The record-union., 1897-12-01

that the State has selected? Very truly
it would be better for you if that road
| ran by your door. but shall you or l
say that because it does not, the man
and fellow citizen in front of whose
door it will run shall not benefit by it !?
VIII not his gain reflect itself upon
all of us?
/ A. B.-Yes, / admit that But why
should we all pay for his benefit spe-
cially?
| c. D.-Because, first, there must be
beginning; second, because whatever
| will improve the county anywhere
/ in 1t helps all of US: that road
| will improve an important part of the
| county; it will tend to invite to Us
/ popuiation We want very much, and
! just to that extent we will all have
| the benefit, and the sooner get good
roads in front of our own doors.
A. B.-I have never denied that we
need good roads. / know as does ev-
cry man in my section, that more peo-
! pie means more supplies for us to raise
and sell. and less cost to the few OF
us who now have to maintain county
| government. But / don't like the idea
| of Slvin' away a road
| c. D.-True we deed it to the State
/ but what difference does that make:
| L Wisn the State owned all the roads
and would improve them and maintain
them. so 1 could enjoy them. l do moi
care Who owns anything if I have the
use of it freely. The State cannot cart
| the road away
A. B..-But who will take care of this
new road; it will cost good deal?
c. DIT costs less to care for q
| good road than a bad one AS the
Stale will own it, it must take care OF
| 1t. But just suppose it does not, will
we be any worse off? Even if we had
to maintain and sprinkle it, we have
to do that any how with the present
! road.
| a. B.-That seems to be so.
| G. D.-MoreOver, if we accept this
offer we get bridges built of stone that
will last forever. If we reject the offer
then the county will have to build
| bridges and right of, too, and the
whole cost will fall upon the county
| and we Will get bridges good only foi
ten or twelve years. You know some
| thing about that.
A. R.-Indeed, / do. In our district
| since [ have lived there, We have had
some bridge experience. We want a
new bridge or two now, but the cost is
too heavy
c. D.-And here is the State paying
about half the cost in this case?
A. B.-Well, you know 1 want good
roads. You know l came from a State
whore they have EN-. Oh. / know what
a benefit they are but the cost in this
case sticks me.
c. D.-Why, what is it? Let us see
What is your assessment?
! A. Bob, pay on about 5000 as
/ sessed values.
| c. Dwell, for the next ten years
your tax for this great benefit will be
| less than 30 cents year, and after that
for ten years more not to exceed 81 50
| Won't you save that on one haul in a
year, if you live on such road?
A. Eyes, on every haul. But !
don't live on that road
c. D.-But your friend and fellow
citizen does. How would you like him
TO oppose road Improvement between
your place and market because he
does not live on the route?
A. B.-I see your point. You mean
| selfisiness.
| Z. d mean just that, but l did not
want to offend you
A. B-Oh, that is all right, and !
guess you are right. But see here, /
do not like the idea of bonds.
| {. D.-NOr do I-bonds of specl1la-
ton; borrowing to speculate or to put
off evil days, and all that. You have
| an account at our store, you know?
A B.-YeS. Want your money?
I. D.-No, no, no. What I want is to
show you that every time you or I
get credit, we give a bond, though it
may be only our word The bond rep-
resents credit and credit is just as nee
essary as is human trust and helpful
| ness.
a. B.-But look at the interest?
| {. D.-But look at what you and the
people get for it. The interest is
| some S46.000 distributed over twenty
years. The highest in any one year
| is $1,000. Now is not a TWENTY-FIVE
mile model road all the State will study
| to our credit worth that? VIII not
in the light Of past experience. the cost
Of the old road be more than SO 1000 a
year? And see here; in all that TWEEN
ty years are not the people getting the
use of the road, and is not it worth
/ 5000 a year? Now see here again.
! The average interest is only 50. 300 a
year; isn't the road going TO be worth
| that every year: that is about 500
| a mile and a fraction over?
| A B.-Wen l should say it would. If
! | lived on it it would be worth five
| times that to me.
c. D.-Exactly Say, where Will you
! dine in town? Come Uith mo apd
| have lunch?
A. B.-No. thank you. l will go up
to Charley's house.
/ c. Doh, 7 forgot Your sons
| house BY the way that is a pretty
place he has, a lovely spot. hand
some home. How did he get it and he
only clerk?
a. B.-He's saving boy. He bought
some building and loan stock before he
| married and held on to it. and when he
got wife he borrowed So 600 from the
association. and what he would have
paid for rent goes to pay for the home.
so that III about nine years he Will own
it.
A Bob I see So he has the use
OF the home all the while. and by pay
ing n moderate interest he saves rent.
and has it apply to discharge of the
debit
A. B.-Yes. Good scheme. isn't it?