Show AND ann road supervisory eair FAIR view dec 25 editor deseret news in traveling over our county roads it is an easy matter to tell whether the supervisor is 15 interested in his office or not in some districts water q are arc nicely bridged and the roads graded up while in other districts the impression is left that the supervisor makes enough out of hi hid bid s position po to patronize til the railroads instead of using his own golu going south froal from salt lake city what an az agreeable contrast is found from froin the almost impassable sloughs of 30 years aco aeo now it is difficult to tell fr anro in the draught of the team whether yx yael yeal have a alight light or heavy load as the I 1 latter requires but little littie exertion to i 1 keep it moving it if we travel the patch ot of land at old Bing bingham liam tiam junction has been irrigated and tile the ame same between willow creek new fields has not the road to the point of the mountain is good here unless the team teata la Is heavier than the load the illusion of a light nghi load is dispelled this heavy sand lays between two of our most wealthy and populous ious lous counties and is the main thoroughfare for all southern travel we cover a or soft ground with gravel but the ide idea of covering a bed of sand seems never to have dawned upon road masters toasters and yet the latter is as essential as the other and more so in dry weather in the material used for repairing roads there appears to be a diversity diver diger ity of opinion and it 14 suzzett ed that the legislature define what is gravel if they should we ire hope it may be a happy medium between fine line sand and boulders some of our towns have to depend upon the water in their ditches for wat erins erias stock and culinary pur purposes plies and in freezing weather through lack of a proper understanding der standing as to whose duty it is to control the water the thy appearance of the streets in such towns would almost leid one to suppose that the inhabitants had bad forsaken the ordinary pursuits of life ilfe and turned their t streets t into a vast skating rink if it the supervisor is complained to and he in turn interviews the s aster the answer will probably be that nc he only directs tire the water in irrigation season and is not even paid for that if when than thail two vo more one or persons take water from a natural nat natural ural channel they were compelled by statute to appoint some person to be responsible for the condition of their ditches and crossing I 1 one important difficulty that supervisors so per vi s ors have to meet mee t would be removed if adv of these suggestions should be the ineatia means of drawing attention to the reform needed it will be duly duty appreciated precia ted by an OLD SETTLER |