The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-08-13
A Bridge Appropriation
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Editor OF The Times Dispatch:
93 Sir,--I notice In The Times Dspntol,
OF yesterday the reappolntment Of Mr.. w.
r. Dnnnnvnnt IT'S Oycrsccr OF roads u, @
Amelia county and n direction to him by
the Board OF Supervisors to confer with
the county OF Cumberland for un equal
share Of cost of erection OF an iron bridge
&tc span the Appomattox River about mid
way between Stony Point Mills and
Clement Town Mills. Al these two poinis
In the rlyep, about seven and one-half
miles apart, are already modern Iron
bridges connecting the counties OF Amelia
Cumberland and Powhatan
The proposal TO build this new bridge
at {, cost or about $3.50 to Amelia coun- 4
~ strikes the average man with sur
prise What motives OF public policy or
utility have moved our board OF super
slvisors or warped their Judgments, ono
liz at a loss to conceive. How the menu
/ bcrs of5the board have been led away
from n due regard 10 nm economic use OF
the county money and been Induced 70
lend Il favorable ear to this unnceded ana
EwasteGul expenditure OF It puzzles con-
Y lecture, and IT is to be hoped when Mr..
Dunnnvant meets In conference INC ne,
representatives OF Cumberland he will
find them to be not 80 plant to tho
wishes OF some four or five men, VINO
alone get n real convenience and benen "
from the new bridge, which our board has
already acted favorably upon AS shiu
before two iron bridges already spun
tho Appomnttox River, respectively. AZ
Clement Town and stony FONT. ness
bridges are not over seven mics ana =
half or eight miles apart, and are amps
for ali travel and traffic between Alnellil
ANA Cumberlnnd. SO soon as one Is three
or four miles distant from the site OF
thc spronosed new bridge, 1t Is 1nUters
nr little moment or distance. whethcr
he crosses at scIther one OF the three
Iron bridges. But to the three or lollt
men. chiefly OF all to Mr.. Isl " lnston
Fowlkes, tho new bridge VII DC a, sreas
convenience. putting the littie Nilaee !, =
| Sunnyslde, in Cumberland. four OF = 5l IVY
i n,i1es nearer to him. There Is no doupe
OF It's utility to him ana q W! -. ~"
others living near him. But TO the pup-
lie generally, it viii be- outside OF these
fcw az no sort OF service. since they AZ
ready have ample accommodation IN l'ie
| iron bridges, three and onc-hhii ',iiieo o
ne,nw and three and onc-llalf miles above
| the proposed bridge, Now, " q ''n ,ca.''
i he facts, ana believe they are, WIFI it -
inc rule that should obtain IN such % 40. -
1 AlanIfestly the same that governs ~ ,u 70
| establishment OF new roads = 'i J.. 81
i nnt needed by the public, but IS neeueu
hy-one or a few individuals, the ROAD 10
as,nhlshed but not at the puollc en- en-
rnnscgi n Is established, but only those
i ,,ay for II who are clamorng for y anu
i -, whose benefit 1t is. There is no On
j lection 10 the board Of supervisors u, !,
ling Mr. Fowlkes to a con- 80
4 Inc authorities Of Cumberland ~.
structing Mr.. Dunnavant TO see tNe'li, ~ ~
i when the question OF VINO - - 80 -, =,
III, for this $3.50. It becomes hhotilei
,,,,,tcr1 and Mr.. Fowlkes should DC re-
s .n,irnd q flo so himself, together Win tl' '
Il Taw interested like himself In the proper
4 4 IN, ~ theIr respective interests IN eoitls
q ,,a., = 3sunnysldc This Is plain ana
81, ia 4 nroposltion OF right ana JUSTICE
,nl lhow II Is that our board IN al1leiin
i aid not see it nj the first impress'on WIS
way. is5n mystery Extend me me wv - ~
4 putting up an iron bridge sve.s =,
nna nnn-half miles on the AppomattoS
~ ~. = - the urgency OF three or iour
. nan Who live upon lis banks, rs - .''i .s
nase and where would we land! = In's
,,ridae Il nut M because MI ro"lAe .s
,,.,,i. it done. II would be only Il squ''i
naai q I NIT others up Whenever tneS
80 similarly called for all alohs .n i
a,var a ana llpon other water courses -
No county. Is our board Or supeiN s,,,si
readyj to meet this? Is our tfeus'i.. !. -,
enough 10 do.lt? and II " VERY. - a. ,,,,or
= Wus ~ q 4 largely to private use a at
benefit. o,,,. hoard mnS
~ he brought to sec the project u tn's
light and rescind it's action; Or ' na -,
) nnthoritIes of Cumberland WI ~ s ~,
! milk In tho cocoanut ana pto" ,,,'.bin,
4 - nc few gentlemen VINO NY puS'' 1865
the new bridge. ~ nnb,,c. bu
: millions gentlemen, Tor lHe puoott'so' =.
Q nnt'a cent for the individual ,snn
!, nv = 80 w, y, JACKSON