The record-union., 1895-02-22
VOICE OF THE PRESS.
Expressions of some of the Newspapers
of the Interior.
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TOroYille Mercury
In speaking of the much talked OF
wagon road up Feather River to Plumas
County. the NationaL- Bulletin says: 1t is
not clear that this road will ever be built
1t can and should be done. If the Oro-
vile people would unite with those OF
Indian and American Valleys on the
proposition, this much needed public inn
provement could be made. The northern
reality, great interest in this enterprise,
but that interest is fully equaled by that
of Oroville and vicinity.
BROAD AND NARROW.
Kern County Echo
After the unanimous verdict of two
hundred practical road-makers at the re-
cent convention in favor of narrow road
beds. it is rather amusing to hear that one
OF our Supervisors who assisted in franz
ing that opinion has sent teams to pull
down a grade recently built, simply be-
cause one Of his constituents thinks that
grade twenty-five feet wide on the top
Is too narrow.
DOCTORS BILLS.
lTulare Register
The proposal to regulate physicians
charges by law would SAVIOR more of JUS
tlce were there some way to regulate col
lection of charges to make them little
more certain than they are.
DOCKING.
San Jose Mercury.I
The bill to prevent the 'dockinen of
horses should have the support of every
member of the Legislature. The opera
ton is cruel one, and doubly cruel, as
1t deprives the horse of his only protec-
ton against the irritating sting Of flies.
A THREE-FoURTHs' VERDICT
Fresno Expositorl
A Statutory reform in the jury system is
contemplated by the amendment to the
Constitution, passed by the Legislature.
The amendment provides that three
fourths of jury shall find a verdict,
except in cases where the death penalty
will be imposed in the event of a verdict
of guilty. The organic law of the country
has too long labored under the burden Of
assenseless conservatism that enabled a
single vote in the jury box to defeat the
ends OF justice or to hamper legal pro-
cedure and add to the veXations of "the
laws delays" The people will vote al
most unanimously for this amendment.
EVIDENCE OF NEEDED ROAD EDUCATION.
Stockton independent
Trap rock is good material for repair
ing paved streets, but the way it is used
in Stockton does not show its good quail
tiles. 1t is dumped into chuck-hole by
the barrow-load without being broken
small enough. and drivers avoid it as
mucn as possible. Most of the pieces are
as large as a mans fist, and when a
wheel strikes one of these and turns it
over it gouges out the settled part Of the
gravel or macadam wherever it touches
it and aggravates the evil it was intended
to cure. If no better use is made of it the
chuck-holes should be left as they are.
y FOREMOST SUBJECT.
Marysville Appeal
The subject of better country roads is
attracting widespread attention through
out the country, and most of the legis-
lative bodies of the Eastern States now
have before them measures looking to
the fulfilment of this design.
In some of the best and most fertile Sec
tons of California the public roads are
mere trails, and a serious loss to the
farmer always results from such condi-
tons.
The question has long been one of the
most Important of public issues in foreign
countries, and in nearly every one of
these the highways are public charge,
and are strictly maintained. Its serious
ness is now facing this country also, and
must receive the attention due its import
ance.