St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1892-09-03

dred dollars each per ward per wear. as
.Superintendents.' This makes the very
neat little sum of SS22400 per year. $500 i'll.
to their pockets, during their years term.
to .saperintenda road oyerseers-Who get
no pay for their services and force them
to make the road hands-sgilo get no paw
for their werk-do their duty
Verify, have our Parish S0lons already
reached the acme of American statesman
ship Of to-day let US look out for our
own pockets !.
Let US see what this sum Of $4,000 wouls
do. 1t would buy
80 Mules, at $3.50 each,.. $500
3 Road machines, $3.50 each, ,...... 4So
6 Steel ploWs, Sl5 each, .4..5....... SO
6 Scrapers, IS each, ....s.... 80
so Sets harness, So eaeh,. .,....@..... $50
3 Wagons, $50 each, .s.....s...#... 150
$500
Three complete road working outfits, and
leave $1,000 for operating expenses, which
Operating expenses" bear in mind, would
only be feed for teams and blacksmith work
on plows and machines: since the above
mentioned expenditure of $500 does not
contemplate the release of any one from
road duty, but rather" a closer attendance
thereto.
Certainly, no sane man, unblinded either
by prejudice or the desire to be on some
rnsI goririno, o7,ffifs would in tla fa,1,.
,yaars accan,1tisb mo th.n tia oie,p. ioIt
soa;d, Of ~
iTbis of e ,,t
WORKING in p circle anvsvav tsgent4r Years
ago we had road superintendent, and the
office was abolished-for what reason? not
thar tF1e roads ssera saarfecfp b1,t heeaI,ea
The Office was lilFe fl1e Indians oun ar nasf
more than & come tor 4 very few wears
AGO. if was arair, tried and again abalisbad
And here We are fo have another trial of
the same old twice -abolisbed system aniv
eight fold . waste Of valnahle lime ana
valuable money, botb.
Iafavefte pays for road work. 81 Afarv
NAYS for road work and now comes 4 ea-
dia a narish Vet in Knicleerhoclfeps tIea
child of ST LANDRY and nraposes In lew
sneciaI tay Of u mills fer road ipnra3ya-
ment
They have reeoonized that for snotbinos
Won eret srotbine.n and bare r-a orc a.
fennfing to get asoo,,7efl9inss' fsr .snathinsn y
and are going to nav like the derce for HE
.sexnerim7enfts ftsi besides. Certainly, fhe nao-
nj IF tis 1,a,ish are .e md ieo
rnat;ant. AZ Ralaan,'s steed 9, 49,
ANYTHING more 1IIai,1st than a,1r nresent
road system is harsfly iirr4ae;nable. and #
;s " nonossgh} to rsaint ont a more
,earfact fai}1ra tI,ag3s;t bas dan,on efratad Il.
eeIf 10 he
;Tbe nor,-ouners f,f nronarty and tba=
very little feIlaws eonanosa nv Gar tI,e b,,lIS
of fI,a raad hands WI IF does tba laaldar ~
~ and fba,.ca1,da of aa,s ce,,,trh.
f,4a n Ixeay, nm tl,e n,1Ilie raadsa nof aavs
S.go,ir ard ,,at a cnpt of p,onavi and tba
o,r,,a,o praasaIg ia,
a,,a ~ eya,I1a,,,a,, s,gar EftIa
,,Id h -,
,e;a II
The s1,,, i. land The sIoetor who I wears his
en,9.nsa os1f For the atr;fias
Of fiftv cents a niie9 not 8 cent! and the
,rsrt ef and vahiclas IN tba road
ana,.tr dxsS not s1,biacf Ia roaI d,rtvf
: 49,; 49, ;,.ss;,ss see eIssp = IaT,,o
a,st fberafo,.
al t, iio =
A., I,aI, If "a
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years; Woudn .ls piA5s
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@ VICE VIA no u - - on on paa ones u puggg
worm Tluo Isls llse Seaps h9W anu on sooa
,oaas lasss lei, yeafs 20 Sflsil lne owner pay
ny ssallS sssa ~ sdg oal shae ougsy; anu
% 1loftuern flailulaueurers, too, Ialnd you.
me sdnle III ealce.tatton. sa !a IS appiieaole 70
y tiss. iil9s - faiil ~ ca
lne liairecl .a1 = tl5ae 1i5e parisn q osi
a Lailarg ls paslsilS 70 Keep ner present oaa
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