The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1909-11-19

IN AWAKENING SUGGESTED
BY Gre ct the County's Most.
Progressive Citizens
Lie Meaning Ct Good Roads 10
Grenada County.
Eszds TO Grenada That Will Avoid the
5sais. A Matter CT Interest TO Both
FiImers ard Merchants.

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BIZ ". b. liz fla was publlsheo in this
g1ytr July IL, 1903. ILeIe ale two
1sssDhs for it's lepullicatit II: One is. q
u Qut st al d the otter is, LecauSe it is
Jssa aS pertinent now as when first
pt blisimd AID it directs attention to
mai ieiS ~ special import to the coun-
~ al his time:
EDgToR SENTINEL
The greatest need Of Grenada and
Surrounding territory today, aside
Ssnm The opening up Of The Yalobusha
,5ser far bOais and the lower freight
zSass resulting therefrOm, is good
lassfS. Good tOnds. are atiainable if
Ethe people, both in The county and
sOs D. viii unite in d fixed determine
gs5asn 10 have them. nothing is more
Indicative VI the advanced civilization
ss a people than good roads. That
has been The history Of oil ages,
Jni.gtd by this standard what scale in
Abe wLlh'S civilization would we
acr0py: Grenada is logically situated
Tor a large commercial center, yet,
owing TO the barrier Of almost impos-
sible roads, she has been ShuG out
Ds a great deal Of trade which natur-
| ally would come he'e if it could, and
Aba town IS still a village, compared
10 lhe possibilities Of the future, if
! She will oily awake to the advantage
! sbe can easily obtain from a concert
30 fort Of the people to get that
which is rightfuily hers. Grenada.
merchants as a whole have a better
financial rating than that enjoyed by
! any other town in this section of the
! sa9ie and are making money, but.
! Ne have not a merchant who is not
capable If carrying on d largely in
I CseaStd business, aud who would not
: BIC willing H. accept the large profits
/ SrOm such increase.
/ On a very VatiVe estimate, 4
Creased 333 per cent by the building
oS glUd roads n the people Of the
cog My would be saved thousands Of
0pblars annually in the Wear and tear
of vehicles and injury to stock from
la VlDg % han freight over the nor
'rib,e ruadS they have to traverse.
Railroads ale always Guilt along
The valleys, 81 tking the routes Of least
resistance and easiest Ct access, re-
ducins grades 10 the minimum. The
dBE TUadS OF Ills country seem to
ia e been selec ed and laid cut over
the toughest and hilliesG section Of
lbe country unmiGdfui If the fact
that }evel roads with practically no
grades could have been obtained and
operated much more easie]y and far
IL SIS extensively in the valleys leading
i0tO Grenada.
Six different valley roads could be
Quilt into Grenada, which, if con
,lTuc;ed, would prove an i%ncaculable
tleSsing TO cur farming communities,
IesSeniDg tee cost Ct transportation {
II products TO MARKET Of over me
rail- what it now costs them to mar
4et their crops. MesSrS. w. Il. Bak- -
n, S T. Iatum and Sam Elliott have (
periodically agreed to give IT, the /
the rights OF way for d road {
through their farms on the north side Is
ihiS road when opened up will enable i
re 40 20 from here to CaScilla Over
valley road nearly all the wav. and 4
vii he a great help to that part of
uuntry. Ii other farmers south 4
The Yalobusha river west of Gren-
.da from the Guy plantation near
io,cumb would do likewise, q level s.
Dad would be obtained through a fine,
Ountry and some Of the wor. t hills. u
u The county would be avoided. I
One of the most important road 1
Improvements that could be made.
', uld pc to leave the public read y
bout a quarter of a mile east from
he Col. A. S. Pass place and build a q
DAD down the Pass Creek valley to A.
thence on the east
ide of the BOgue connecting with
be public road northeast of the plant.
The same character of roads could
re opened up east of Grenada from
ere to Graysport or even to Will
iamsville up the YalobuSha valley.
IN the northeast the old Harrison
could be repaired and the
bad worked to Torrance and from
ne Torrance road in the old Mister
lace a road conld be opened and a.
ridge constructed across Schooner
yer, tapping the Coffeeville and
raysport read and drawing largely
4 tqat territory.
The building of this road would
back to Grenada that trade
hich she has lost to Duck Hill and
up0ra, eliminating the necessity of
leir having to travel over the ex-
emely high hills from here to Col.
j. S. Pass place. Another great
aprovement would be- the public
ad mp the west ride of the railroad
ON Elliott to Simpson switch, max
G a level road from here to Elliott.
he writer has talked owe the OPEN
G of these roads with many of u
'ople and they all seem to be hearth
in favor of 1t, but no decided move
IS been made to secure the desired
ject. And the only way to secure
e roads is for the people interested
agItate the matter by petition, and
pressure to be brought upon their
,mber OF the board of SunprviSnrc