The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1883-07-19
Public Roads and rurnpikas.

meHudDIS uDeIallty IN pfOmOJln
their construction. We hay
awakened, it may be, to a tardy 81
probation OF our superior natur:
It advantages of climate, healthfu
It ness and fertility of soil, as well s
+ to the extent to which travel an
d transportation, so necessary to OF
y prosperity and progress, has bee
s impeded by the condition of OF
e public roads which has turned trad
: away from our county, depreciate
r our lands and has reflected upo
I our intelligence and enterprise
l But we are awake now and there i
before us the dawning of something
better; thanks to our state @hicl
gave US first law to encourage til
building of turnpikes, liberal, how
ever, even to the verge of injustice
and afterwards a public road law
which will, if faithfully executed
in very few years, redeem US from
the reproach which has for so long
and so heavily taxed our pleasures
our pockets and our time.
The necessity for better roads
has not been any the less urgent
because the fortunes of war left US
less able to build them; indeed, they
have become all the more necessary
because they stimulate the pride
and enterprise which beautify and
adorn our homes, enhance the pleas
ures of rural life, improve our lands
and develop our resources. No
class has felt the need of good roads
more than our farmers, or felt more
heavily the pressures of war. So
our legislature, with a wise fore
thought, has sought to reduce the
cost of building turnpikes to the
lowest possible limit to encourage
their construction. 1t has been, we
believe, too liberal in permitting
the construction of a. second class
road, which may not fully meet the
demands of the travel and trans
portation of a population so dense
as ours or of a trade so extensive.
Yet our second class roads are
vast improvement upon the old
roads they supercede. Our county
court too, in the same liberal spirit,
has encouraged their construction,
and though in granting the right of
way over old road beds and in ced-
ing to turnpike companies some i'm
provements partially completed by
the county, it has met with opposi-
ton and censure, yet its liberalIty |
has been a public benefactiOn, and |
it deserves commentator for the
public spirit which has given an
impetus to improvements that will
soon receive proper appreciation at
the hands OF a generous people. In
addition to improved roads our
streams are being spanned with ele-
CANT and durable iron bridges, and
all at a cost to the county too in
to be considered for a
in connection with the
superior advantages which they Sc
cure to us.
Push these enterprises a little
further and no section of our county,
need be isolated and cut off from
market for several months at a time
IN winter by bad roads. Then ex-
tension viii carry into every section
Of the county those advantages
which have almost been monopolized
by parts most favorably situated.
These advantages consist in the
saving Of time, labor and expense,
to say nothing of the enlarged facili-
lies and pleasures of travel, and no
can long enjoy them
becoming the earnest ad
7ocates of good roads; and we pre-
lict that our people in every section
IF the county will soon be demand
ng them-the building Of pixies
when possible and the faithful ex-
,cutiOn of the public road law.
Improved public roads are cheap :
y purchased when the amount of ,
abor they cost is taken into con- (
and our pixies are a most
profitable investment to our farmers
md the travelling public; particu-
arly when companies, in the same
spirit of liberality evinced by the
state and the county courts, keep
he cost of construction in view in
heir charges for pikeage, and ar
'ange for the day, month and
rear so as to afford as little incon-
7enience as possible.
Let our county court always Sc
ect practical, energetic, public
spirited men for commissioners, and
lold them to strict discharge of
luty, and require that the pixies be
Kept up to the strict requirements
If the law, and we shall soon
become as noted for our energy,
thrift and progress as our county is
or its natural advantages of eli
nate and soil.
These thoughts have been sug-
sested by the action of the county
court on first Monday in grant
ne the right to erect gates to two
more pikes-the Brick Church and
Bradshaw lines. We have now
bikes running out in five different
directions from the town, but we
iced more, all of which should be
'uilt as soon as possible, and ex- l
ended to our county line. But am
my article too far, and
here need to be urged no plea for
roads in the face of what
s being done by the county, and
he spirit which animates every pro-
,ressive citizen in her limits. Only
ct the good work go on, and we
hall, one day soon, reap harvest
hat will richly repay US, and we {
will congratulate ourselves for the {
Enterprise and public spirit which
lave brought US squarely to the
ront. BILL GANET.
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