The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-12-11

of Dewitt county,
n, meeting as announced the
was 3 o'clock, but owing to
misunderstanding among the
Nv about ten of them being
the meeting was opened an
was moved and carried that
session adjourn, to meet again
and that those present form IA
advise the absentees. aud
ether at that time. The meet
a accordingly.
og in the afternoon there was
ndance.
|ence Of Secretary Hirsch, Mr..
ras made temporary secretary.
Beet of roads and bridges JUDI q
beWitt county opened the dis
said the condition of his coun-
kerry expensive to build roads.
lis in his county had been made
Inyicts. They worked from five
byicts on an average. The peo-
IInty were becoming very much
the subject of good roads.
presented two Typographical
black waXy soil and hills OF
vas less trouble TO construct
byer the black waXy soil than
Byel section.
" Of Jefferson county said he
accord with the object of the
regarded the question OF good
OF the most important. How
bd roads at the least possible
Ihe taxpayers was a question OF
Importance. He earnestly ad-
passage of a law providing
hnce OF bonds for the building
Ids, as well as bridges, there
provision in existence for the
Be. The speaker said that when
} office there had nothing been
cally in the matter of good
h then Jefferson county has
Niles of good dirt roads. and
have acted as fine drainage. A
good substantial bridges have
quoted and as a consequence
doubled.
bner Johnson of Galveston be-
upon remarked that he was a
bod roads. He said that seventy
bads in his district had been
and he spoke of them as being
bways that not only performed
hs of a highway, but acted as d
be. He alluded TO the number Of
nen employed and the system OF
b. 1t Is, he said, a good system
and drainage, but, he con-
\ will never get a perfect sys-
Ee have a macadam road. The
I'D then be enabled to haul four
where now he is liable to be
; half a ton" The speaker adj
law compelling a broad tread
(ch broad tire, he said, would
nake the haul lighter on the
would perform service as read
B urged the people to vote for
e for the legislature who would
|himself to good roads. "This ~
that overshadows all others in
continued the speaker. He then
+ a time for the next meeting.
retary Woodward OF Dallas read
good roads as follows:
|ident: With reference 20 the
Produced by our president. that
PADS, l desire to make a few
1. This is a matter in which
deeply interested than in any
VIII come before this conven
may consider other questions
Importance, but none in which
SAINT interest as in this. MS
4 the past eight years has been
/ carry me into nearly every
ais state, and l went into these
pr the express purpose of ac.
IA WIN the manner in which
'nelf roads. If they wert
aus wanted to learn lust bow
pong It, II they were not build.
was my business to urgs upor
||aecessity for SO doing, and tC
.n'ih the manner IN which the,
IN this way | have learn
is wanted, and what is need.
.ouha county judges, county
s ana, in fact. the people a,
vi one accord on this question
pN1s' All agree that nothin.
d AZ enhances the value OF both
h city property more than goot
want them. but the question
pts itself is how to get them
pa me same difficulty confront.
transformers court in every section
t,e. The same stumbling biocl
nnerever there is an effort pu
''u good roads, and this stumb.
van only be removed by tn,
Iol new road law Now will
p' 10 deal with all the veal
lur road law, hut will call YOU,
'n'ioh TO two 81 them. To builf
must have some money Will
pfry on the work, and YOU mus
one TO plan and supervise tht
n, me present law provide
De the duty of the county CON.
H. SUPERVISE and inspect roads
pt .'oes that they shall be paic
n work This is all right. $,
r. out 1t does not gofar enough
' 80 provides Cor he assessmen
80 cents Oh the nundred dollar,
10y nve days labor that may b,
pn All men between III. age,
10 ysars. This is all right II
eu's' but, like that provision
I'VE to county commissioner ?,
o"u supervisors. il does MOI g,
/ ~ talls to provide surficien
nwst the demands On the roaC
suhdi Incident 10 The cnrstruc
,ilehanee OF good roads undel
'aw' We Rave 20 depend whol,
T. 10 cents ad vaioySm TAX 10
movements. consider In
~ YAK rs being hut little IL 81
II is unjust and unwlse; I
s ,"H On the citizen paying it. an,
Hicn the county derives bu
r.. me lowest cash value tina
r. upon the ivc days labor i'm
saA Tor road purposes woult
axe Tor example al employ
cr ranch, who is working TO