San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1886-01-04
COUNTY ROADS.
A Scathing Criticism Of the Board Of
County Commissioners.

Rditor San Antonio Light
At the point where the Binz- Engel-
mann road turns out of the lane, about
One-half mile from the SalAdo. in
sOuthweslerly course, towards the
Government hill, was struck by some
essential alterations in Colonel Brack-
enridge's late fencing, which caused
the following reflections: Why did
Colonel Breckenridge move the one
fence already built, by which the above
mentioned lane between Mr.. Eisenhauer
and Mr.. Alderman was prolonged. TO
the terminus of the SPECIALIZED Biz
Engelmann rOad--which was, for ii be-
ngs, | think, already to the things
passed-at the city limits, and left
passage between his land and Mr.. Ack-
ermann's pasture? Has the Colonel
changed his plan of operation, that is,
to run said lane on to the next estab-
lished road, inside the city limits, as it
had been proposed by our honorable
CITY fathers, and Intends to run it now
through said passage, though not cleared
from brush and other natural obstruc.
tiOns or impediments? One would be
inclined to make this conclusion il he
had left the passage wide enough for
second class road. Notwithstanding
this fact, however, we are Justified in
suspecting something wrong, AS one
member OF the County Commissioners
Court maintains, and certainly that
member is not the most unimpOrtant.
that the road along Mr.. Aoker-
mann's pasture is by far the best
and the nearest. However inconceiy-
able, like the holy trinity, this assertion
is as they will have to run it back for
some distance to make ii intersect the
CITY line at some TemOter point, 1t may
be clear and Ineligible to high people,
but certainly not TO people who only
converse with the plebans. Why do
our County Commissioners not use their
authority? Why do they permit Colonel
Breckenridge to close up an Important
legally established road before its ter
minus? Is il because our City Fathers
would perhaps not have forced Col. b.
TO give the right-of-way inside the City
limits? This is no excuse; they could
have waited for that fact. Another rea-
son for the cOmplaisanoe of the Com
missioners towards Col. b. though men
toned the last, it may not be most i'm
probable, is the following: At or about
where the Seguin road intersects the city
limits hot fight is fought between the
Honorable County Commissioners Court
and Mr.. John James, of this city. That
gentleman did not reverently take of
his hat and bow to the worst and most
unjustitied change of a road of all the
bad ones that have been mSde by this
honorable body; he had the courage to
put his fence in the middle of the road
so changed, and this fact may account
for the above mentioned COmplaisance OF
the County Commissioners Court, this
body not wishing to fight at TWO differ
ent points at the same time; lit will not
be denied that it would have taken some
trouble to induce our Honorable City !
Fathers TO actually make dash at the
much feared Colonel) They don't sing
either: Mourn pour la partrie, c'est le
sort lie plus beau" etc.
Another question arises: Is this I'M
justified change of the Seguin road
worth fighting for? Was there any kind
OF right or justice in the action, there
being no cause for change, and to put
the road on another mans land without
his permission, without paying him
damages? And what kind of a road.
Good gracious! One breaks a wheel,
another one the axle, a third one throws
his freight into Mr.. Ackerman's fence,
etc. Considering that to all this comes
the probability that the change is per-
hsps the cause of the surrender OF the
good important BinZ-Engelmenn road
(the change of the latter may be consid-
cred as equivalent to surrender or dis
continuance). Verify! am entitled to
exclaim: stop your blessed actions or
we will perish at the hands of your
blessed works.
Those citizens that demOlish Mr.. j.
James fence, indirectly. participate in
the bad action of our honorable County
Commissioners Court. | maintain that
road is not worth to demolish q fence
for it. they ought to petition for the old
Seguin road where ii justly and right
eously belongs. Our great and illustr!-
Gus German writer FIR. Schiller. says:
ut is the curse of the bad deed that il is
bound to continuously produce badw
Our honorable County Commissioners
may study this and improve by 1t.
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