Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1902-03-19


thinks about it. puts II first and mshs.
asuccess. IL is srest deal OF Importance
thst you get the best man you can I'm vour
town to take this Office; and when Won
have tried him and found that he Is pooa
man. keep him. The amount that IL co.,s.
while new men are experimenting with
the roads as officials cannot be est,mstea
When you get good man, keep him, snt,
when he does good thing, praise him.
and when he does thing that you do not
agree with, keep still about 1t and watch
Il. Perhaps it will result to your satis-
faction later on.
IL you have selected a man who Is inter
ested In this matter, be 10 studying the
question all the time. II would be n wise
thing for him to put himself ia toueh
with those men who are In this movement.
aud with the literature OF tod There
In an Office at w Arlington established IN,
the United States government called the
Office OF road inquiry. The literature sent
out from that Office Is of great value 10
those who are interested aud working
along this line. Those bulletins will cosf
him nothing but the postage, II he will
apply for them.
What will this commissioner probablv
d OF Isay be should abandon some OF the
old met DDS, because iEese ere what have
maze the mischief This agitation aug
gests that there needs to tie change.
Take the railroad for an exsmpie How
il IL kept la perfect orderf This suggests
section men. We know that when the
snow meits in the spring aud the water
runs of there are ruts, and the water
carries sway much valuable matter as
waste That should be stopped. But
how can man be In every part of the
town. He should be. He is elected for
the whole town, and should be there. His
spirit should pefvade that town, ss far as
roads are concerned. He should have his
section men, somebody TO see that this
waste, this depredstiop, does not occur.
will tell you how this Is done in our
state. The road commissioner. knowing
all the roads OF the town and the uses to
which they are put, and know ing the In
habitanis upon these roads, formulates In
his IN ind q system OF management a plan
for the year, He selects certain man to
take charge OF piece OF road near his
residence, In which be Is interested, and
so on through the town. This Is being
tried IN good many towns. In some
towns u does not work well as In
others. Some commissioners soy they are
bothered TO get good section men, but the
fault Is not so much with these men as 1t
IN with he commissioner. He should i'm
bue them with some OF his spirit.
remember when put this system in
operation In my own town. We were In
q bad condition as far as roads were con-
cerned, and adopted this radical change
radical In that town. When I had
wrought out this plan IN my mind, went
and talk ed with the men that 1 had
chosen for section men. / did not send
word to them-l should not expect TO have
efficient men la that way-but took my
team and went to see them personally.
and carried each man a book with his
name written on the cover, and, inside,
the metes and bounds OF the section of
road that be has to guard, and begged
him to help me. said, "You know the
conditions here. | have these roads on
my hands. Our taxes have been excessive.
want to try change and want you to
help me. ! want you to take this pass
book and take care of this section OF
road"
Concluded merit tocek.)