The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1916-06-21
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Institution. thai attempted TO opcr-
ate without some seushlance Of @ys-
tenn. Suppose some Of the large In
dustrial plants Of the country which
employ thousands Of men and spend
thousands az dollars weekly In op-
GRATING expenses should attempt 20
Ioprrafe its various departments sep
arafs and independent Of each 9th
Ter. and suppose each foreman or su-
perint.ndont should haze : system
| OF his own with out correlation Of
Interests. what do you suppose would
be the result Don't you think that
Instead Of harmony there would be
chaos. and instead OF operating tho
plant at a maximum OF efficiency IL
would be operated at ioss 10 the
stock holders7 No business enter
prise Of any kind can succeed with
out system and harmony. An at
tempt to conduct any business along
|other lines would result in disaster.
If system Is conducive 70 the sue
cess and efficiency OF business es-
tabiIehment. why II II not Just as
important 10 conducting the road af-
fairs os n county, There should be
systein and uniformity In the con-
struetion. repair and maintenance
OF public highways. else the indi-
yiduai effort 6f those having such
matters IN charge ~ entirely wasted.
There should be- complete harmony
among the members OF the county
commissioners court. and all their
work should be conducted along an
form lines. For each one to have
A system OF his own aud for each tol
work Independently OF the other can
only spell failure so far as securing
the greatest efficiency In the con-
struction and up-keep OF roads IL
concerned. The position OF county
commissioner Ia one OF the most
important in any county. In most
counties he has direct charge OF the
roads In his precinct and when the
several members sit as court the
DISBURSEMENT OF the connty's funds
comes under his supervision. This
being the case II ID highly import
ant that the citizens of any county,
especially OF a large and popnlous
county like Ellis, should exercise
The utmost care in the selection of
the members OF the commissioners
court.
10 be little more specific and
come right down to home we de-
sire 70 say that the citizens OF Ellis
county should refrain from voting
for any candidate for county COM
missioner in the July primary who
does not pledge himself unqualified
~ to the proposition OF deyising
some means by which the pike roads
OF thIs county may be repaired and
maintained. in event he is elected.
A new court Is to be chosen this
year and one of its first duties
should be to adopt some method OF
preserving the splendid roads we
now have. II you want to stop the
present deterioration and disinte-
grafton OF many OF these roads so
10 the polls on July 22nd and
scratch the name OF every candidate
Who is not willing to pledge himself
to their preservation.
II IL unnecessary for as to go in-I
to details as 10 the general condi-
tons OF the pike roads OF the coun-
~. II Is apparent tn the citizens of
the county who travel them day
after day that they are, going To
decay very rapidly. and IL they arc
not repaired mt an early date they
will not last five years longer Some
Of these roads are almost worn out
now In places There is section
on the Dallas pike that is fun of
sHsieasa;.oas aud the roadbed has
almost worn through TO the black
dirt We understand there was an
agreement between two commits
sioners 10 keep this road in repair
One TO look after one end and
one the other. We wonder why this
l. not being dones This Is not the
only road Ia the county that is go-
/ ing 10 the bad. Go ia any direc-
ton and 10 amy part OF the county
ana you will and them.
These reads have cost the tax
payers more than one million dol
lars. or 10 be- exact. l.025. oe0.
That was tina tosaI' amount OF good
roads bonds issued ia the ten dis
trlets uf the county Some Of these
bonds have hevn r~tircsi. 1aVine the
present bonded Indebtedness a.
about sa5e.eea IN round aumhers