some of our G in the
| rock roads. and also to ask the coun-
ty to assist us in building these roads
by helping us with some bonds when
we have helped ourselves as indicated
above.
r. GENTRY.
J. +. Ross.
/ agree in above report except as
to funding the present county debt.
This should be paid off as fast as the
debt natures. The county is very
able to pay hall the cost of building
these roads, and the citizens ought to
be very willing to pay the other half.
| This equitable division of the cost OF
building has been acted OF respcc-
lively by other counties and very sue
cessfully.
III '... e. II. HARDEN.
Capt. Dan Mcintyre moved that
the report he laid on the table till
some of the committeeman be present
to speak in behalf of it, and right here
we would say that it stands in point
that every committeeman should be
present at each meeting.
]. Med. TRIMBLE
then reported for the committee on
advertising and advised that a short
succinct history of Mexico be writ
ten up and printed on the back of the
letter paper used byoar business
mem rhe printing can be done fol-
a msresong il enough orders are
brought IN about the same time.
u ]. Gull
then made q few remarks pertinent tc
the occasion and suggested that /
blank number of copies of the st
Louis Commercial Gazette be ordered
by the association this week as tina
paper contained an article pertaining