Year: 1875

VHih- toihpiy NleH ehio ni'" VI Police. If any of our legal friends will decide this question, l will in some future number, point out some changes that think will be an advantage to our present road law.

 I wish in this epistle to call the \ attention of the public and the Legislature to the imperative de mand of necessity and humanity of establishing hospital at the : capitol of the state, where the destitute sick can be cared for at the public expense, instead oi as is the case at the present time, the charity of the ladies and other friends at Little Rock. l One other matter 1 think should l be changed and that is in regard to the allowances of accounts in l County Courts; itoccurs to me as all citizens are now allowed to vote tor public officers, and pre- l suming that all our clerks of the courts are honest men, that the clerks certificate of the services of a citizen as juror or witness should be good to the holder on the county treasurer, without sub jecting such claims for allowance to the courts, thereby curtailing considerable expense to tax pay CTS.

 l One other subject and I will close. I allude to a thoroughfare or turnpike from Russellville north to Harrison in Boone coun- ty. And as a means of concen- trating public sentiment on this subject 1 will suggest that the terminus and beginning of said road as being established at the above points, and then assuming that the right of way will be granted by the citizens on an in termediate line, the question is where will be the most praetica- ble route for said road? All will agree that the main line of the road should be located so as to accommodate the greatest num- Der of our citizens in transport ing their products and receiving their supplies, and so as not to di- verge too far from q direct line, ta- king into consideration the practicability of the different routes, &c. Now, in view of the above considerations, with all due deference to the opinion of others who may differ with me as to where this road should be, my opinion is that it should pass from Russellville to Dover, and then cross the Illinois Bayou at the most practicable point in direction so as to follow the divide between the middle and the north forks, on what is called the old mountain route, leaving the Cave Creek valley to the west and strike the valley of Richland at or near the Watson stand on Richland creek; thence down said valley, and then the most practicable route to Harri son from the mouth of said stream. If this line should be established the vallles of Richland, Calf Creek and Bear Creek could all unite as they now do, with this road, in a short distance from the top of the mountain going south and all of the Buffalo valley up one or the other of the tributaries above named its course being north of east, the others north and nearly parallel with each other. I am aware that the friends on Cave Creek and others will object to the above proposi- tion, if however, their Lead mine should prove failure, which is ! possible at last accounts there would not be near the farming country accommodated that there would be to adopt the line above designated. If however, the mines should prove a success, which is hoped for by all parties, in that event a road will be open ed from that place to the. nearest practicable depot on the railroad or to Springfield, Mo.

 A CITIZEN OF SEARoY CoUNrY.

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