The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1909-07-13


only it will be built in one day less
time. which will reduce cost of bos-
ses and pit labor one day, and VIII
add two hundred and fifty dollars to
the haul making for mile hauls
an average of per mile $1507.00.
For three mile haul, the expense
will be same as on two mile haul eX-
cept we add seven hundred and thir-
ty dollars to hauling, making the
three mile haul cost per mile ST.
9S7.00.
There will of course be some few
miles that will cost twenty-five hum
dred to three thousand dollars, but
there will be more miles that will
cost less than one thousand dollars.
recently gave at Mountain Peak
an estimate of four mile haul which
was practically what | am making
being in depth of gravel. They Will
require less there than here. also
allowed too much for bridges there.
E
That part should be added to the
haul,
| am informed that material is to
be found close at hand. You should
with proper management, which |
am sure you will have, get from for
ty to fifty miles Of good roads for
your money The interest on pour
unused money while construction is
going on should add two or three
miles to your precinct.
Let us now see how this move
ment will affect our citizenship from
a purely financial standpoint, We
will take gentleman living in our
district, that | know of, who feeds
stock, raises grain and cotton We
will call him Mr.. Jones. He owns
four hundred and fifty acres of
land valued at $1O,6O0.00 Stock,
, tools, etc, 100000, making his to-
tai tax valuation $l2,S00.00.
A bond levy of 10 cents would
make his additional tax for bonds
per year, $500.
Now let us see what benefit he
gets from the roads. Governmental
statistics give the difference of cost
of haul over dirt and macadamized
roads at II y cents per ton per mile.
Mr.. Jones lives two miles from
town. Every ton of produce, etc, he
brings in costs an additional sum of
twenty-five cents per ton, and the
same amount for each ton carried
home
Last year he raised and marketed
70 bales seed cotton, weighing 67
tons; hay, 10 tons; he hauled home
cotton seed meal, 35 tons; hulls,
230 tons: fuel, 2 tons; provisions,
etc, tons. Total number of tons
hauled, 447.
At 20 cents per ton equals Sill
Is His tax is 1920, his saving per
year is $92.55,
Let us take a cotton farmer own
ing say, 1870 acres of first class land.
His valuation would be at $4,000
mules valued at $500 per head ;
two COWS, $500 each; five hogs at
$500 each; tools $500, making his
total valuation, $5,H00.O0. His addi-
tional tax would be $50. He lives
three miles from gin and market
He raises 80 bales Of cotton aver
aging, seed and all 1900 pounds
making - tons He will haul home
cotton seed, 4 tons. coal, 3 tons;
provisions, tons; wood, tons;
total % tons.
At 3712 cents per ton equal
'$1775, or $9.05 more than his tax
per year.
Let us see how it affects the ten
ant. Say he rents one hundred acres
of land and has four mules, valued
at $500 each, 100000; has COWS
valued at $500 each, $4,000; has
tools valued at 5000; total valua
ton $4,000, Tax levy, 10 cents; to-
tai increase in his tax 60 cents. Say
he will raise rs bales of cotton oi
1900 lbs. each which will be 6 tons
He will haul home cotton seed
tons fuel, 3 tons; provisions,
tons; total 33 tons. At % cents pei
ton for the two mile haul this viii
amount to $8.25, or S7.65, more thar
his tax. And ! have said nothing OF
the pleasure and comfort OF good
roads It thus affects every person
whether in country or town.
This money, or rather the work
is brought to your very door anc
puts money in your midst that coulo
not otherwise get there, and there
is not man here today who coulC
not take his team or teams on this
work and in a few days earn more
than enough to pay his tax for years
TO come.
If this proposition carries 1t Is
yours; you have right TO under