Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1906-07-21
COMMISSIONERS RUPLY TELLS
OF ROAD WORK.

n. OF kOAD WORK.
s. A large amount of road and stree
work has been carried on during tn
r. past few months, especially in the sew
e eral towns of the county, and as Their,
1, has been some difference of opinion
n among the taxpayers as to what par
=, or proportion of the expense the coun-
c ty bears for work within the in corpo.
rated towns, the Herald has obtained
d from County Commissioner Ruply the
e following article explaining the vari-
II, GUS phases of the question:
"The road building machinery was
t bought and paid for from the road and
bridge fund, to which fund all the tax
able property in the county, city as
: we'll as outside property, is c~ontribut-
ing it's share. On the 7th of April,
II 1905, an order was made by the board
of county commissioners that a road
i roller and a crusher with an engineer
and superintendent of work to run the
crusher would be furnished to any in
n corporated town in the county wishing
g to improve its streets, the towns to
bear the expense of all other work.
The county is also to furnish the fuel
4 land oil for the machinery. This was
done on the ground that each one of
the towns would sooner or later wish
to put their main streets at least in
t'shape, and would not be able or iusti-
he'd to buy a set of machinery at their
Expense, and also because those streets
are for all purposes really county
,,coads.
q "At the assessment made in 1905 the
Town of Pullman had a valuation of
463, 900, and so contributes as her
ll'hare ST. 0 approximately to the
"'oad and bridge fund, the levy being
s3.914.
From the road and bridge fund arr
siIid the damages on new roads. the
Expense opening and grading them.
ne cost of new bridges and the re.
,sair of old ones. Lumber bills anc
filling, which are used where prac-
icable, while the first cost is greater
eiig Oh aper in the long run tina,
l'ooden culverts, and MANY other
sems' At the p esent time Garfield
'aiouse and Pullman are doing ;
treat deal of street work, and othe,
iaces are waiting their turn, to ge
he use of machinery, but all the ex
lense over and above the pay of two
zen at each place and the necessar,
Il iilei n repairs are paid for by thos,
aces and not by the county or at tn,
rEpense of any road district. TIL,
/ bntract price for the work at Pull
an to be paid by the city is $40, 900
1.-THE road district tax levy is
,llls / N each road district. Each dis
let has its WI fund Just as eacI
'hool district has its W fund, de
wing its income from the taxes levie
property in that particular dis
l,ict and the road poll tax collected
= part of that fund could be trans
'red to or expended in an other dis
ct and none of it is expended in an
'orporated town, as they do not pa
road district tax but maintai
cir W streets.
ut is a difficult or impossible thin
people to agree as to what roa,
ght be the most entitled to work
permanent nature, and most of
inclined to think those roads viii,
use most are the ones that a,
- elected and the others are gettir
most work. While it would !
less to try and satisfy everybod,
nave been trying to distribute II
* as nearly fair as could be don