Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1890-02-01
PUBLIC ROAD QUESTION.
Bhn Dusty Makes Some Timely Re-
marks on the Situation.
TO the Chronicle.

to be land away with those that have
come and gone since / last afflicted
your readers with, any thing from
these parts. How IKE the years are
men. They come and go and are
soon forgotten; but very few of us are
remembered long outside of cur i'm
mediate family, especially five have
done no good deed or some act that
has been for the good of our fellow
man. If we have done none of these,
then is the world blest when we go
and we should be forgotten.
This brings us to the point we are
striking at, if there is any in this
commun cation. Why are our coun-
try roads in such bad condition? 1t
has been said that the intelligence
and thrift of a country can be told by
their roads. If this be true a traveller
through Montgomery county would
put us below mediocrity in intelli-
gence, a shiftless set of vagabonds,
and the worst roads in the state, out
side of the so-called turnpikes, which
need repairing from "ene to ene.'
Where the fault, and who is to
blame? Since our county court has
assumed the responsibility of APP
pointing the overseers we think it
rests with them. They appoint men
to warn in the hands, give him three
days to work the road; they run over
the good parts Of the road and leave
the places that would take all the
force the time allotted to fix. The
good part of the road stays good and
the bad places get worse. If A asks
for an appropriation of $50 or 800 to
build culverts or dam ravines that
have been terror TO the travelling
community for ages, Y, from the
other end. of the county who has
never gone over the road in his life,
moves to lay the petition on the ia
BILE, and three-fOurths of the selected
wisdom Of the county vote yes.
What is the use to have the magis-
trates commissioned if they do not
know how much ought to be ex-
pended on a road, and would see that
the money was properly expended
before the order was approved to be
paid? If they cannot trust themselves
who will they trust? There are q
few bridges needed on some of oul
most travelled roads, the safe'y o.
the citizens and travelling public de
mand it, but our court makes ne
move in the matter. BY dint Of hare
work they did appropriate as much
as an adjoining county last fall t.
build one bridge, for which we com
mend them. fear majority have
been wanting to kick somebody (no
themselves) ever since. If they
would go over into Christian county
KY, they would see more bridges
over one stream than this county
needs. They could not find public
highway that needed a bridge bu
what has it. Hardly road that has
been levied, someaof the levies from
one-half to three-quarters of milk
long and six to eight feet high, We
they pay no more taxes than we do
IF the county has appropriated $1,000
in the last ten years on our highway
I have failed to see where it has beer
expended, Now, gentlemen, VIZ
want better roads, our present system
will not make them; tax us more ant
let the roads out under contract t.
competent men who will do the worl
as it should be. Do this and tn
coming generation will arise up ant
call you "bully."
The present cold snap has BEEF
taken advantage of by those VIII
had not killed hogs to do so; we trus
they will have better success in pre-
serving their meat than those VIII
killed earlier. With few exception
the joints all spoilt, which is quite
serious loss, owing to the stringenc
of the times. The weather has bee
sufficiently cold to kill the Linse,
that was making such havoc wit
"a. the wheat crop. To loose the whe;
crop, after such heavy loss in me;
would be more than disastrous to Il
farming community.
Nothing done yet toward tn
years crop of tobacco. About Il
usual amount will be planted, crC
and a-half.
Mr.. Jacob B. Sensing, Of No.
has moved to Montgomery Mil
will have charge of the farm. V
welcome him among us, and no
the move will be beneficial.
A greater part of the tobacco /
been stripped and is now ready
the buyer. Come out gentlem
your price iH our price this We
our price yours next.