St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1915-02-13

more grading and that the grave
would be put so low that it woule
be covered with water and ruin
ed.
So | met Mr.. Robert, the par
ish surveyor and road supervisor
and also a member of the gooo
road committee, to supervise the
building Of the model roads. ]
told him about the roads not be.
ing graded high enough to put
them above high water. And
also told him thai if we made a
mess of those model roads that
we would never be able to vote a
tax to extend our model roads
and his reply was. That he did
not care whether the people vot-
ed a road tax or not. After this
| rung up Mr.. Dimmick and had
a talk with him on the subject,
and | told him that if things were
not done right the public would
blame the committee for it, and
that / did not want an innocent
man to be blamed unjustly.
| then met Mr.. Robert in tho
police jury room and tried to per-
suade him to have the road rails
ed, he said that they were short
of funds. / then asked him if
we would raise money by private
subscription. if he would have
the road raised, he then told me
that the grader could not raise
the road any higher. It GER
tainly is a peculiar kind of a ma
chine for road work according to
Mr.. Roberts statement, because
there is a bank on either side of
the road from six inches to a foot
and a half higher than the crown
of the road. The consequences
is that there is about four acres
of gravel that will have to be
covered with dirt and re-gravel-
ed or it will be worse than the
old dirt road, who pays for all of
this? DR.. Pavy made a state
ment in the police jury room that
Mr.. Robert was ordered a year
ago to measure every road in the
parish and give the number of
miles in each police jury ward,
and it has never been done. Who
is to blame? I say the whole
body of police jurors. because
they can get another man to fill
the place in twenty hours.
Now / want it understood that
| have nothing personally against
Mr.. Robert, but he is a public
servant, and like myself should
do as he is commanded by his
.superiors.
| would suggest that the police
jury as a body, call a meeting
and investigate this matter. Call
each of the employees in the road
building work, put them under
oath and question them and see
what will happen, lets get this
thing straight, lets see how
many cars Of gravel are listed
and how many come up to the
contract the gravel people won't
take ninety cents on a dollar for
their pay so let's see that the peo-
pie get what they are praying
for, f the gravel people don't
for turn it down, if Mr.. Robert
do his duty fire him. and
get someone else II, Mr.. Fisher
do his part get someone
else. Give Us what is coming to
is for our money and we will all
be satisfied. Let the public, as
we'll as the police jurors have the
courage of their conviction, and
you think that you are not
getting what is coming to you.
Do like / have done, just squeel,
ind if you squeel loud enough to
De heard through the mist you
will be heard.
Now [ hope that this article
plain enough and that the
'eader will not think that I am
rying to insinuate anything. (
lave put everything in plain
angurge, and called every ones
'ame that was necessary, to
it plain and simple to any
ne who reads English. ],
| could say much more on this
ubject but | want to have a little ]
pace for the other carriers to !.
ell their parts. I don't want to ,
ause so much excitement and
worry to the editor, and the
MEMBERS of the police jury this Z
lme SO I will sign my full name.
THOMPSON HEM
DERSON.