The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1909-10-23
SOME QUESTIONS ANSWERED
information Furnished Voter on The
Road Bond Election.
To The Free Lance.

To The Free Lance.
Replying to some questions from
citizen of Spotsylvania county, the
following will approximately cover the
points of information asked for.
Question first. How much road tax
does CORTLAND and Chancellor districts
nav per annum? Answer: For the year
1908 the amount in round numbers will
be collected SO, 500 to $4,000
2. How much does the whole county
pay for improvement Of roads at
present? Answer: The amount to be
collected for the purpose this fall will
be over 81, 900.
3. What is the taxable property as
sessed at in CORTLAND and Chancellor
districts? Answer; More than a million
dollars.
4. How much tax in all do the two
districts pay? Answer: If you mean
for road purposes, forty cents on
the 500 of property. This is under the
State law and under the law that the
county will now operate. as no longer
has the county any special road law.
3. How much does the Good Roads AS
ISOLATION propose to bond the county
for? Answer: The Good Roads Asso-
citation has no power TO bond the county
for ANYTHING, nor does it purpose any
other than tofurnish intelligent answers
to lust such questions as you have ask
ed. The association was formed for
the purpose Of mutual benefit between
the county and the town. This being
an agricultural part of the state. the
town is dependent on the products of
the country and the quickest and the
cheapest way of getting the country
produce into town directly interests the
consumer and the dealer.
6. What will be the interest per
annum on the amount borrowed? An
swer: The county of Spotsylvania not
having any bonded debt has been able
to sell her bonds at par and at about
1 per cent interest.
7. How many miles Of public roads
are in the two districts? Answer:
CORTLAND has % miles of main Travelled
roads and Chancellor has 20 miles.
These are the roads that you are asked
10 support bond issue for and the best
reason for you doing so is the fact that
YOU will now have the benefit OF the
tax you pay, that is 81 on the 81, OOO OF
property. No more and no less, and
this tax you pay. whether you vote for
the bond issue or not. you save the
money you pay for the tax by support
ing good roads, while If you vote
against the issue you neither help your
self nor your nelghbor.
&. How many miles of road does the
association expect to build and what
part of the district will the road he
built in? Answer: As stated above,
the association will not have the
building of the roads In hand. The
State will send competent en-
gineers to examine and report
the best kind Of road to be built and Of
the material most convenient for the
purpose. In some places stone VIII be
the best material to use, IN other places
the right kind of road will b. of gravel,
and the cost of the road will depend on
the distance the material has to be
hauled. The experience of the State
engineers now is on very satisfactory
basis and with each additional year the
experience the better qualities them
for the work. The roads will be build
ed out from the town in each direction
so that any citizen going to town can
20 over some part of II.
You're for good roads,
Thos. II. Harris.
Oct Olaf 1909