Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1885-01-24
THE ROAD QUESTION.
MAYHEM, Mo-, Jan, 18th 1885,

EDITOR MISUNDERSTANDING time
draws near for our county court to APP !
point road overscers for an other year,
and iii view of the courts request that
every district should select and re-
commend a proper person for that inn
portant, although much despised posi-
ton, for District No. II, we would
respectfully Recommend the present
incumbent Mr.. f. w. Rulings for re-
appointment. He has made a good
overseer, end has made the best use of
the means at his command for the good
Of the roads, and has always been
ready to turn Out and help fix any bad
Place in the road utter all the time
the court allowed him was worked out.
We know he does not want the place,
and we think We know soine Of his
reasons for wanting to give ii up.
Among others the general bad state OF
the roads and the very small amount
of work at his disposal, compared to
the amount required to put the roads
ing good condition, the abuse road over
seers i'll general receive for not fixing
every mudhOle in their roads, when
Lhsy have no means 10 fix them with.
We hope hif. Rulings will be prevailed
| upon to oversee No. /: another year.
These and similar objections TO be-
coming road overseer's are heard all
owe the county; also the complain.
that the districts are TOO large. A man
that would make d good overseer does
not ike to spend lie Ecst part of the
ummer on the road. He can mike
more ON his farm. We're they smaller,
requiring less t~ime-Whcn time is mon
oy TO the faruaer-we would have more
men whose business would he to look
after the roads, and, in Maly casCs, g
u,uch0!e could be avoided by turning
The water out OF the road when it COM
menced to get bad, when all overseer
with forty It. fifty miles of read, with
all his poll tax worked out and 10
business III that part OF his district
would know nothing Of The bad place
until some one gives bin ii cursing for
hot WORKING the roads better. Cut cur
districts at lsnof ~ two, We would
prefer having the road districts the
same size as school districts. and let
the overseers be elected at annUa,
school meetings We have NOTICED
several communications TO the county
papers aoning the legislature will pass
sotit Ia" SLEiiEL 49, FGaltl louOc. we
: would ike to know how G:y law that
body could make would fix the iaud-
holes i'll Il roads. 1t is not laws the
roads need, b:t work honestly and ju-
diciously applied. s2me advocate The
contract system; we 80 ne think that
world work, considering the condition.
OF our roads, and the county revenue
available for iiiai purpose, YOU could
hardly know where ~ ueEiI.
Give us small districts, good over
;, seers, who viii take an interest in their
roads, and get their %neighbors inter-
estes - them; also 50 that whenever
q spring breaks out in the road they
will go and fix It, regardless OF the fact
that they may have worried ont all
tbei:' poll tax, then, and:nOt unt:l lhca,
may we lock for good roads, We like
the liling lie court s.nt as asst wear,
and hope they Will give Ii. sG,:!n more
this year. Il makes i good cu!vert
when properly put ii, - thr' c. fourths
o5t:L A.Gloles are on hil!-sides. We
would s..s3s4 lie LAYING OF p or
inch frame tiliHg 2Gr~ss he road to
catch the water ,,lf iea,! i oE -. liz
side bitches. Hoping Il aaW c,a i
=, about 10 dawn on our roads,
remain, your, &c,
/ No II.