The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1909-07-13
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ure, showing cost of material, la
Dor, etc, per mile of various roads
or districts.
I'VE fully realize that the success
of the undertaking, if it is voted ia
vorably, means much work and pre-
caution, and the cooperation of the
public will and must be forthcoming.
Signed
u T. SPENCER,
County Judge.
WILL RALSTON,
County Commissioner, Precinct !.
/ j. b. OVERALL,
/ County Commissioner, Precinct 2.
/ j. II. JAMES,
/ County Commissioner, Precinct 3.
! ED LOWE,
| County Commissioner, Precinct A.
You will pardon me for saying,
! that to my mind, no county in Tex
as has a more earnest honest or cap
able commissioners court than our
town. It is my opinion that your mon
ely win be honestly, economically and
! iudiciously expended that you will
receive one hundred cents worth Of
roads for every dollar expended.
This road proposition, after all,
resolves itself into merely business
proposition, and should be so con
sidered. If you contemplate pur-
chase, you first find out whether or
! not the article or object wanted is
worth the price, whether or not it is
! a necessity or luxury, in short is
1.-The cost necessary; is it legitimate;
is it best is it to your interest?
call your attention to the follow
ling estimates, leaving you to decide
the question;
Your particular precinct should
be the cheapest in the county to
macadami2e. You have lots of high
rolling white rock land that will re-
quirc very little work and very little
gravel, you will also find, upon
close investigation, that material is
much more plentiful than you think.
There are very few sections of Ellis
county that do not contain deposits
of gravel and it is all of a good quail
'ity
To fully appreciate good roads, a
person should go over a few miles OF
! first class gravel road, such AS Dali
I las county now has | had the pleas
ure recently of going over about 60
miles of Dallas county roads in com
pany with Mr. Ferguson, former
commissioner of Dallas county, who
built most of the roads of his pre-
cinct Dallas county, very unfortu-
uateIy, was forced TO build part OF
her roads by contract, which made
il very expensive In fact, was told
that she did not secure her money!
worth ON account Of some special
road law, under which they were
forced to work
We saw a road made Of II inches
of gravel IA feet wide, haul of three
miles, contract work, az cost of thir
ty-fiye hundred dollars per mile. We
also saw a road that was built by
contract work AT three thousand dol
. lars per mile and some very muct
less We saw "A road that Mr., Fergu
son had built with the assistance o
, a practical roadbuider and conVict
to do the loading using 6 TO 10 in
, ches gravel for fourteen hundred
dollars per mile This was a frs
. class road. had been built for three
4, years, had never been repaired ant
was in perfect condition.
You are asking for a bond ISSUE
of seyenty-fivc thousand dollars. AS
Stunning your taxable values to b.
four million dollars, which the!
should easily reach, and that you is
sue serial bonds which ! believe car
be done at five per cent interest, ant
that your last bond natures fort!
years from date, sou will necessaril!
have to pay eighteen hundred an(
seyenty-fiye dollars principal eacl
year, and thirty-scvcu hundred dol
lars interest for the first year, which
will require five thousand six hun
drcd and twenty-five dollars, Add Il
. this. say for delinquenCies and eX
peuse Of assessing and collecting
, two hundred and twenty-five dollars
making total for frat year five
thousand eight hundred and fit.
. dollars. A levy Of / r cents on th'
one hundred dollars valuation vii
bring you six thousand dollars or on
hundred and fifty dollars more thai
, is absolutely necessary
The second year you viii need th'
, same amount Of sinking funds
; eighteen hundred and seventy-fiV'
dollars. Your interest fund will b.