Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1884-06-26
AIR LINE ROADS.
An Intelligent Mariner Speaks
Sensible Views upOn an I'm
pOrtant Question.

An Intelligent Mariner Speaks
Sensible Views upon an I'm
portant Question.
EDS. BANNER The commission
er's court is now engaged in the
most important work of internal
Improvement that has ever been
inaugurated in the or any other
county. In point of actual conven-
fence the farming community is
the recipient oftho direct benefits,
while the business men of Bren-
ham reap the material or financial
benefits. Both are, or should be
equally interested, and both class
es should yield willing support to
the court, in advocating this most
commendable and much needed
work.
This same question has proven
to be a fruitful source of vexatious
controversy in many of the great
governments of Europe, but Of the
great multiplicity OF veiws enter
tanned and presented for its salts
factory settlement, a plan was
finally evolved, which gave almost
universal satisfaction, and that plan
was the adoption of Il law similar in
all essential particulars to the sta
tute, by authority of which our
commissioners are proceeding
air lines, or as nearly so, as the
topography of the country will
permit. This is the principle upon
which the court and juries of view
must proceed this is the plan au-
thOrized by law. Should any 9TH
or be adopted, the whole work of
improving our highways will be
thwarted, and the people of the
country districts will be left to
founder in the mud to the end of
time.
Your correspondent is familiar
with two of the proposed straight
roads, and the course of these have
been made by the juries of view,
almost as circuitous as those al,
ready existing. Itwill BIO exceed
ingly difficult to convince the peo-
pie concerned that reflections are
not made through spirit of per-
sonal fayoritism and to subserve
private interest whether such con.
siderations have actuatsd the lures
or not. An air line runs through ;
Mr.. AS tract, but for some reason
it has been made to defect and
cuts Mr. BIS. The latter gentleman
demands to know WIN atb;s is
thus" and a world of eynlanation
will fail to illuminate b,s mind {
with one atom of iia5tF
Mr. p so,. ona
z no p daar naah aha nus
than another he tbsrsfo ~ M, ines s tSstS
oro;rst a. oc,;on % III. AZ Plo'es.s
neSs;nS ' $50, "'V M VI lne luries IN
ating from a direct course and emf.
ing his. The result is. long and
tedious litigation during which the {
people mHst cpptinpe to use aur
badly washed and angular roads. {
travelling in some instances fifteen G
miles to reach a point of ten miles s
The only foundation No, .h;oh
IN rest a hon. 4hat az Jpn "nic.i II
fort of the comm;ss;ono.PP e oo -,
and fMH:n5 ztGHst eeh4t r a
birbwavs will nraro ~ Nv panio
fui is that in nrosec U 80 tt Suouess ,
imnort,nt work tbot thS, srro nus
1pon a definite nrinc;nIs p and Iot e
hat principle be the one suggested
BY the law; within tho Past ten
lays re h4Ye heard the subject
discussed by hundreds of people,
'yery phase. aspect. and bearing "
II the Question presented this will t,
slVe very general satisfaction, I
nothing else will. Il
The opening of these now lines
# travel NAV .nd doubtless will h
occasion some little Inconvenience
nd rasqlt in slightly damaging
arms in isolated instances sspe. d q
tally where water privileges and
,rass meadows are interfered with: