The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-02-28
GOOD ROADS
FOR HEiI|Q'|.|Ri|IlC',OI.'||. ] i: ]. /
An Enthusiastic and Successful
Meeting Held at at the County
Courthouse.
PERMANENT WORK WANTED.
Various Speeches Made Advo-
eating Doing Work That
Will be Lasting.

An enthusiastic and successful meeting
was held at the county courthouse yes
tcrday In favor of good roads. Tho meet
ing was primarily called to secure, il
possible, the passage Of a bill that would
allow each district In Henrlco county to,
spend within Its ccwn borders the amounts
raised for road purposes. At present some
ST., 900 annually are raised for road pur-.
poses, for which Brooklnnde District pays
about $1,000 and gets back only about
s. go. To remedy this Injustice the resi-
dents Of Brookland l District desired to
have bill passed that would prevent the
supervisors from dividing tho funds for
road purposes equally between all four
districts rs at present, 5j
The meeting was called to order by MIR.
It. A. Cary and It's object was stated. Mr..
Cary said in advance that he only wished
to do what was right and did not desire
To tnke the arbitrary or harsh stand OF
demanding everything for Brookland Dis
trict, but he called attention to the lack
iof results that tho present system had
given and asked he pertinent luestion
whether a change would not be better. as
nothing could be much worse, Mr.. Cary
WIS followed by Mr.. S. P.gWaddill. clerk
OF lienrco county, who said that the
present system had been In vogue since
1892 at which time the board OF supervl-
sors bought teams and machines for the
5iolnt usc of all four districts. l'rior 10
that time each district had spent It's own
money for itself. Mr., Cary commented on
this fact and pointed out that some sixty
counties In Vrginin&to to-day spend In each
district tho money raised by thM for
roads in that district.
Harmony.
Mr.. j. w. Barnes, supervisor for Fa'r-
field. and MI. W. II. Frazier, supervisor
for yarlnu. both spoke to the effect that
il was impossible to do any real WORK
and keep vi, tho present force OF hands
and teams on less than $1,000 U yeaf'
which they considered minimum tor
any efficient road repair or construction,
Mr.. r. w. Browning, supervisor for
Tuckahoe, concurrcd Will Narlna ana
Fairfield In this statement,
MI. Charles I3, Cooke spoke briefly and
said that Virginia had spnnt s6a9 GOO last
year for inst patching It's roads, and he'd
not one mile Of good road to show for
1t to-day.
Mir. Cooke was followed by Afr. Frank
Renne, who spoke to much the same el-
fcct. Both gentlemen believed that q
bond issue would be the ultimate solu-
t,on OF the question In order to bring
tile matter TO head, MI Cary sug-s
eested that the county road taS hcro-
after be only cents, which sum, with
3nll additional sums derived by the coun-
IS for roads, rs for example, railroad
taxes. be divided equally between the
four districts, and that tho board of SUI
peryis ors be empowered TO levy tax
not exceeding 20 cents IN addition III each
applied exclusively to the roads In tho
district from which 1t Is raised. The
amount for the levy of districts. namely.
~ cents, was arrived at after some dis
cussion, and was adopted npon the mos
lion of DIri Walter T. Grant, Of Tucka..
hoe District. Mr., cary's suggestion was