The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1901-10-05
ECONOMICAL HINTS
home Talent, Pronou
wight Reduce the Expense. ,.e''.d,
Good Road Bui,ois-' Of

suitable Ilu Nu
t.sea' with certain rules and WERE Tss,' en-
Ion IONS properly enforced BY a aegula-
sen1 ~overseer or commissi u c0npe-
every town, who should sss Of
work to be done is dons ec That the
eime-hrst' the grading in t certain
early spring by the inba hue tall
preparing it for the stone Oltants
curing the winter by some rushed
owns a traction engine. Thi nan who
IS to be delivered at a certain stone
convenient for crushing and POINT
taken off from the farms and veh'ral,
thus cleaning the roads of ~ roads,
stone and the farms also. W. ~ iOOss
10 be had from farms, them n'u not
quarries, already crushed, or from
whole and crushed at a point "a" ,ahen
said commissioner may mana Ta'ea
as the time comes for tbe ihen,
De put on the turnpike or gr.S 70
al who r liable for higbWar
are, by teams and men, to nlao. YAK
certain amount on the grading 49,
working out their tax in this na '"u
The said commissioner shall, w..
the power to build so many m;,'s
each year, apportioning the amon..
OF ork to the value of land nc t,L..'
from the assessment rolls. ne uam Nea
demanding from every man who dos
not lands a certain numho,
days for highway purposes. Yon will
see by this means the towns owr;.'
their crusher and road levol;nss
machine, the matter of road buildins
could be done by the inhabitants. %
to matters of stone drawing. every.
one should be allowed per perch .,
yard a stipulated sum for the sams |
it being credited as part of the fay
Also the crushing should be done nv
some man who owns a threshiDp on.
CINE, thus helping thresher men in
their maintaining and pay of ma.
chimes and families.
To aid this idea of building road,
by the people the state may pay out
of an appropriation a certain amount
a mile, which would do much toward
encouraging the people in carrying
out the modified way of accomplish.
ing the desired result. This idea
must be in the form of law that has
force in it, making it compulsory to
a certain extent in building a certain
number of miles each year in each
town. 1t may seem too much to 60,
especially to farmers, but when r
know that a district can turnpike
with plows and scrapers a mile (ordi.
narily fair to begin with in three or
four days, l see no reason why We
cannot have fair to good roads in a
few years without imposing such
large sums as are now asked, which
are simply enormous, and only a few
roads a be built by the extrava.
giant proposals now before the peO|
pie.
Many a farmer and owner would
readily deliver stone on roads to DO
crushed on the grading prepared in
spring, before the ground gets too
dry, if he can see that it is to be cred.
tied to him, under the law governing
roads, which must be special, not only
for farmers, but for all living on or
owning property in any district
Men who are only subject to poll tax
could build culverts or suice ways
when not too l%arge-this at the dis
erection of said commissioner. This
is simply an outline for road building
in the most economical way, and BY
putting up a good turnpike and q
moderate quantity of broken stone
the first year, an added n next anu
so on each year, the roads can %
kept in fine order if only one
layer or track is put on the first year
and more added the next.
This work should be done on paris
of roads where most needed the prS'
year, as said commissioner may IN ns
Judgment think best. The act should
give the commissioner power TO con-
struct and build or make such gfaa'
ings as will level up and make suca
highways as means in his power VIII
admit. In case the COMMISSIONS
should u~nreasonably attempt wv
much in any n year and complaint
be entered against extravaganza such
may be adjudged by the super'iSo,'
and one or two of the most rei'aUI :,
men of the town. By this mooe :
believe roads can be built at an aver.
age not over 5000 a mile after INV
first year, the towns owning ' na
own road machines and these pe'.s
in charge of said commissioner %
storage and repairs; or he may c1 ~.
tract for such work with rena
parties, they owning their Is
chimes, and doing a part OF the VIM y,
As to material, %uncrushed s'ono
gravel must be put in. All ma's
must be broken to a cons .ro
The roads should not be less lhan M,
feet above the sidings, and on'o LANA
IN to this height and some s or.
(broken) put on each year, ..orId be
pense of keeping the same W. mils
very light. You see, the sow on
is mostly paid by the occupants u;gbt
the road, with what state aio mn h.
be given, which would, howe'e
light, compared with the ps0p would
now before the people, when wort
require no end of taxation TO sup pula
.nah extravapance and but few W.