Owingsville outlook. [volume] (Owingsville, Ky.) 1879-192?, 1896-04-09


for the simple reason a person that
gets the benefit of thing is the
proper one to pay for it. To ques-
ton second: 1t cannot be equita-
BILE, from the fact there are many
taxpayers that have considerable
taxes to pay that rarely ever use
the road except for some light
travel, where there would be others
that would make n monopoly of
the road for different hauling. In
the third place, l would say l be-
lieve the roads would run down and
eventually have to be worked or
kept up as our county roads have
been heretofore; and / must say a
very unjust system, tor as gener-
al thing the men that worked them
in great many instances never
owned horse or vehicle. Why do
| say this? From the fact that /
have it from good authority that
Bourbon county in her short ex-
perience is repenting Of her folly,
and if Bourbon county with one
half the area We have and taxable
property to the amount Of 13 mil
lion dollars finds it burdensome
what will become of our roads with
only three millions of taxable prop
ertyp There is no question but
that it is only a matter OF time I'M
til the roads go down. Now, there
are some that have an aversion to
corporations, and in many instan-
ces not without cause, for in q great
many instances they are soulless !;
but that still does not confirm that
they are all that way; for on that
hypothesis we would have to con-
denim the human race because
there are great many bad. An
other reason is that directors get
their tolls free. l can speak for
myself and for several others have
conferred with and they agree they
would prefer paying their tolls if
they were compensated for their
labor. There are few that consider
the trouble or responsibility they
have to incur. There is money to
borrow, for which they become per-
sonally responsible. There are
many things viewed in casual
way that do not amount to any
thing, where il it all had to be
hired done would amount to a great
deal more than they are receiving
in their tolls. While it would be
an impossibility to get a law that
would fit every one l think the
present system about as good as
we can get. If there are reason
able grounds for objections then
let the counties own the roads and
charge tolls sufficient to keep up
repairs. Let us hear from you,
Mr.. Editor and Mr.. jackson, on
this last proposition.
In an article about a year age
we gave our views and tried to give
some idea Of the impracticability
amounting to almost impossibility,
of Bath county purchasing and
keeping up the turnpikes without
charging tolls. We agree substan-
TALLY with the correspondents
views in the foregoing.
In regard to the last proposition
we are unalterably opposed to gov
eminent going out of it's legitimate
business of protecting the life, lib
erty and property of all the people
to engage in something that is I'm,
doubtedly better and more econ
omically done by private individ
uals or by corporations. The coun.
ty, the State and the Federal gov
ernments in their respective sphere;
have the constitutional right tc
make and enforce laws for protect
ing the people against the imposi-
tions of either individuals or of
corporations, and if turnpike COM
panies impose upon the people 60
for them by law. But we think W.
know that this county is not able
to buy the turnpikes in the frs
place, and in the second place II
would cost more toll for the coun.
ty to keep up the roads than i
costs at present. Business mer
run the roads. The most popular
politicians regardless of business
qualifications get the offices. Pub
lie business is scarcely ever run as
economically as private business
Editor.l