Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-02-03

have to be well done. and the superim-
posed layer and topdressing of crushed
stone viii have TO be thick and
heavy. The good husbandman
takes care not to spread
his manure over too large n sUperhcies,
lest he SquandeTS his time aud labor
The man who defied the lightning Il
don I mean Ajax ana bottled it up said
what was worth doing ut all was worth
doing we'll. The importance of this can
not be urged with too lnuch yehemence
or with too great emphasis There has
been expressed apprehension of dishonest
dealings, base contrivanceS and corrupt
management, if authority TO issue bonds
were given. ANY system Il open 10
caviis of this kind, unless, fOrSOOth, the
whole business is consigned TO able and
Intelligent direction aud control. The
making of contracts and the disbursement
of large sums of money lmperatiyeiy de-
maudS ArguS-eyed vigilance as well as
other safeguards This Is no more true
of one proposition than another Bust
ness should be made business, regardless
of effeminate delicacies and cOnsidera-
tons This is the way to organize sue
cess and insure brilliant triumphS- The
abstract principle of justice would re
quire, however, that those most advaut-
aged should be proportionally assessed
II bonds are found TO be after mature re-
Election too distaSteful to the deSpo;ic
majority, how viii this prescription mt
their stomachs', when served on q pewter
platter? 1t contains neither the essence
of garlic nor iimpSon weed and is war
ranted not TO produce the seven year :
itch.
There are perhaps as many as ten main
approaches 10 the city. Suburban prop
erty owners would be great gamers from
the construction OF good roads The
whole of the urban population are inter
ested almost equally III immense and we'll
constructed stretches Of grand boule-
wards; especially in directions where the
earth 5 conformation viii allow of pleas
amt drives Those who have holdings
abutting on these thoroughfareS could
well afford TO east bread upon the waters
in the way of liberal donations.
l would cheerfully give, myself, $3.50 TO
help along the project. Not less than
$40 900 could be raised III this manner
outside the corporate limits and within a
reach Of one mile of the same. Those
owning property outside the one mile
limit and within six miles, would likely
subscribe iii money or its eXchangeable
value rs much as $40 900 more. say that
the cost of construction is $500 per mile
of road $50 ,0O0 viii build four miles out
from the corporation line III ten different
directions Who are to benefited most
By good roads, the retail merchant:
OF course all classes would be
reimbursed for any outlay made and
could considerably chip III handsomely.
There yet remains to be raised $50 600
10 NIL "a 40 mil Nf
way. Double this amount could he
raised within the city limits for 50 noble
purpose. This much Of the work could
be achieved at once against which consul
nation there stands no legal barrier
Reinforce your efforts III this direction
with an increase OF the road and bridge
tax 10 double the amount fora few years,
and with the addition of other resources
accesSibly near, the whole work could be
carried forward lGnguidly to a graft
flying issue. The prosperity OF
Fort Worth hinges largely upon
the eventuation of this agitation in favor
of good roads. With substantial high
ways maintained to the highest degree of
usefulness her future is made douhlv Sc
cure TO this generation the task has
fallen and while It may not be written
III the book of destiny or fOreOrdained to
be otherwise, if you would have to the
credit of your labor in behalf of the
progress and prosperity of your city the
applause due patriotic and unselfsh en-
deavor, the cry and shibbOleth must be,
on to victory, on to immortal cOnqUestS,
on TO triumphs enduring and eternal
Remember it was said of Augustus that
he found Rome built of brick and left it
built of marble. r. NJ PAGE.