The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1907-08-21

done, believe that your road super
visor. Bert Johnson, has spent the
money allowed by the road fund in
a careful, economical, honest way.
that each district has gotten its just
share of the amount of work done.
We believe that McCracken county
shows up better than any in the state
in good roads and road work. We
have better roads and more of them
and we hope the Eighth district will
come up as literally with donations
as the other three districts have.
They have nearly all level roads and
when same are graveled they will
have the banner district in the coun-
ty. We agree with the supervisor in
his recommendation of less work on
dirt roads and build more concrete
sewers and bridges.
The following items were given us
by the assessor and the county super
visor. We find the fifth district has:
Fifth district, 1914 miles gravel
road and S6% dirt road.
Sixth district has 67A miles gravel
road and 4Oh dirt road.
seventh district has 171s miles
gravel road and 74% dirt road.
Eighth district has an miles
road and 72iI dirt road.
The different districts assisted by
donating cash help and teams to the
value in building gravel roads:
Fifth district help amounted to
.i41S.G1;. sixth district. 1S211.67:
seventh district, 47S12S; eighth dis
trict. nothing.
Eighth district gave no help or do
nations.
The following is the number OF
acres In each district:
In the fifth district there are 1865
acres; sixth district. 1880; seventh
district, 3G31i; eighth district, 364OS
The assessed value of each district
and the amount taxed per acre are:
Fifth district, 29276iOO. assessed
per acre, s1G.29.
Sixth district. GO5S2S.OO. assessed
per acre, st6.G5.
seventh district. sO32OS.OO, as
sessed per acre SELL.
Eighth district. 552312.OO, as
sessed per acre. SSH.
j. j. BLEtCH,
GEORGE BROADFOOT,
OSCAR RAwLINSON.
To the Honorable Judge and Fiscal
Court:
Below | submit to your honorable
body some of the permanent work
did in the years of 1904, 1905, 1906
as follows, to wit: 57.5 miles of dirt
roads, two iron bridges, replaced in
lieu of wooden culverts. 264 stone
pipe sewers, large concrete sewers.
New dirt roads in DISTRICTS: Fifth
district, Is miles; sixth district, IA
miles; seventh district. 10 miles;
eighth district, 23 miles.
The amount expended in either dis
trict excepting the new gravel roads:
190i-Fifth district. s1,574.26;
sixth district. sf,93C.22; seventh dis
trict, s4,S27.S2; eighth district,
sf,S1S.2S.
1905-Fifth district, s3,173.01;
sixth district. ss,919.12; seventh dis
trict, s5,227.OS; eighth district, s5,-
25G.lI.
19OG-Fifth district s4,33O.S1;
sixth district. s6,95O.2O: seventh dis
trict, s5,S19.lO; eighth district, So.
1880.
On Joppa Landing road in the
eighth district, one levee; Lovelace
willie and Metropolis road. one levee
in the eighth district; Woodville and
New Liberty road. one levee y in the
eighth district; Clinton road. one
leyee, sixth district; Rowland Ford
road, one iron bridge. cost of s., 900
fifth district; Mayfield gravel road
one iron bridge. cost of s525.0O. bull
in Paducah, sixth district
/ think the fiscal court should dc
less work on the dirt roads and built
more concrete sewers and bridges
something that will last The lumber
you get will not last but a short tim,
and are always getting out of fix
THE dirt roads you can spend 81 .0Ot
a year on them and at the end of q
years you will have the same road
Without any better -- than tn,
beginning, so you see you have spen
ls2O, 600 and have not improved you
roads any in the 20 years. You hav,
the same old muddy roads in tn,
winter time.
L. b. JOHNSON,
| Road CunaryiSor