The morning news., 1897-08-17
ROADS AND ROAD nUILDING.
Some Facts About the Meridian Road
the Toll Roads. Etc.

the Toll LEnnffH. Etc
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uay Press, under Dlll-poster headlines
and striking display, to catch the runner
that he might read js an article SO owl
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ueH'iy from Ihe pen OIL the gentleman VINO
graced the editorial columns of that jour
nal on March % and July y, last, with ar
tfcles on similar subjects that the running
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9N9 -'N' No. 9'0P ~ NS'e0' a.
IN thls arucle the writer seems desperate
and slashes into the Morning News, it's
Droprietor. editors. renorters foremen
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Ns' PieS9liiel'' colilposl'ors' e'c'' maze
and female and then comes outside and
Jumps with both feet on my poor self.
Truly he is worked up" and when he
gets ONO the Merld!an road ne gust
rants showing that he has the hyper
bolic fever bad-Very bad.
Although ne mas pounded me up pretty
badly l tnd have strength enough left
10 hIt my Ieeple voice IN eNpostulatlon
al some things which he fires at the News,
at me, and "the public generally"
The Meridian road-poor dear Meridian
road! How ITS enemies do mahgn, misrep-
resent and try to make It appear what
II Is not! The power that rules and has
ruled appears TO have prevented its ad-
Nancement ana completion Tor four years
and a half, despite the repeated acts and
express wishes OF two boards Of county
commissioners, several grand juries and
the people generally; ana now comes this
mighty writer IN the Press to stretch II
our from the North Pole TO the South
Fole!
AS has been SO often publ ely stated, the
Two mlles OF the Merldlan ROAD were punt
IN intervals Of bad weather and when the
GOnNlCfS could
eousiy on the drainage and within period
OF SIX months AZ no one of these inter
Nals 40 1 remember OF more lhan lhlfty
men DelnS employed on IT ana much otten-
er the number dld not exceed Ten or nj
teen. rms was now II was putt, ana the
Wnole cost OF the work. incuu4ng bridges
and everything else, did not exceed one
nIth OF the estimate the writer In the
Press makes. He quotes-dou5tess from
my records the amount OF excavation IN
roadway ana side ditches as 9,3Sl cube
yards Il omit ffacuons), and embankment
lz'OSl cuplc Yards, aHd sums the TWO TO
make sonnet hing appear which IS not.
Were ne iamllar win or correctly IN
formed ABOUT TINS KIND OF work, ne would
nave known that had it have been done
by contract the contractor would nave
been pad only Tor the excavation and
excess OF emDankmeht, Tor II Woutd nave
peen cheaper Tor MIN 20 make the en-
panKment with the earth eNcaVated than
TO waste It. And in this case on the 80
cubic yards excess OF embankment ne
would only nave been paid Ter the haul
as the earth had already been eXcavated
from the canal and was right at hand
Inc above Will apply 10 the eafthWofk
for the remainder OF the road. / VIII
merely ada mat the grading done on these
Two miles Is more than would be requ req
TO complete the remain ng distance from
waters road to Beth sdd, and 1urther
that IN tins remaining distance there
would be no bridges to bul.d, consequent
iy by far the greatest expense for grading
ana bridging mas already Daen incurred.
10 pave this road would cost no more per
mile than the same work on Waters road.
Inc auNahIases OF the ROAD Wheh ouAl
have been so often enumerated and by
so many lhat IL seems hardly necessary
10 repeat any OF tAem, pun TINS much
should be said: By the routes the com
missioners are paving the distance 10 the
Isle OF Hope IS mace nearly thfee mics
greater than y would NAYS peen had me
plans OF the Meridian road been carried
OUT ana colrespondlnsiy are Instances IN
creased 70 Mohl8oHlSHy' beaulleul betHSS-
da, Cedar Hammock, ere