The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1906-04-24
MORE ABOUT ROADS
Mr. MsEhir Makes Further Suse,alons.

-Grantwood. SpotHl,ania Co.. Va,
April I'D. 1906
To The Free Lance:
Your Spotsy lyania correspondent says
that stated ODD my suggestion to keep
ali poles and brush in tue road. Iir b.
ui-taken about that ] said kecp them
out. IIr SAYS that hr cannot ugrte with
m- m rounding the road with dirt
What would hp round % Wilh' J know
that tine road +. 10 such condition thar it
will take q great deal of d.rt, bat no one
ever saw % road built without first hay
ing IL well rounded. and ii Boz ever sces
the roads built iu this county hey viii
first ba rounded. and with dirt. and the
better the dirt. the better the rpad. As
10 getting mired we are getting mird
anyhow.
He SAYS the additional taN would
b. % farce agree with Dion lu that 30 i-
not bali enough h should he . per
cent. some of the taxpayers say he
man who pays thelargest land TAX iu'he
county SAWS should NOT have corrected
IL. want 90 say here. taat bonding
the county Boo my opinion i- dangerous.
First. it gives the grairers greater
chance: second. don't think Do We bad
our county bonded to it- inIl value We
can raise money enough 90 ana adamize
the roads II we make them wide enough
to pas. on they VIII have 20 be- Is feet;
that would take $500 per milo. and !
don't think that amount viii do IT,.
Now. a. To patriotism ! think when
ever We -ee the condition ol our nigh
WAYS we should hide our faces Il shame.
am native Yirginian and avn as loyal
IA Mr.. Warren, but that does not 6erp
me from seeing our needs. We have the
best material 10 make roads with 100 the
United States. our hills have millions %!
tons o. the finest gravel that ever was
put on.roads. What We want j. the
means to do it with. Ii our roads were
rounded in many places they would not
want ANYTHING more. Work should bee
Gin about tine first of May or "a soon as
the road j. dry. and might be- continued
until midsummer. That would give
time To pack before winter. There wns
a piece of road gravcled near No. 5
school. ON the Telegraph road, 10 years
ago. and my brother informs me that
there has not been lick doneon it IA the
is years since. Mr.. G. Rhoad- did that.
and ii the rOadbed could have been round
ed first / think it would have been there
another 10 years Mr.. Warren might
look at that, ii he does not gee that a.
he did about the poles and brush.
All Of our Western States have. n road
law along the line suggested. and they
think it good almost To the man. The
tax is levied as | suggested, and Il there
had been any farce about II they would
have found it out before now. ! have
written for q copy of the law. hop2 TO
have il published in your paper.
| see we have 81, POI, SIS worth OF
property per last assessment That at
s. per thousand would give Us some
thing over $50, 900. Now, that would
never leave the taxpayers pocket, henco
no chance to get in someone elSes, and
ought to put on road 10000 to 10000
loads OF gravel. the load being ! yard.
that being o feet long. 3 feet wide, l foot
deep. would cover q square yards, at a
cost OF so or 20 cents, Ginches deep Our
present tax would go a long way to-
ward rounding the road bed ior the
gravel. Now. as to the shape Of the bed.
anybody can see that in the Agricultural
Bulletin. No 22. 1904, page 1913, at the
Office OF The Free Lance and Star That
explains all better than can. II this
kind Of a law is started it would not
cost as much as bonds and can be re-
pealed at any time, if found burdensome.
but we will be like our Western neigh
bors. we won't want 70 getrid oi il, and
we can picture sometime in the sweet
bye and bye, that we will have a road.
W. A. McWhirt.
P.S.-The roadbed should be as mar
row as canbe to pass with ease, say D
or % ieet