The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1910-11-16


understood that there were nos fifty
voters IN the whole Of Wise County op-
posed % the Good Roads Bond Issue
Lately. however. number Of men have
been thinking ol voting against the issue
sfter hearing certain arguments advanced
against 81. some Of these arguments are
too absurd to need an answer. and others
arr easily answered when one knows the
facts
L. IL Is said the mineral land owners
and the people living ia the towns viii
not have 20 pay any Of the taxes This Is
absolutely untrue. Read the law under
which the election Is held Every dol
lars worth Of property pays the same tax
whether it is owned by the coal COM
panies. railroads, or people living In tho
towns In tact the corporations viii
pay SO per cent. or the taxes levied 60
pay interest and principal on the bonds.
the towns ~ per cent, and the farmers
and others living in the country only ~
per cent. The corporations viii get very
little benefit from the good roads, the
towns will get a great deal. but the coun-
Try people will get by far che most bene-
ht Good roads viii bc permanent and
lasting benefit for you and your children
Does it NOS look like a good proposition
90 you 20 get something you most need.
when You only have to pay o. dollars
for every hundred dollars worth7
. IL Is argued that the Board OF
Supervisors will spend an of the money
on some OF the roads. aud then not build
the others This Is an unwsrranted re-
Election on the Board. aud 10 Is doubtful
if nybody honestly believes this argu
meni The order provides for 10 miles
of road. and b. ia provided for l2O mile.
that would give 81 .s}S 90 per mile
Possibly very leW miles Of the pro
posed road viii cost more than that
but IL IS certain that great many mile
viii costa great deal less An of thl
s work will Doe done under the direction
and supervision OF experienced and capa
bile road engineers. and the people viii &c
the benefit of every cent spent Jnde
the old plan OF road building, 10 is un
fortunately bat necessarily true that
5 large part of the money spent on road
, results In mo- permanent benefit. but that
, an the more reason for building macadar
roads The Supervisors have piedge
! themselves to buiid an OF the roads d
, three years Indeed. very nearly ali d
5 thcm can be built la two They can b
, cut up into short sections and let 90 dii
ferent contractors and the work pushc
b everywhere
3. It o. argued that taxes viii Doc IN
creased This Will probably be unnecei
/. sary. bat they could not Ice increased in
! better cause IL will be necessary
q raise 81. 600 90 for interest and sinkin
r fund each year 4 levy Of four cents O
! the 500 90 will more than do this. IN
lt 1910 Commissioner books, under tl
/. new assessment, are nos complete. bI
the total valuation in the county vi
reach $4,000, 900 %. The 1909 yaluatio
was S9.7IgI25.7l. In addition to Il
county levy applied to the roads. the al
trict road Ievies brought in $S3, ,2O6.o4 la
year Is it not better 70 now build goe
. roads and use them and spend part
these taxes for interest and sinkir
fund than 10 keep on paying out taxes f
I the kind Of roads We now havef
4: Ii is said the roads will only benei
those people living on them. This com
nearer being a real argument than any
the others. However, il was impossib
10 arrange TO build road in front
every mans door. IL is necessarily tr
that some will derive more benefit thi
others. but there is not = man, woman
child in the county who will net deri
more benefit than he will pay road taXs
II is better TO do part of your travelil
over good roads than ali over bad road
) at less cost and time to you Furths
, more, having these roads macadamize
: and in good condition. district levies a
state appropriations can be used TO bu
l other sections Of good macadam roads.
} The day has past when it Was necessa
= TO present arguments in favor OF go
4 roads to a people as intelligent as those
the progressive county Of Wise.
You can double your load. double y
nc speed, double the working life of "
e. team, and halve the cost. You viii
9 nearer your churches, your schools, y
markets and your ncighbors- Coan
life viii be In every way more attract
be- and profitable. IL is the history Of ev