Canyon City news. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1903-1908, 1906-07-13
FANNlN WANTS ROADS.
And She Is Going TO Get Them by
Building Them.


the voters proposition to issue
$25O,OOO.00 Of bonds, the money to
be devoted to the improvement Of
the public roads Of the county.
The Fayorite wishes to heartily
commend this step taken by the
farmers, Their program is not only
desirable but eminentIy practical. 1t
is a matter capable Of mathematical
demonstration that the amount of
bonds specified in this resolution
may be issued by the county and APP
piled. TO road building without the
cost Of single cent to any taxpayer
Ill the county above what he is now
paying. That present road condl-
ton, will continue and grow worse
as long as present climatic condi-
tons exist and present road working
facilities are available, nobody will
debate That S?jO,OOO judiciously
expended would grade and bridge
rae roads is fair premise.
To our way of thinking. the road
problem in Fannin County is the
simplest and easiest proposition of
its magnitude that any community
vas ever called to consider and solve
and this is the solution: Author
lie a bond issue of $250,000 and use
all or so much thereof as is neces-
gary to properly grade the roads and
bridge the streams. Let this work
be done under the direction Of
competent engineer.
The present assessed value OF the
properly Of the county Is above
Twelve million, of dollars. and the
present road and bridge tax Is 20
cent, on the 500. which yields
sum of $4,000 annually. Bonds
can be sold at par drawing four per
cent. running 10 years, payable after
ten wear, at the option of the county,
TO provide for / per cent interest
and 2 and one-half per cent sinking
fund would require the raising an
mally Of ! per cent plus
rrr cent. which is e and one
half per cent of the total bonds out
standing. $25O.O0O, which would
he Sl5.25O. A, above shown, the
present tax rate produces $24. 900.
Taking from this $4,000 the sum
81 Sl6.250 necessary to carry the
bonds. we would still have left for
road repairs the sum OF $3.50 each
year.
Keeping the roads in repair is as
simple a process as building hem.
All the road hands in he country
are tanners. When the ground Is
zoo wet or too dry to work IN the
1arm. it is too wet or too dry to &c.
efficient road work. When the road
!, in condition to work, it would be
little short Of highway robbery TO
take the farmer out of his crop and
mt him on the road. The overSeer3
and all the hands understand very
thoroughly this proposition and as
a result practically no road work IS
done.
Grade the roads with the bond
money. then provide each oversccro'
section with the necessary split log
drocs. These drags are to be used
Immediately following rains while
The farmer is idle because he cannot
oct into his field. The usual dis
lance of an oyerseers section OF road
j. about five miles. Let the overseer
keep in touch with his hands
Smith drags the road this time and
Gets due credit on his five days
Jones comes next, then William.
end 50 on until each hand has hao
his turn, then begin with Smith
again and 50 on.
TO get an election is also very
easy. The petition is already signed
by the required number of name;
and is in possession of n. B. Smltl
at Honey Grove. When that peu
ticn is filed the court is compelled
10 order the election. The way i
wide open and if the Farmers I'm
ION with all its influence and mum
hers will take up the matter an(
Dush it through, that organization
will wear feathers in its cap.
The fact that the bonds run TO
forty years is very effectively an