The Marietta journal and courier. (Marietta, Ga.) 1909-1918, 1913-03-28

especially ny running Inolr nlllS1Qe
bitches from the road wherever pos
sible, instead of emptying all the wa
ter on the road, and where this can
not be done, at least give the mouth
of the ditch turn so that the water
will run down the side of the road in
stead of shooting across it.
Under the present system it will
take several years to complete even
the main thoroughfares of our Coun-
ty, to say nothing of the cross roads.
| This work could be accomplished more
| quickly by issuing bonds and doing
part of the work with free labor
This would cost more per mile, but
| when we consider the immense wealth
that good roads would add to a coun-
ty, and the number of people that
| would be induced to move into our
county, and build nice homes, thus in
| creasing the revenue of the county
without raising the tax rate, we feel
that we would not go far wrong in
| suggesting that whatever method will
| accomplish this work in the shortest
time will be the cheapest in the end.
Whether it would be deemed advis-
able to adopt this method, or not, we
would recommends:
FIRST. That in order that all sec
lions of the County may have the
benefit of good roads while the con-
victs are grading the main highways,
the Commissioners either appoint, or
have the people in each district, Sc
lect some suitable man as road over
seer to act under the supervision of
our County Road Superintendent,
that all complaints may be made first
to this district overseer, and by him
taken up with the Commissioners, and
that where work is badly needed in a
district, and it is impracticable to
send the road working gang, or the
job is too small to justify this, that
this overseer may be authorized to
hire hands and do the work neces-
sary to keep the roads in passable
condition until they can be thoroughly
worked out by the road working gang.
And in this connection, we would fur
Their recommend that arrangements be
made to have the roads in each dis
trict dragged with split log drag
after each rain, or as often as neces-
sary.
SECOND. We recommend, that,
whereas, it is an expensive PROPOSE
ton to break camp and move from
place to place, the Commissioners,
when they begin a job, keep the con-
victs on it until it is finished.
THIRD. We further recommend
that the Commissioners continue the
work on the Acworth and Atlanta
road until it is completed from the
Barlow County line to the river. This
is the most important thoroughfare in
the County, and its completion will
not only benefit more people, but it
will be better advertisement for
the County than any other one thing,
as there is more foreign travel over
this than any other road in the coun-
ty.
FOURTH. We recommend that the
road scrapes be started early in the
spring, so that the roads of the Coun-
ty may be shaped up and have time
to settle before the fall and winter
rains come
We received a statement of the av-
erage expenses per month for con-
vlcts on the roads of Cobb County,
making an average as near as pos
sible, from p H. Randall, Superin-
tendent, and we attach this report
and make it part of our General
Presentments.
Through Committee, we have ex-
amlned the Aims House, and make
the following report:
We have examined the premises
and inmates, and report that we find
at the home thirteen inmates. nine
white and four colored, all of whom
seem to be we'll cared for. We find
on the place the following: l Brood
Sow, 2 Milk Cows, ? Iearlings, l two
horse wagon and harness. l Spring
Wagon and harness, l Set Black
smith Tools, 2 Mules, tools sufficient
to run the farm; about one-half car
cotton seed hulls, and also good sup
ply of hay and feed stuff; 5000 bun
/ dies fodder, 1000 pounds pork, 100
bushels corn, . acres sown in wheat,
| II acres soWn in oats.
We find the buildings on the prem
! lses in good repair, and commend Mr..
Pair, the superintendent, for the
general conditions existing at the
Home, as it shows industry as well
90 N9lS III the upheep OF the premises.
We find the Court House in good
condition, with the exception that
there is light needed on the stair
way leading to the toilet
We beg to report that we have care
fully examined the Jail and find the
jail and premises in an extra clean
condition. We congratulate our
| Sheriff on the condition of the iail
and premises
We recommend that Geo. l.. Lemon
be appointed Notary Public and Ex
Otticio Justice of the Peace in and
for Acworth District, S5lst District
/ q. NJ, in place Of A. p. McLain, whose
term will expire on the 23rd day of
March, 1913.
We recommend that II. L. Osborn
be appointed Notary Public and Ex-
Otiicio Justice of the Peace for Aus
tell District, l37Sth District G. NJ. in
place Of W. H, Winters, whose term
has expired
Upon investigation we find that the
Board of County Commissioners of
Roads and Revenues of Cobb County,