The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1896-03-06
GOOD ROADS.
Hillican Ben Tells How 1t Ought to b Doao.
Toll Pixies and. Blactric Lines Prom the
Woat

nllllyan Den lells HOW IL OuBnt 10 DO DOlo'--
Toll Pixies and. Bl1ctro Lines Prom the
West
Again | come to give--expres-
sion of my opinion on The good
roads question and in so doing !
will not TO any great extent inter
fere with the opinions of"I See and
We Know as regard both ex-
treme in opposite directions, then
by way OF introductl IN would say
the improvement prop sedi Is a
local one an only c31 ,ern5 lock
ing county and the capital must
origionate in Hooking county.
Therefore believe any theory adj
vocated that has foi its object pub.
lie Improvement by criminal labor,
is only plan to not lacJ the issue
squarely, so far as relates to those
who have feloniously violated the
laws of Ohio snd alienated their
social rights so that our peace and
safety is nlanserel by their pres
ence and contact should be put
away, and why advocate the theory
of abandoning the penitentiary for
the Improvement Of Hooking cOun-
ty roads, are we not OVERSIZE ping
our jurisdictioS Is it not true that
we do not turn thSSfines, costs and
work house sentences of petty
criminals of the county 10 any ac-
count class of criminals we al
ready have the right to work out
in the county, why be SO covitious
and the 20 or % criminals at Col
umbus Ohio to work on our roads
you would be compelled to have an
armed guard by day and sou
would have to have large iron
cage on wheels and traction en-
gine to follow them in at night and
you would have to have II cook
house and cook and Il place for the
guard TO stay in at night for it
would be to far to take them to
Logan every night, yes, ana a pro
vision supply train would he need
ed; Oh! what luxury this plan
wculd be. A pike would be built
from Logan to Haynes p. o. in the
year 1850 at about the cost of 5000
600
We do not want to be barberous
towards criminals simply because
he is a criminal--"I See" but we
want him put ont of our midst
where he cannot use his satanic
enfluence against our moral good,
and by separation from society and
by taking away of liberty we seek
to deter others from pursuing the
same course, but the punishment
that men suffer IS from remOrse.
On the other hand ave Know we
do not want to make penal insti-
tion or an ASYLUM or Il palatial r1-
sort where diversity und luxury
would drown memory and Tighten
remorse or induce poverty to crave
the palace and commit crimes to get
there.
Criminals should be comfortably
clad and clean with a proper
amount of holesome food. About
the only way VIC can hope for bet
ter roads Is for the citizens Of
Hooking county to unite their eff
forts in this enterprise by taxing
themselves to raise the money to
build the roads you want. Ort
there Is another plan by which
pixies and electric railroads could
be built bya company of charter
ed rights and place toll gate for
the collection tolls till paid for. A
good business venture offers itself
for capital from Haynes, Ohio to
Logan for atoll pike and electric
railroad, for track and pike could
be built over the same line, and Il
track could be run from the creek
and gravel the pike and track for
electric railway by the use Of train
this would be big plum for CAPT
tai and ii good thing for both the
east'and west.
HILLICAN BEN.