The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1916-11-15
PIKE ROADS IN
BAD CONDITION
BANBEE 90 COMM RCh tr-
FONTS COMMITTEE no STUDY
METHODS Oh REPAIR.
MUCH CONCERNED
l,psinsss Men Of WaNalachie View
Deterioration With Consider
able Alarm and seek
Remedy For Same.


Jack Tucker presided al the
Caamber OF Commerce uoon-day
luncheon Tuesday at Hotel Rogers
hen the club took up discussion
OF the very important matter Of
ccring for the pised roads in Ellis
county. especially with reference 10
the pixies leading ont from Waxa-
i,achIc The ffightful condition Of
tie pixies was called 20 the attention
os the cnamber aud a number Of
/ business men stressed the poins
that il was poor Judgment TO allow
the pixies TO doteriorate 50 rapidly
hen the expenditure Of little
money might protect them, against
rapid wear
DR.. parnell called attention to Che
Nash road saying it was perhaps in
' orse shape than other pixies, how
ever he would not picture It much
worse that the Dallas pike The
doctor said he had gone TO the
trouble to get out aud measure the
! depth of some of The holes in the
Nash pike and found them to be r.
inches deep. He said there was
great danger to travel with the pixies
il their present condition.
VIII Moore was another to pro-
pose immediate action because the
condition of the roads was perhaps
injuring Waxahaehie in causing peo-
pie to go to other towns when Wax
ahachie was theft natural trading
point
W. A. Roberts and r. a. Ferris
made brief talks on the subject, each
urging Immediate action. Mr.. Fer
lis proposed chat the shape of the
districts worked against Waxaha
chic and suggested the idea o.
starting movement to have same
changed
Ate much discussion L was de-
c:ded that il would be wise 10 APP
point a committee to study the road
situation and make recommendations
rs to the best method OF procedure
in getting the relief needed ut was
therefore voted that the president
appoint a committee for this purpose
IaId the following committee vac
named. Judge o. e. D1nlap, G G.
Groce. VIII Moore, G. A. Tunreil,
l., d. Parnell. T. A. Ferris. ID. II.
Thompson. j. d. r-eys, Hill Hardin
S. p. Spalding and s. w. Durham.
II is the purpose Of the chamber
to go carefully into the piked roads
situation and see what can be done
to keep the roads in better repair
before the damage becomes perma-
nent Just what that plan will be
cannot be foretold because the
committee have yet to study the
situation. One thing is certain and
that is if the pixies are neglected
much longer irreparable damage
win be done. waxahachie pays a
big percent of the road taxes ana
roads leading into town oughs to be
kept in as good condition as the
roads in the outlying districts.
Secretary Schuster announced that
Farm Demonstration Agent d. D.
Floyd and b. IT, HAWKINS had gone
to Bosque county to purchase a car
load of registered baby beef from
tie Governor Ferguson ranch to be
distributed among the members OF
the Baby Beer club in Ellis county
Mr.. Schuster also reported thai
the Marketing association had voted
unanimously to keep up the fan crop
exhibit work and the state fair eS-
+ biz and had instructed him 20 go
TO sulphur Springs TO see if the
exhibition glass could be procured
Il ON Hopkins county Tor preservine
products fer the state fair exhibit.
J. 4. Keyworth. wbo was present,
annouuced that Mrs Davis was plan
ming a home grown dinner for the
directors of the Chamber 81 Com
nerce and Representatives from En-
his. Midlothian. Maypearl, Palmer,
and other place to show wat the
GIRLS Canning club work amounts
Ia in q most substantial way. He
said each member Of the canning
club would provide some one thing
for the dinner and that ii was be
lieved that tbe Ellis county product
dinner would be equal TO any served