The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1909-04-12
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snrirp when Tho roads vcrs NOT
Ilooktpr yor r,mpauy Instead of
ipsipr a kin Tho ,r,nt trtpd In get
bie pu,sts opt ip Vapon hut bo.
fore tho aaatnrncra had iournc,cd
far tbpv said II would ho no usp
thew wouldn't buy land i'm a ftpio
where Won had ia hunt for the bot
tom of the road with a fishing pole.
Tbey left and invested elsewhere.
A Novel Vehicle.
That spring the rural route car.
riers had to deliver their mail on
horseback or walk. No wheeled We
'bic1oa were travelling tho roads
newspaner sent a photographer out
of Macon To get some picturos. No
one would rent the artist a vehicle,
lint ne finally found friend who
rigped nm n scat over the front
wheels of a strong wagon. and two
ibig draft horses were hitched up.
The outfit was compelled 10 creep
SLOWLY along. and II was necessary
for the driver Ia yet down frequently
land scrape the mud from the
vbeols In some nlaces the horses
sank almost breast deem IN the CEN
fer Of the road. People came out to
ward fences 10 see the strange craft
Ilaboriously move by. 1t was the FIRST
Thing n, wheels that had been along
mo road for six weeks.
Along the fencos were beaten
maths where men had walked to
town 10 got supplies. They returned
CARRYING sacks of flour on their
shouiders buckets OF coffee and SUI
yor cane of oil etc IN their hands.
This foot path extended as far as
five miles from the city. showing the
great distance people had to walk.
Tbore were froouont newspaper items
from the various townH off the rail-
road. stating supplies OF oil, fuel and
nrov,s,ons had run out because wa
rons could not get over the roads
! Now WORKING as Unit.
The condition lasted two months
or more since that time the form-
ora have become greatly aroused
ovor the matter of good highways.
Tho law proyiding for country
highway engineer is one of the most
imnortant stems In the right direc-
t,op This engineer receives salary
su n,eient 10 secure a good man. The
o,,,,eors meet in convention, and
d,scusa methods
| in Macon county the plan Is to APP
noin, n road oyerscer IN each town
chin This overseor has exclusive
IN riat,ict,on OF all the roads In his
township. which runs all the way
,rom 40 tn 80 miles. The county
court sunp,ies tho oyerseer with "A
grader. drars. ehovels and other
tools The roads are graded up in
the center once or twice q year, and