The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1903-06-06
Public Roads,, Continued.
10 The lafayette Gazette.

| 10 The Lafayette Gazette
The people of the parish are becom.n,
| thoroughly aroused to the great ncccssi,,
of extending the facilities of education
throughout the parish and more thorough,
working our public roads. The time ha
| come when we must make an extra move il
| that direction if we expect to keep pace with
| the times. We have made an excellcn,
Start Let no man look back and saw we
cant go ahead. Let us shake off our ct
argy, throw aside our old prejudces, steI
up and out of the old ruts that we have bee n
dragging through for many years and grasp
IT with a will and 4 determination and we
will very soon place parish among the
foremost ranks of progress, wealth and
prosperity. Good schools and good roads
must go hand in hand,
Oar parish is perfectly able to carry ont
both systems. The first system costs money!
the next costs labor, which we have in
abundance if properly organized. Inc far
mer system OF working roads seems at first
sight cumbersome and hard to understand
But 1t IS quite the reverse when fairly under
stood. When laying off the roads into road
beats, we will take for example the Anse
Labutte road, beat No. 1, ward No. :; com
inencing at the corporation line and running
TO the northwest corner of Colonel Breaux's
plantations, Appoint for road overseer some
good farmer who has an interest in having
good roads. Beat 2, ward ), commencing
at cor operation line and running to what was
"
ham, Beat 5, ward 3, commencing at cor
roratlon line and running to Beau Seiour
Springs, appoint Jack Mouton road overs-er
Beat 4, ward ), corporation line and running
10 I'm look ; Bridge. he Scott road, beat
- ward 5, commencing at corporation line
and running % ward line between wards :
and ;; and SO on ,hroug hout the parish
am told that some farmers will not turn
Out and work the roads; they would rather
let their men and teams lay idle for weeks
than to do SO. In that case they would have
their road work to do be returned as de
having their road work charged
against their property and collected the
same as ordinary taxes.
can't understand why any man owning
4 nice plantation few miles south of town
MI not let his men and teams turn out and
nto his country town-there is nothing |
hat he can do that will pay him we'll and |
1--WE him SO much pleasure.
In order TO carry ont the proposed farmer
ystem of working roads the Police Iury /
would have to appoint chief superintendent
Il public roals for the parish whose duty
shall be to call the supervisors together
ortant matters that come under their
supervision. The office of chief super
atendent is honorary, and will not exceed
lght or ten dollars per year The su.
ervIsors will be paid by the day for actual
ervice rendered. The road overseer will be
red'ted with his road work and allowed
osts in any suit that he has to bring The
h'ef superintendent and supervisors will re-
eve the police jury of great share of the
resent duties in looking after public roads,
or course the jury will hold the con-
olling power, but the delinquca,s and alb
'ntees will more than pay all working ex-
enses' J. NICKEEsoN.