The north Mississippi herald. (Water Valley, Yalobusha Co., Miss.) 1888-1929, 1923-07-27
REPORT ON ROADS DISTRICT
NO. BY EUGENE TARVER


There is some people that does not
know what has been done to the roads
and bridges in the district during the
last four years of my term in office
and for the person that wants the
true facts I take pleasure in inform
ing you.
Beginning at the District line or
the r. r. north of Water Valley I
will give you a report of the work
that has been done during my term
in Office
Beginning at j. B. Norris the road
has been relocated and built a new
with new bridges and metal culverts
to the county line. The road is on
good ground and is in good condi-
! ton. The road has been improved
from Mr.. Norris's back to the corpora
tion line.
The Profits Bridges road has been
relocated from the top of the hill
inside the City limits. A new road
and a new bridges and metal and
vitrified clay thing put on this road
to the County line making practi-
cally straight road with the hills
cut to where the people can haul
about twice the load as heretofore,
with the same teams. The old road
was so that it was about impossible
for horse back riding when I got it.
/ The Pamela road was also impass-
ible through the Suggs bottom, it is
drained at all times Of the year now,
other small improvements have been
made. all but one bridge has been
, built new or rebuilt, from Robin
sons mill into town. / have built the
best steel bridge in this part of the
county across the Yocona Canal. It
is all steel and concrete no wood at
i all in it The cost was little above
$13,000,00. There has been consid-
erably more money spent per mile on
this road than any other road in the
1 District, considering the money spent
on bridges.
The Pope station road is the road
crossing Yocona at the Wares Cross
ing, this crossing is most complete,
will be new road and new bridges out
and out when completed, with two
very large wooden bridges one span
ming the old Yocona river from 80 to
60 feet in length running the cost
up on this job. The road is in fairly
good condition.
The next road is the Oakland road.
Some people try to make the people
on other roads believe that all the
money of the Dist. has been spent on
this road. There is more people
travel this road than all the other
roads of the Dist. combined, refer
to the people of Dist. No. 8. I
Strengthened this road between Mr..
Copeland's and John Aliens, dyna-
water from the road in the Susie
! Perry bottom, at Jim VOLTS built
| good bridges and a levee through this
bottom, every one knows the kind of
road we had before I got the roads,
began at the corner of Mr.. VOLTS
orchard crossing the corner of the
orchard, through Mr.. VOLTS field,
McNails, Mr.. Burns, through the hill
at Oak Ridge Church and in to the
old road at Mr.. Hudson's, this road
has metal and seven concrete cul-
verts, no wooden bridges to break
and bump your car to pieces nor to
rot out in three or four years, this
road when completed which likes a
very little will meet the specifications
of the Federal road people. The
next important job on this road was
at the Harriston Farm, cut the worst
hill on the road built levy and bridges
also metal and concrete culverts back
to Sylvia Rena, this road was impass-
ible up to July this first year. The
road has been widened and improved
with metal culverts all along the
route. hope to see some kind Of
hard surface on this road in the near
future, if the peole wants it, which
viii be determined by a vote of the
people at the proper time. The Gar
ner Station or Tillatobia is the next
road, it was also impossible when l
went on the job, not only in winter
time but in summer The road has
been relocated where ever needed
which was about one third of the
road and the entire road has been
improved, practically every bridge
on this road has also been built q
new
The Jeff Davis Highway is the last
>tion is better than when | got it and