The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1903-03-07

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never have desirable foad syske5s
without these bureaus u inf0rsas
Ition. direction and control, lust g
1.-THE schools have.
Coming finally 10 the county, Ne
lean and should do much II the net
few years for the roads; even il the
state will not help nor even direct
In this orr last resort there wild
be d WIDE variety of results de-
pending on the temper and notion
OF each county.
some OF the most prosperous
counties like TarraIt and Dallas.
are alreadv moving in graded roads
and | hear that Bell county, which
| is behind Ellis IN taxable values by
several other counties, has on foot
a project to build an air line graded
road connecting her two best
towns and that it is to shorten the
distance from nine miles TO five
1t would be difficult to overesti-
mate the value OF this project,
when completed, even as IN object
lesson, and in its figures it tends
strongly en- courage a certain Ellis
county citizen IN its persistent
straight roads idea and making us
all to admit that If we can't get
them entirely straight, We can i'm
prove on their present tendency to
roam about over the country
sometimes IN seeming disregard OF
their destination.
! OUK PRESENT ROAD LAW.
The people no longer try to de-
fend it, nor do the officials Try te
execute it. There IS a general
agreement as TO ITS Inefhciency foT
the new time, as well as to its IN
Justice, or rather as TO ITS injustice
were It executed. but ii is legIti-
mate to look at ii as we ind il on
, the statutes.
Let US imagine . young man In
the old states, looking around hsEn
in the hope of lettering his condr-
ton, and coming to Texas. He
secures a place to work, but before
he has earned a months wages he
may be called into road service,
and to the one already here if he
has not paid his poll he may be
drafted again tor three more days
in all, or more than al per cent
of the working days of the year,
and as his time is his only capI-
tai, 1t is as though you would tax
the farmer 81. 50 on every $Ioo
valuation to make the roads.
What farmer, think you, would
stan iJthis at the rate of S25. 90 per
annum on every $1,000 - o.
properly, for the one ltef OF roads
and that, too, with this I'd rs side
/ of the count, that the be er the
roads are made the more h. lbs
farm enhanced in value, while the
young man gets nothing in return,
and | have even heard OF young
men having board charged against
them, il addition TO this loss OF
time, while they had to serve on
the road.
This, you say, IS an extreme
view, and ] agree with you, and
admit that it IS much alleviated by
its non. enforcement, but tins does
not help us out OF the mud, IN the
meantime, and do YOU see any
hopeful sign, or any generaI plan
for concerted action of the counties
in this emergency? The governor
! commends the road plank of the
platform to the legislature. Let
us look at II;
The Improvement ~ cur county
. roads aud the passage Of laws udd6F
which a comprehensive system of pub
lie roads may be han at smallest eX-
peuse 10 the people, and also the
enactment OF laws providing for the
/ employment, as far as practicable, Of
the short term state CunvictS on the
able provision therefor
a careful reading of the
must convince you that It z
quanfying terms SUCH ! -
expense, "as tsI aslu
counties makingsuIat
! therefor, that ma
its usefulness for inOdS Is
all OF which IS Cd boya Is
er that piatitn'y nave
but not to staleSSarV,
''f Ii is po,ylection of s
age taxpayeH"Oa and 90
TO low taxes, -
thing to remind anlbm
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