The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1891-04-24

Il has brought with IL many ,h,ara
II has not yet brought them il \ s.xt
70. For instance, perhaps It Win 80
rosea Then again it may give n 800
Use Of big crops, IN we Ar f.vr
promise OF cheaper produce. II ~
the people who buy o. the f.,-eI
There are two things which /, i cs-.sl
70 bring. They are colds ana
There i no excuse, however. for u 80
tainty Of the mud's coming aps :
mud failed 10 arrive the colls 49,.
many Of them. 10 side tracked s
they got hera Therefore let 4, h-s.s
the mud.
Now that II Is decided that 49,
shall be banished. the next an.-t;,.
How shall it be dones There i orIs
way Of doing it. and the essential. = .
are hard work one part. money one u.
and common sense niEefy-cir 80.
The work and the money An ~
enough TO get, but the common s,s. 4
scarce. and good deal Of it 4 ps,sa.s
The difficulty Is that most Of or ,s.s
masters and road commissioner, ~
recognize what little there is OF Il ~,
around when they see it They hass |.
way Of regarding propositions Ia 4.
improvement Of public roads a. ,rrsI
tons by contractors for feeding a. \.
public crib In reality they are pr,,
sitions for the enlargement Of the fphs.
crib itself, SO that its legitimate usen n,,|
find more TO appease their hunger ~
for the improvement Of its snrroupan-
50 that those who do feed NAV a
50 with greater comfort and coupeuio.
Suppose We take, for instance ~
township Of Wayback. which Is xtu,.,l|
in . rolling country. fifteen nils 49,
the city Of Big1narket, where all W..
backs produce must be sold il il BE- IA
at all. There are thirty miles a ~
in Wayhsck, and they are like the 49,
in most country towns, mere rivep r
mud in wet weather and gullies of A.
when the days are dry. Estimatinr,h'|
cost Of putting down q macadan-ssI|
ford pavement at e 900 a mile, it vocI]
cost $4,000 to improve every inch 2
highway in the township 1t may Y
said that 5000 . mile is too small p
estimate, hut il must he relnemhrs]
that in making it | include the hal1
used crossroads, constituting BY far 81
greater part Of the mileage, which vuo,]
require much narrower metaled II
vice and less elaborate drainage and al
than the few mikes OF main thoroc,A|
fare. In order 70 raise the money n
guired for making this vast improve
ment it would be necessary to bond wsy|
hack for that amount. but this could d
easily done in way that would svoi|
oppressive TAXATION In calculatins
such loan it should be rcmembc1
that the posterity Of the present gen<|
ton will b. the greater es.iners by
improvement, and that therefore 4
not only just to borrow the moisey q
long term Of years, but that Il VIC old
unjust 70 do otherwise "
The advantages which would 81
to Wayhack from snch step woolf|
manifold As the roads ere now. a
passable barrier Of mud Is imposed
tween the township and the city,
weeks after the frost leaves the ep6
Farmers who have held their nay OIL
tatoes or grain for 'spring price, q
out with their loads from Wayback d
ly in the morning for tine ffteAp ~
drive to Bls1narket. II they ret thes|
1t all it is only after q whole day 4
splashing and tugging through the md
II the roads had been good, three o. fr|
hours would have sufEiced for the da7|
When the bad weather If fall cont|
on the state Of Affairs Is . little bs.sc|
II the roads are not in quite 50 VIE
condition the additional amount 4
produce to b. hauled more than ese|
matters up The unnecessary h01r 4
the road rob the farm work Of the TN
Of men and horses, and natural exa7s1
alton and dissatisfaction with life
such very sticky world units evel
body for doing his hest work n
loads that can Be drawn arc compr|
lively small, too
Wayback u made up Of fertile frr|
Of great productive power. Bnt the b
reads, as any one who stops 70 think VI
see, must necessarily largely reduce Il
profits by wasting time Of men and Y
vitality Of stock and vehicles. Ls1
say that Wayback landowners vxi1
their holdings at 800 to t20o an al
The only way in which we can judr
the effect good roads would have on Y
valuation Is by examining results
other places personally know q q
section where within two years The n
provcment on roads has almost douot|
the cash value of land. and can funn|
names Of land owners who viii ches|
fully testify to the fact Such a. \
crease In valuation would more IA
pay the extra taxation imposed on WI
hack BY that ~, 900 loan. wouldn't VI
think 90
Another thing which the oppcsefs
road Improvement in Wayback fNi
terly 70 take into consideration Is the n
that it costs much less 70 keep good rcs1
to repair than it does to keep bsd cne
ruin. II Wayhack adopts an inteinee
system Of road maintenance, keep 4
matter out Of politics. and. above 3
does away with that relic of barl
working out the road tax, her t1if
miles Of roadway, after they have u
telford-macadamized, can be kept u y
fect order by an outlay u tavnra91ng y
different clasEes Of ru0dk) so . ycI d
mile. This would make the total op.',
sormaintt nance 81 10. Wavbsck SET, y