The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1882-02-02
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| mere Is no question Just now no ,,,
me, that is OF more interest to our neonia s.
large than the public roads. W. Jp'. ~ & ~
| suppose there ever was time in the h;s, ~.
y. our county when the public Mol, wa, -
Es Teau in worse condition than Srese5t
| n..,ni nns"iI .Hc FORK to Honea Path and fron,
cnnt;ny Jieek 70 the Corner they are one
of Ander.n nnuu 'ioie and as for the town
~ -, a;naerson, 1t is quagmire from centre
20 circumference. And when we considas
tne amount OF heavy hauling that must I'a
uone IN the course of the next ton r,,ca,.u 80 W
what hope Is there that thew will be eens, on',
considerably better for the NEXT tbrea Guy ~
iut, ,ot iionths 70 come? 1t seems that fl,ev
staI; e. ME.se ana worse every winter, notwith.
s.a;nalne the efforts OF the County Com.
mlssioners to have them properIv vain, LII
9uring the spring and summer. Is n no,
demonstrated to the satisfaction of evor,,
one tnat the present system of keen;no M
.ne pubic roads is insufficient for the necds
anu requirements Of the present day and
.n,nea FHty years ago, when the country
tThon no spatseiy settled, it answered very we'll.
ihsii there was not near 80 much travel
ana heavy hauling, and the roads could bo
heP. ia very good condition by giving them
u WORKING once a Year. But II 10 MT oo
now, ana the time has come, it occurs IN -.
LOT an entire change in the system of keen,
| ing up the public roads. AS long m tie
Pu!n1ilc Is lett to take care Of the road, thev
VIII Iot po properly cared for and we may
conLuentiy expect to see every winter inst
SUCH roads as we now have. 'N-'
| we believe it would be wise cconomv IN
Heep up the roads by taxation, the taxes to
pc levied per capita. The roads should he
let out in sections by contract for a term Of
| nve or ten years, for a stipulated sum to he
palu annually, and The contractors held re
sponsible for the condition Of their sections
at FIRST blush this proposition NAV onDeor
10 some as preposterous, but we believe il is
the surest wey OF solving the problem. for
IL Is nothing less than q problem. and a
| Knottv ne at that. 1t would be biz thine
IL Is tru> but then it must be remepbercd
| that the public roads Is one of the biggest
| thlngs i'll the whole country-one of the
most important interests of our people. IF
| the reader does not realize this now he
Will realize it if he is ever called upon To
serve his country as county commission
er, and have forty communities on him ot
once about the condition Of the highways
Taxation may be Objectionable to some
but we have no doubt O large majority of
our people would rather pay small tax
every year and have good roads than to
pull their stock to death and break their
vehicles in pieces over such roads as we
now nave Ill every section of the county.
IL may be said by some that we would not
have any better roads under the system we
propose than we now have, but we think
otherwise, for the reason that the contrac
tors could be held responsible for the con-
dition Of their sections, and would have
considerably more at stake than mere
compliance with law that is considered
6y everybody as practically dead letter.
he would see that it was put in condition
during the summer to stand the usage of
winter. 1t is the hills that give most trou-
Bile, and when they nre well worked, and
receive attention when it is needed, they
can be kept in good fix, but as long as they
only receive "a lick and promise as is
customary under the present law, and ever
will be as long as it is on the statute books
we may expect to see them bad 1t may be
said, and no doubt the thought has occurred
to the reader since lie begun this article,
that where we have protracted bad weather.
such as we had last winter and ore having
now, that the roads would be bad under
any system of working, but with liberal
use vi sinuii rocks and gravel on the bad
places the rains would not hurt them, and
they would remain firm and solid through
any spell Of weather. OF course this would
require work-a great deal of hard work
and work that will never be done, all will
admit, unless the parties who do it receive
pay for it.
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