St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1891-03-21


Until No have . radical change in
our present bunGlinG systew 81
woeking roads, II cannot b. expset-
ed that our hiGhways Win ever he
Improved, q . Il condisioa 70
stand use aunng the raiay seasoa.
Once or twice . year The road
ovesseers call those WIN are sub
ject 10 ''road duty" together.
Some win have hoes. . few spades,
others axes, one or two viii bring
. team and plows- which extra
compensation = allowed-and some
bring NO implements 1t IN. With
this badly equipped force the ''gen.
efalissimO of Highways" begins the
ludicrous farUe u improving tho
roads. MOving along without any
method or well defined idea q what
should be done. and bow Il SHOULD
BE- done. the work { p begins. Hero
and there the plowmen run few
shallow furrnws: the hoemen pull
out the dirt to the center, and The
spademen throw . few shovsls from
the sides, and par excellence this
scratching and scsaping h calle'o
grading or road-makin9. No ditch
e. Of any depth are made on tho
sides to drain the water from the
road-bed, and very often the oea-
ter II the lowest part Of the rad.
Mefrily the laborers q On.
laughing and cracking jokes, goinx
through . routine called work. and
the demands Of the "Road Law"
are said to he complied With. No ono
will deny that this b the usual
method IT woodworking in LOUISE
ana. Yet. With such tools tU work
with and with such laxity in enforc.
ing the road laws. bow can 10
expect anything better:
The only relief that We CO 80
i In IN entire change Of The law n
gulating the working Of roads. L.
stead Of the present ineflc,ent sys.
tenn Of requiring 80 many days h.
bor-that b % badly performed
let . special tax be levied for
road purposes. With this fund let
zach parish purchase one or two
good road machines; . ditchisG
mas:hine; rcad plow, and so@e
scrapers. Then let out the coa-
tract to some capable man fns The
year to ditch and grade The roads
10 . proper maanef-he giving boad
Md security for IN elllcient and
faithful performance AZ biz duties.
This plan would doubeless cost
much more 1t Asst. but By having
high road beds graded and Thorough
b drained, Il would prove . matter
Il economy and saving Of time h
he course oe two o. three years.
Because, when good, high and so,id
.0ad-beds were o0ce estahlished,
{ would require bat LITTLE labor -
Zeep them In repair and In 6rst
lass condition: then travel woald
- uuobstructed throughout the en-
ire year few Wagons az other ~.
,icles would be broken down; asd
ull loads could he hauled 70 and
ron the marts u trade. IL .
'pscial tax should not b levie6
Oe said purpose. instead Of callia9
Mt % many hasds liable 70 rod
luty under The existing Law. thes.
It least, gst The improved imp1s-
nenty menti0,,ed ~ that Ne nay
expedite work, and At the sane
inc have he gr>diag asd drais.
- performed q . substantial -
manner. One yoad -.
'hine drawn By . good team n he
lands Of . man Of good judgmeat.
gill do more and better work than
wenty men under the pressne sys-
em. Let ~ have . change q so0e
ind. because . Country without
God solid roads cannot b peUs-
'erous and progressive. The odd
uts'' win necessarily impede trav-
j: the 'so)d boGs" stop the "wheels
{ commerce." and much oe Tie
ruiis Of honest toll viii b. Lost In
b ''mire" hssltsse reaelulng mar.
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