Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-03-16
THE QUESTION OF The DAY.

Tax for better roads. It Is the only
way they can be obtained .-[Troy Enter
! prise.
Good roads bring thrifty immlgra-
| ton into the county, build up towns
! schools and churches Grapevine Post &.
| Good dirt roads to all the settlement IS
! around Cotton will be excellent invest
| ments. Wagon roads are the pathway s
! of local trade Cotton Chronicle.
! Good dirt roads are a public necessity
and money expended on them will save
the wear of wagons. Many good horses
| aud mules are annually killed. There is
no advertisement that speaks better for
| country than good roads. We say
good roads, first, last and all the time -
[Timpsou Times.
county roads, in our opinion, is TO con-
denim the land, pay the owner well for
it, and there will be no contention for it
afterwards. Land ia condemned for
railroad purposes, then why not for
county purposes? The road question will
never be settled permanently IN Texas
any other way - BOsque Eagle.
The question of county roads is of i'm
portant concern to every citizen in the
county, and if the legislature will not
take 1t under consideration, why let the
commissioners court take it in hand.
The demand is: Better roads and fewer
in number Over the roads of a county
is carried all the yearly products; and
besides, good county roads are induces of
a country's prosperity. II Palestine Ad-
vocate.
Terrell should have more and better
roads, but she never can get them when
merchants subscribe the pitiful sum of
twenty five cents. Come, this will never
do. Why not give as literally Us others?
Good roads is all that Terrell wants at
present. When the cotton season rolls
around we will want the deeCy staple and
We Will receive 1t too, from all over the
county, provided we have good roads.
Give US your support, business men,
Terrell Register.
The leading question now before the
public and the press in Texas is new
road law and how to get better roads.
There is but one right way TO do it, and
in doing it another hard question will be
disposed of at the same time. Every
man in the state between the ages of
eighteen and fOrty-fve is now required
The solution of the matter is to work the
roads with the penitentiarY couvicts, by
which all this time or money will he
saved to the people, and the convict
labor Will come in no contact with free
labor, which can be accomplished in no
other way jefferson Jimplicute.
Among the many problems that are
agiteting the mind of the public at pres
ent is that of good public roads. 1t is
evident that bill will be submitted at
the next legislature, and in view of this
fact, the subject should be discussed
thoTough ly, in order that an intelligent
idea may be arrived at in regard TO the
mOdus opeIandi. Every one Is interested
in good roads, and We hope to hear from
our county people on this matter. The
present system of road working is a
farce. The woodworking day Is looked
upon as day of rest, and it is generally
so treated. This slackness on the part
of the overseer is unarcountable, unless
it is that he feels delicacy in ordering
his neighbOrs around. The road is gone
over hurrIdly, and just enough work is
done TO satisfy the ever watchful eyes of
the grand jury.
Just so long as the present system re-
mains, just SO long will We have bad
roads = Archer Progress.