Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1911-04-06
Who Will Be Left Out IN the JeffeTSOnyilIe
MdgiSteTiaI District?

In reply to the article, entitled "Who
Will Be Left Out?" in the last weeks
issue of your paper, written by Com
mon Sense Taxpayer, l think it more
prudent to accept the judgment of the
five or six hundred taxpayers, who
signed the Jeffersonville District petit
tion asking the Court to call the cleo
tion, than to accept the statement of
this one taxpayer, who prefxes the
word COMMON SENSE to his name,
and states that none of the roads set
out in the order of the Court TO be 9TH
erwise improved will get a cent spent
on them.
Mr.. Common Sense Taxpayer, how
are you warranted in making the un-
qualified statement that none of the
dirt roads will be improved until all the
macadsm roads have been built, when
this matter under the bond issue act is
left to the sound judgment and discre-
tion of the Board of Supervisors and
the State Highway Commissioner?
You go so far as to say that the lead
ers of the bond issue movement were
"acting in bad faith and that it was
done to mislead the voters and catch
their votes" You also say that the
leaders in the Clear Fork District are
guilty of the same ''trick" and game"
Now, this is serious charge and you
fail to show that it is true. If you
mean to charge intentional wrong doing
on the part of these honorable citizens,
then we tell you that your statement is
false snd without foundation in fact.
AS to the laying out of the roads in
Jeffersonville Magisterial District,
committee composed of Jas. P. Whit
man, Jas. Ed Peery and W. L. Moore
were appointed bya mass meeting of
the citizens of Tazewell county, to Sc
lect the roads to be macadamized and
otherwise improved, with the money to
be raised with the proposed $500, 900
bond issue, and this committee, after
figuring with a competent engineer,
reported the roads set out in the order
of the Court, which was adopted by an
other mass meeting, and accordingly
these roads were selected as being the
roads to be macadsmized and otherwise
improved. Do you charge this commit
tee with having perpetrated a fraud
upon their fellow man?
Mr.. Common Sense Taxpayer, did you
deal fairly with the citizens of this
county, in your article?
In the Jeffersonville District, there
are 2lt miles of twelve foot mscadam
road proposed to be built, and 2O4 miles
of nine foot macadam road, and 644
miles of dirt road proposed to be other
wise improved. About 13 miles of the
twelve foot road is old macadam and 81
miles is new road. We submit the fol-
lowing calculations for the considera-
ton of the voters of this county:
81 miles of new macadam, II
feet wide, at S., 900 per
mile Observation-Disclosures. 5 AZ, 500
IL miles OF old macadam road
II feet wide repaired at
- 10000 per mile; .. 1880
204 miles new macadam road
feet wide at 50, $50 CO.. 1887
643 miles dirt road to be i'm
proved by spending 1866. 95
per mile. .......... 62,O63
Total. Observation-Disclosures. 5000, 900
In support of the above calculation,
we call attention to the admission of
those opposed to the bond issue in the
pamphlet recently mailed to the voters
of this county, in which they say that
these old macadam roads can be built
at cost of 81, 10000 pei mile. In the
face of this positive statement, why did
you estimate the cost of these Is miles
at 100000 in your article? Did you
deal fairly with the citizens of the coun-
ty? If a twelve foot new mscadam
road costs 5000 90 per mile, will not
SO, 750.0O build mile of nine foot mac
adam road? To do 30. only three-fourths
of the material and work will be reouir-
ed to build these nine foot roads. Didn't
you know when you prepared this ar
ticle that a mile of nine foot macadam
road would not cost SIS. .0O0.0O
If you have any doubt that 81, 500 90
would be sufficient to repair each mile
of the old macsdam road. we refer you
to page eight of your circular on the
road question Of Tazewell county, re-
Gently mailed to the voters of this coun-
ty. 1t has been estimated by conserva-
tive business men that one mile of
twelve foot new macadam road can be
built for 81, SOC. 90, but in order to give
you the benefit of the doubt, we have
taken your figures. Now, there are
three-fourths as many yards of stone in
a nine foot road as there are in a twelve
foot road, and in constructing this nine
foot road, the average road bed will be
sufficient and will not have to be made
wider, which may be the case in con-
structing the twelve foot macadam
road. which, of course, would be more
expense. A competent engineer who
has had several years experience in