Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1888-01-28

clIS 8. wy we NOW lind tn m as Chty
are. Ho ling that we will lear from
OILERS concerning this subject soon and
That lnea.uies will soon lie, inaugurate ed
Ivy our authorities lnnking to the adOp.
ion OF snme reform in our road system.
| subscribe myself
Yours truly,
FARMER.
MIR. EnITnn-Ill resnm;ng the sub
! ct nf Il g roads. wish to urge npnn
all tn pt ople TO give this IN litter some
thought and study and learn the great
loss entailed by bud roads. SEE that OF
tie farmers in hauling onlya part ut Il
load. What DANA :, doctor or other
persons, who ril" the roads Sustain III
the w.ar and trarof Il cir carriages how
they are kept dHl"inc holes (hid tlm-
Hing In otlIrrs) stunning ice, and beat
irg about like Il flat hnat in Il Stvl Wilv
Drainage is the remedy for the ron'l'-.lt
the water runs off lis it falls, it will be
| iml oSsibe for hole, mud or ice to be on
tile road. Mud cann0thc made without
water. The ground will not get sou
without water. and hole cannot be
male without water. If we wish I'd
make mud rnr making bricks. wtter Is
absolutely necessary. and without water
To work into the earth. We can have M
bricks. The evil of water on the roids
Gals bc seen Ivy all. A ditch on each side
of the r0ad will accomplish but little.
good unless the water can Iun into It,.
If tho road Els tlepreSsions ST. that the
wal er will he held on it. the snil will be
made soft in that spot, the wheels roll
IN. over AMI int it, will quickly make u
hole. the next rain will furnish III u"
water, and the wheels will CIT it lal ger
and deenrr. 50 with more wafer AMI
mixing the road gets worse. and finally
the whole rold is Il mud Led. a little
work if only BY one person, for shot
while after each rain, VII prevent all
tic trouble. o e mln could accomplish!
iunch good i his time anl attention wa
devoted constantly 10 the work :
Our soil is one of the very beSI
.or road making (;Ls it Is for farininE),
i sandy top with red clay botLom-i
combulati IL the two kept dry. and
we haveihe hrsl and cheapest roads in
the world. Keep the road dry aud II Is
good. and if every reader Of this article
will recall the various roads that he
travels, he will see that every dry piece
of road is good, 10 mai ter where, III tic
woods or not.if no wtirr slaniis on 1t 1t
is good. If there is water On 1t, it l.
bad In order to start the work OF
drainage. suggest that One-!lalf Of tue
four Thousand and one hundred dollars
81 .100) collected for road pnrpnses,,nl
,,nw in the hands of the county trriS
urer. lie spent on the roads under the
direction of the supervisor for each
magiSterial district, ard That certain
parts of the ruadS in The county be lei
t. contract for drainage at Oncc. There
is money enough Ia do it, and Tie fol-
lowing are the roads:
From Niles.
IIorllown to New Church station......4
MesSonso Neck ........ ............ ........"6
Messongo bridge across Savannah road.2
Oak Hall To jenkins Bridge...............2
Jenkins bridge tn Fits wharf ........4
Oak Hull station To oak Hall villaye...2
Atlantic TO sign post on middle road...2
AsS;lwanan ......... ............3
Temperanceville to Hal .woud............ 4
Modrstown to Mappsville......... .........3
NrlSOnia. ............2
Muddy Greek to Bloxnm statlon.........S
- Guilforl ......... .........2
fIallwool tn bay side road 1900. ........2
Mapi,sville to l|nXom station...... ......3
- WuudbelrY...... ............4
Guilford to Bloxom station...............2
Gnilford wharf ......... .........2
.eemont 10 Hunting Creek ...............3
,
Hickman $ store ~ ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
u Drumm>ndtowh..4
Drumlnondtown to Leemnnt............
- Onamco k...........4
- Lpcustv,lle .........5
louisville to Onancnck III. Furks...5
Waclmprcague across Nlckaw lnpus...2
y to Keller ................!
Onancocll 10 Deep Creek road 80.
- Evans wharf. ........o
Pungoteague TO Keller stalion........-..4
- MappsburS...... .........4
- Holman Wharf.."..3
- BrggS' wharf. -
]oggsvi,le to PungoteaSlle..........
Charlottesville To Davis wharf ............2
- Pcnnyville =. .....+
Mappsburg station TO Coal klln........3
Belle Haven to Coal kllII................. ..3
Z" line OF county. .........l
Apply the money to the roiul Or such
others us seem best, and the results Will
sop:I he s"en.
Let each supervisor with the aid OF
the r0pl overseers spend the money di
rectly Oh The road, and III cnurt-house
charges be allowed from this fund. The
county can he drained. 1t is 50 miles
long. S miles wide, and 81 feet eleva-
ton, with water Oh each side and stream,
making into it, forming fins. water Sheds.
1t canal be drained where one foot above
high tide. The railroad is d'T.lnc'l. and
thu roads can be in just the SAME way.
Drainage will add to tile health of the
people. increase the prVuictveneSs oi
the soil, by increasing the crops
enchancc the value Of real estate where
ever it is done. There need be nD extra
outlay vi money. Now will it he done?
J'ROGKESS.
DISsoiutIons OF Partnership.
TIL" late firm nf Parks & Cau5''y, at
Leemont, Va, has this day dissolved by
mutual consent. The business in the
future will be conducted by Il. ~.
Cansey.
We desire and earnestly request all
parties indebted to said firm for store
accounts, to come forward ami SETTLE