The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1908-03-27
UNIFORM SYSTEM
OF PUBLIC ROADS
HOW THE COMMISSION SHOULD
BE GUIDED IN DISCHARGE
OF ITS DUTIES.
no the Edltor Of The Herald:

To the Editor of The Herald:
| wish through your columns to say
something from time to time in con-
nection with the road system of Maury
county, as l know and observe the
situation.
In the first place, we can never
have or operate any system OF road
building and maintaining unless there
is common uniform action Ca all pull
together) of every department inter
csted, which is the County Court
Comm Road Commission and the cit
liens of the county. The County Court
cannot afford 10 throw an" obstacle
in the way of read interest by wrans-
ling over some local road trouble or
to make any demands beyond its pow
err If any of the board, whom they
have elected fail or refuse to execute
the law governing the road system or
show they are inefficient or prejudiced
or partial, then prefer charges ana, II
sustained. remove and put a quallneo
| man in his stead, let the County Court
exercise its full power under the law
and stop there.
The dAly Ct The Road Commissioners
is to execute TIE law as they ind IT,
by directing the laying cut OF new
roads and working or building the
same and directing the maintaining OF
the old roads. and see that those I'M
der their control shall be directed as
the law directs their several duties.
AS a fember CT the board and citizen,
II have long since decided that they
nave no more right to force anything
upon any community, citizen or citi-
zens, without fair and impartial hear
ing and effect a compromise II POSI-
bile. And further, that If the public
rood does not absolutely demand the
measure sought and cannot be AMIGA
bly agreed upon, then not force IT,
True American citizens cannot, ana
| will not be forced or driven into any
measure forcibly; therefore the COM
mission in all Of its actions come IN
contact with the people should exc
cute the law mildly and with all the
conservatism possible, and should per-
1 form their duties with a full view OF
/ the betterment of the roads in the
| county and do all things possible
TO make and keep the citizens of the
county friendly toward the road sys-
Lem.,
It is the duty of all citizens to read
! nv aid and support the road system
as laid down in the road law of their
county and to hold up the hands OF
those who faithfully execute the law
and have an important enforcement OF
the law by those whose duty 1t is TO
execute the law. to do any and all
things within their power to help aid
I and assist in bettering the roads OF
the county.
These three-court, commission and
citizens all in harmonious line and
an all null together-will result in
first class roads in short time.
pickering, kicking, quarreling be-
cause the road was not builded by our
GATES. belongs only to failure.
It is being said that our road law is
failure and in fact, cannot be exc
etued. I say that It is good one and
with a few amendments will be most
/ excellent one, and any one who I'M
derstands road interest, examining
/ the law closely will come to the same
conclusion. This law strikes at evils
that heretofore existed that made good
roads practically failure and If these
evils are not discontinued we will not
have good roads. One of these are
amounting overseers that cannot build
or repair the road over which he is
Amounted. Therefore If he does not
know how to work his road he GER
tainly cannot have 1t done, conse-
oueutly a waste of time, labor and
money and road damaged.
Respectfully,
A s.