Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1901-04-05

the Supervisor and Director to audi
the accounts of the road commissions
| in each district, and the commissions
to make an annual itemized report t
the Board, which report is to be pub
, Iished.
Fifth-"Each district shall have on
Or more overseers of the roads, to b,
appointed by the general superintend
ent, supervisor aud director, who shal
| W rk the roads by regular set O.
hands. whose exclusive business shal
be to work on the public roads during
the entire year or during such periods
as shall be designated by the Board. ,
Zone or more overseers of the roads
is very indefinite number. and l dc
not believe that overseers and hands
would besemployed under these con.
ditions besides, what would become OF
them at night, houses would have to
be provided in various localities in
each district for them. l could give
various other objections. -S.z
Sixth-"Also that each district
should own the teams, &:., required TO
work the roads" The road Board of
South RIVER district has carefully con
sidered this very question also expert
mented with traction engines, but did
not adopt either-because we believe
it wise to use three or four machines
1t the proper season of the year when
,he ground is in order in May and June,
Ind it would be exceedingly hard to
ind suitable man to take charge of
he team (for three hundred and sixty
i've days and nights in the year)-and
o provide grain and forage for the
ame-alsO sta bles to shelter tea M and !
some years, on account |
f tie weather, for months at time,
othing can be done on the roads by
hem.
Seventh-"To require such a sys-
EN- that the money and means be ex-
ended in making permanent roads,"
he same old chestnut and now fal-
lciOus Nothing that man can do is
and in nothing is 1t so true
5 in road making-for they will soon
ear out.
Mr.. Chalkley believes that nothing
too good for US, but that bunch of
rapes is sour and hangs too high. We
)n't want our roads macadamized and
'llow- citizens by the eternal, let us
e to it and not be fooled, made asses
as we have been in the repairing of
le courthouse.
Eighth-"W are further of the be-
IF that it would be to the interest of
lie cities of the State to bear portion
the cost to permanently improve
e roads of the State, y suppose the
ties would like for the grand jury to
IL them what propo rt1on; the benefit
suppose, will be in proportion to
lat they give.
Lastly-"W recommend that asuit-
lie road code for Augusta county,
drafted, and the legislature be urged
pass it," Who is to draft this code :
may be if the grand jury would ask
me of the citizons of Staunton, they g
uld do that also, as successfully as +
th the courthouse. l would suggest y
e more amendment to our present II
I'd law, that as the road fund is a u
'arate and distinct one, that it be so "
ended as to provide for the payment VI
the services of the grand jury. be u
We the whole procedure is illegal. and
,uld not be tolerated. VI
1ow Mr.. Editor, at my time of life "
ambitious hope of immortalizing "
self is past, but what have written u
onestlv believe is for the good of W
sterity and my fellow man-simply LII
S and nothing more. st
&. BENTON COINER.