Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1908-01-22
Roads, Rock CrushsrS, Etc


and more pfartical ideas put into effect.
our roads today would not DC so winding
or the mud so binding while "toeing'
the hills and finding oui tax bill in the
town larger than o0r currency bill If
fewer parentage of such rock crusher
bills existed and fewer advantages of the
like were taken, with two less crushers
than are now available, to be paid for
from special levy, believe you would
not find nor term GU. determined,
cautious and thoughtful Mr.. Barnett
obstinate" and he would say the
word"-and every word-in advance
ment of iudicious and permanent good
road building. | think him perfectly
right in not advocating each district
buying crusher independently, and l..
with him, will be willing to stay "in the
cold" awhile till another parent is born
to frame a different bill thsn the present.
If such a bill denies the Supervisors the
right of shifting it from one part of the
County To another, If, in Their judgment.
one or two crushers for the County is
sufficient. Also ne is right in protesting
such unfairness OF the provision for a
special levy tending to force the ex-
penditure of $500 i'm BaitietCwn district
and really get 5000 worth Of rock
crusher. while part of this 5000 and the
other 5000 would rust out, year after
year. standing around on the roadside
IL would be cheaper for Esulctown dis
fgirf IN hf... &. l.. I.
service, which the interest on $500. with
wear and tear. would pay Now, Mr..
Editor, the County roads Of Ratilt,own
district are a. good ~ he roads og The
other districts, though il is true they are
b gianinr e. use the crust; a little more
in Greer wsy han any Of the other dis
iricts, which l. due lar4ei, To- \ volunteer
movement Of material and private expCa-
ditures in certain localities Supervisor
Barnett, of hajlle,Own district wOuld. #
he had fair advantage. with judicious
and economic use q! y crusb.r. macs.is-
mize - much road a. aiiN of the other
districts. DO YOU know that you can
go almost any direction from BorryNilie
end come across road machines rusiing
aud rotling down on The roadside. not
used two weeks in the entire year? Jn,,
think of four crusher~. at $500 each.
standing around over the County, when
actually, at the present. the use they
; would be put to. compared with the
amount OF money for road building, one
crusher, if used properly over the four
districts, would DO ali the crushing of
rock 10 be used will venture TO saw
that when the present crushers were run
II was II one half greater expense than
1t should have been, and then il was
difficult 20 obtain the services of engines
at the time needed, whereas, IL the
County owned one good rig, engine and
crusher, employed competent operator
and moved il from district TO district. il
would be the best investment the County
ever made, Now, l will bet you a treat
that If such a move were advocated.
Supervisor Barnett would advocate ma
cadamizing as much road as any Of the
other districts. There are several pri
va,e crushers in the County and their
owners would be glad at any time 10
have job of crushing. / will venture
to say that outside or the private expen-
ditures in Greenway district, the interest
on the $4,000 and the cost of engine.
service would more than pay for all the
stone crushed up 10 the present time
with the three crushers. ! doubt if a
crusher has been used for ten days in a
years time. Just think of this being
the average use of four crushers, yearly,
over the County. The interest on the
investment aud repairs would paw thai
much hired work. l believe in good
roads, and will do all that l can in ad
vancement in this way, but hate TO see
foolish expenditures Right now know
of blowing that was done in the early
summer on the side of several different
roads, and made ready fur the scraper
10 round ii to the center Of the road, and
II yet remains untouched. The same
was done the year before, when actually
the road is axle-deep with mud holes.
If such useless work and expenditures
were put into crushed stone upon the
roads, what change there would soon
be in our County highways
OBSERVER AND TAXPAYER
of Battletown District,
lOur friend speaks of blowing, etc,
that was done, and scraping that as not
done. He also tells of axle-deep mud
holes. We presume, of course, that the
cases referred to belong in Battletown
district. which Supervisor Barnett has
represented for many years. Whose
fault is il? He also tells us that a mark
ed change would be apparent if crushed
stone was put upon the roads. We re-
call an instance where big landowner
offered to give a large quantity of stone
Tor the roads, and when the official rem
resentative of that district was asked 10
authorize the renting or borrowing of
crusher he refused, when, it was said
the landowner agreed to give free the use
oil his traction engine to run the crusher.
Whose fault was that? We agree with
our esteemd friend that, judging by the
looks and results, the road expenditures
have been mostly useless" and foolish
Whose fault is thatg We know of a
stretch of County road Zone of the worst
In the County, too) that in Just one wear
received the services of the road oyerseer