The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1907-03-08
MORE ABOUT GOOD ROADS
a Mitchell Township officer Express
es His Opinion About the
Coed o a Idea.

coca ROADS lQea.
Editor of Mitchell Daily Republi-
can:-In your paper, dated March 2,
my attention was called to an article
headed, Good Road Proposition;
Much Room for Improvement on
Roads Leading Into the City
Now in behalf of Mitchell town
ship, of which | am a. officer and a
voter, | wish to extend to you the
most hearty thanks and congratulate
lions for bringing this matter before
the public, especially before the city,
as it may result in some good. This
is a matter that | nave repeatedly
put before some of the city officers
ever since | was first elected to of
flee, March 5, 1900. And of all the
pleading and requests of the town
ship to the city, asking the city to
do their half of road work, where the
city on one side of the road and the
township on the other, so far has
been completely ignored, except on
II occasion, when o. H. Perry, a
member of the city council at that
time, furnished tiling and employed
a resident of the city to work out
this road tax by placing and
covering the tiling, and as he had
only a few hours of Dad work due
the city he put but a few inches of
dirt over The tile, leaving what APP
peared to be a pile of dirt in the
middle of the most public driveway
in the city, and in the course of a
few months some heavy load crushed
a hole through the tile. | notified
Mr.. Keith of the bad place. 1t stayed
in this bad condition for several
months and finally resulted in the
running of one of the finest and
handsomest driving horses in the
city (Tony) owned by j. X. Smith,
and / understand there is a damage
suit on now, possibly not come to
light now, but will in the near flu
ture.
This strip of road referred to is
a quarter of mile of road on East
First street, directly north of the
fair grounds, which is now all in the
city. | will call your attention to
some more road that lays between
the city and the township, one-half
mile of road between northwest
quarter of 90 and the northeast
quarter of 81, running south from j.
n I1,.,;ol., ,-l,;o1, +l,n ,;t,- hoe ,,aun,.
touched. Also the road running west
from Hamiel's, between sections %
and 81, all in the city limits, n of
the worst forty rods of road in the
road is between the city and the
township is between northwest quar-
ter of IS and the northeast of 20,
running south from r. b. Jones,
40 rods long that the city failed to
ever touch. Also the one-half mile
of road running east from r. b.
Jones that is supposed by a majority
of the people to be a township road
has been in the city ever since the
d.. U. addition went in the limits.
/ understand that Dawson county
made an appropriation last season
and put it il passable shape. Also
another one-half mile northwest OF
the city between the southeast of II
and southwest of 16, better known as
the school section on Capitol addi-
ton, which lays between the city and
township, that the street commits
sioner and street and alley commit
tee has failed to recognize or dc
their share. Also a strip of road
running east from the southwest cor
ner of the school section that lays en-
tirely in the city limits that at times
is impossible. The Main street raod
running north, as I understand it, is
a question of ownership between the
city and private parties, and in this
case, as the township has plenty OF
roads to build, they don't care to put
in the work that is necessary to
make that road as it should be anc
butt up against a proposition.
will call your attention to an.
other one mile of road running be
tween northeast quarter of % ant
northwest quarter of 90 and south
east quarter of Is and southwes
quarter of IA, hat the city has al
interest in, hat seems to be too fal
from Main street for them. Thi'
road extends from the fair ground'
north across the Omaha railroad t.
the top of the Firesteel Hill. Now