The Adair County news., 1906-02-07
IMPROVEMENTS
Pointers That indicate the General
Feeling Of the People.


Mr.. G. A. Atkins, of Midtown, was
in our town last week and stated to
news man: am glad to see you agitat-
ing the bridge and road propositions.
l am heartily in favor of both, and
hope that Adair county will build an
other bridge this year and also pur-
chase rock crusher. They are both
needed and no mistake can be made
along this line. The majority of the
people are largely infavor of better
roads and more bridges, and will cheer
fully pay thier assessments if the mo-
ney is judiciously used. / hope these
matters will be pushed to completion.
Mr.. w. E. Frazer, Purdy, states: l
am heartily in favor of making good
roads and building substantial bridges.
Both are indispensable to the welfare
of the people of this county. l favor
building bridge at Neatsville, at the
earliest day possible. The ford is dam
gerous and often the river cannot be
crossed. / am willing to pay my tax
and make an extra contribution to Sc
cure this much needed improvement.
We can probaly secure as much as $500.
might get little more, but our COM
munity is not so able to contribute as
some others. 1t seems to me that the
fiscal court ought to take this matter
up and not require too much from our
community. There is not crossing in
the county that would better serve the
travelling public.
In conversation with Mr.. w. A. Gar
nett, of the Glenville section, he said
/ am not an enthusiast for bridges as
our immediate section does not need
them but l am not opposed to bridging
the streams in our county where they
are needed and while l do not feel like
making an outside contributiony yet l
will cheerfully pay a reasonable tax
for that purpose. / don't blame the
people who need bridges to go after
them in real earnest. AS to roads our
section is in the need and | heartily
endorse any move that will better their
condition. The grader has been work
ed on our roads and m places good has
been accomplished, while in others the
road has really been worsted. On the
whole l do not believe that the grader
alone can do what we need. Use the
grader and follow with crushed stone,
and we will make lasting roads. l be-
lieve that the magistrates ought to
buy stone crusher and feel certain
they would have the hearty endorse
ment of a majority of our people. The
roads are fearfully bad and demand all
we can do to make them solid and SUBJ
stantial. / am for crusher.
Capt. w. w. Bradshaw makes the
following statement: There is not a
man in this county more enthusiastic
for good roads than myself. l believe
we are nearing the beginning of a
movement that will revolutionize mat
tiers in this county for it seems almost
certainty to me that our Fiscal Court
will take up the question of making
good roads. The overwhelming voice
of the people is for better roads. l be-
lieve in levying the highest tax that
the law will permit for the purpose of
making substantial highways. Already
the town Council, has purchased a
rock crusher and is arranging for its
immediate use. Dirt, nor sand and
gravel will not make permanent road.
It takes crushed stone, and the sooner
we realize this, as a people, we will
better understand what to do. feel
safe in saying that Columbia will DEM
onstrate to the county the value of
making substantial streets and roads.
! favor bridges, but at present believe
that we had better put our entire sur