The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1878-03-03
COUNTY ROADS.


Motomsnt 90 Hrihga ANA Drain
the WHITE HOeh, GrnpeNine hnh
Cedar IlII IhOToug hiaTes- $4,000
Raised IN tho Meeting
The adjourned meeting Of the buHl'
ness men of DALAI, 10 cOnhlder the
working OF tho county roads leading
into Dallas, aud the repairing OF the
bridges thereon, was held yesterday ut
Ilremen'a hall, Major r. v rhomp-
Rlns presiding,
The minutes Of the previous meeting
were read and adopted,
The following report Of the COM
mlltee on roads and bridges was read
and adopted
10 tho Chairman Of citizens meeting
The committee heretofore appointed
10 ascertain the work necessary 10 be
done, cost OF bridges, etc, upon wagon
roads leading 10 aud from Dallas, beg
lenyo 10 report, They nave given TINS
subject all the attention that Their
time would permit, and that, while the
investigation has not been 10 shlisiho'
tory aud complete M they would desire,
owing 10 want Of time 10 inspect IN,
different roads, aud lack Of practical
experience IN such matters, yet they
are able 10 submit tho following re-
mort, which they think viii be sum
oleut 10 enable this meeting to take
definite action regarding the matter
Fist-The roads runplng northeast
from Dallas, known M the RoGkwall
road, aud which IN "a very Important
one TO this city, runs for about twenty
miles In this county. II isopen 10
the width Of forty feet, aud IL ono OF
the stralghteat roads In tho county.
The principle work necessary TO put "
In good travelling condition IL the
building OF bridges across White Rock,
Duck, Rawlett and Muddy creeks, the
estimated cost OF which ls one thou
sand, three hundred and six dollars
SeGond-The road running In tho DE-
rectlon of Cedar Hill and Alyarad0 IL
in bad condition. Perhaps not much
bridging IL necessary, though VIII
have TO bridge Mountain aud Fish
creeks, mt n cost OF from ak hundred TO
eight hundred dollars. The committee
are not as yet fully advised M to this
road, and 1t may DO necessary to open
u new one,
Third TO reach Grapevine prairie,
II will be necessary to bridge the West
Fork Mt or near Eagle Ford crossing.
The estimated cost Of this bridge, with
lts approaches, two hundred and thirty |
four feet In length, IL one thousand
four hundred and seventy'lve dollars
The committee are not fully decided
whether or not II would be best TO
build u bridge for this Grapevine coun-
try at Eagle Ford, or near Ovens
crossing, on ELM Fork, The latter
would he the most expensive bridge to
build, hut would be u saving of toll on
the bridge at this city.
Fourth There IN no bridging OF con
sequence required on the roads leading
to Lancaster and WaXahachle, and
very little work hut what can be done
by The road hands, except that portion
ia the Trinity bottom nom the tcrmi-
nus Of the present turnpike to the
hills. The cost Of repairing this road,
IL estimated at from one to three thou
sand dollars, according to material
used aun work done The CONS
miltee feel confident that such
an arrangement can bo made
with the bridge company Of this city
for repairing this road "a will make II
mutually beneficial, in not being over
eXpenaive to ourselves and ut the same
time profitable to the bridge company
There ARE other roads that will re.
Quire more or Less WORK, hut those
named are the most important. The
committee are pleased to report that
in their opinion, after conference with
others better posted than themselves
on such matters, il ia not so difficult to
keep in repair roads In our prairie
country as they had been led to sup.
pose before Investigating the matter,
and believe the maiR thing necessary
To be- done IL to have the roads thrown
up, with bitches on each side,
and necessary draining to ear
ry of the water, 80 az to
prevent its standing in the bitches.
The committee would recommend the
selecting and paying by our citizens
Of u competent and practical engineer
~ superintendent of our roads; that
the necessary plows and scrapers be
purchased for use In such work that
the road officials in the county adopt
the plans of such engineer in working
the roads, he to allow them the use Of
such tools when necessary; that such
work az cannot well be done by the
road hands in the time they are re-
quired by law to work be done by labor
employed by the citizens OF this city
and that employed on the poor farm o
this county, which this committee con
tidently believes the county court woult
and certainly should order.
The committee further report that
five thousand dollars raised by our cit
liens, together with the amount o
road and bridge funds which can b'
had from the county, and aid from til,
citizens OF the county, will be suilicien
To huild the bridges, and put our road
in good repair. They would, there
fore, recommend that Il committee b.
, appointed to 90 to work at once Il
rtise this amount, rs the time fol
working roads is nearly at hand.
S. j. ADAMS,
A. DAVIS,
NJ. ID. DARLINGTON,
JOHN d STONE,
JE HENDERSON,
X. V. ToNPKINs,
Committee.
Mr.. Hamp Witt, member Of th,
honorable county court, being present