Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1888-02-04
Meeting Of Citizens OF Ae. omac Coum.
~ tn nnsItIcr the Public M0nd NySt am


Pursuant to Il cali Of citiz,1s OF At
lantic District. Accoma; tounti, !
me citing of the people wsS Il, Id at at
In tic. Janlarv 2Sth. 10 consider lie
be- method Of repairing and keeping III
order the public roaGs Of tie cnnn'v.--
Mr.. John D. Parsons briefly explained
he object IF HE meeting.
On molten Mr.. Parsons was chosen
chairman. and Mr.. S.W. Matthews, sec
ictary.
Capt Orrls Is Browne who had heen
invited 10 attic: & the meeting. WAS cll"'l
on to express his views, which he did 1T
some length. He showed the important
position the county hcll as cOmn1red
with other cnnnt,sof the State in ma.
ierinl progress ar.' wealth. lie argued
That l,t cause of The thrift and business
halits of the ~ ople, and their advance
in all l,rivate affairs, II WAS al! the more
necessary that I'll" nnhlic should he pro
vided with good hi"hwavs. That. .he
county in private afrms WIS making
rapid strldes-ard p"og, eSs WIS seen ON
every hand. 1t was useless for any man.
or set of men, to attempt to- STAY the
march of progress the county had en-.
tered Ont would in spite Of all OBJ
stacles go forward: The road system
must lie improved and it would be; those
who would not GO forward in the new
era might curl themselves up and sleep
if they would. "thc sleep which knows
no'waking.' That Of the 5000 Dem"
cratic voters of this county. fully 5.6
were with him on this snhiect. and il
will bp accomplished. He fully cllarac
ter.zed the inequalities and injustice of
the EXIST @ road laws. TO Shaw the
individual expense of the present syS
ten he called on the 2.l45 farmers OF
the county to calculate the loss OIL cr'n
deliv ry alone-and Illustrated 1T by :.
fer,ing tothe farmer who delivered .000
barrels of produce in the ordinary way:
Carving but 5 barrels mt cart load, it
required 200 trips to shipping point,
whereas making the roads 80 that 8 bur
rels could he carried at load, 30 loads
would he saved to him-these loads rep
resenti dollars to him. Two days ago
he saw The teams of Hon. VIM. L..
Scott, at C;lle Charles City. OF two
mules and Il wagon each, hauling o.! Ms
improved roads so barrels To the load.
See the gain. tie common sense and
business in that sort of work. He de-
cla I'd the county could well afford to
pay Tor this one Of the most Important
Interests HOW agitaiinr tlepeople. That
the comfy WAS valued for assessment
- Gee. oil. and had an Income I'll S6S3.-
A62. The county was us able io nay So
eco fer GO q roads. If necessary, rs any
individual worth S4.6G0 with an income
ri S6S3 was to lllly II $40 snit OF clothes.
That to hold OF tu Tie present system
ni waste AMI worry, WAS just about rs
sensible us fcr Il man to hoid on To Il
Worn out suit of clothes handed down
hvliS fatler-willch alteflfll"l y tat
tered and torn patched and lnrned,
had lost all senblaicc OF Il e original NJ
tcles He showed the cost of the pres
cnt system ami Incidental loss by tile
following table:
Tax collected for all road pur-
poses on property ..................S 4, l00
Loss sustained 10y 6 $50 men,
forced 10 work freton the roads
at 81 C, Its each per yr:,r......... 49,
Loss sustained on 1 800 horses
usefulness per cent. 10, sos
Loss ~ j273 wheel vehicles vail
ucd ut $6l 305 wear and tear
brought on by b.ui ioads.......... 4,5TI
Depl cciatiun ri real eState-Ii6,-
O223 acres of land ut 81 per acre
for ten years, equal to IL Cents
Der acre per yc;t'.. 81, 6ll2