Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1911-04-13
Coed Roads aud seenuou Sense Taxpayer.

eff the bond issue carries, the bor-
rowed money will all be consumed in
building the III miles of nacsdau,
roads, specified in the orders, nothing
will be left to spend on the lao miles If
otherwise improved roads mentioned in
the last part of the orders" Nov.
who is going to be left out of this bond
issue deal?" ''IT is AS PLAIN AS
DAY THAT THE MONEY WILL NOT
BUILD ONE HALF THE ROADS
SPECIFIED IN THE ORDERS, etc -
Thus speaks the gentleman who has as.
sUmed to stand as the mouth piece ard
advocate of what has been termed the
Pay as you go plan" for providing
good roads for Tszewell county. This
same sdvc cate 10 less modestlv suo
scribes himself, Common Sense Tax
payer, nom dsplume that no oue
/ reading his prose would ever think Of
giving him. Why does the gentlemen
think he is a common sense" talker
and taxpayer? and il he is common
sense talker and pays his taxes, why
does he fail and refuse to sign his name
/ to his publications? II his taxes are
apportioned ny the smount Of Common
sense contained in the letters mention
ed, l fear the county treasurer does not
See him very often. But, candidiy. this
man may be a friend of mine and may
really pay taxes. in either event his
letters would ne entitled to more con
sid-rstion, though doubtless subject TO
the same criticism.
Now, what does he say? he saws.
The bond issue people will build oul,
the macsdam roads and the others will
be left out" For the sake of argu-
nent, and only for the sake Of the argu-
ment, admit it to be true, will the peo-
pie be in any worse position and the
roads in any worse condition than if
they adopt the pay ~ you 60 plant"
The pay ~ you 20 plan" does not as
sure you \ single mile Of ANY KIND
OF ROAD, and does not aveu suggest
the building or providing of Otherwise
permanently improved" roads. The
"bond issue" plan, not only promises
you III miles Of masadam roads, but
ALSO premises you 140 miles of 10th
crwiss permanently improved" roads.
q say promise, and this promise In the
''bond issue" plan mesns assured, as
win be hereinafter sAown) and taking
the Clear Fork District, ~ an example,
the bond issue" plan has gone further,
and In the public meetings Of the eiti-
Gems OF that district, sa will be shown
by the minutes Of these meetings, it
was specified that $4,000 per mile, or
30 much thereof as might be necessary,
be provided Tor thu building of the mac
adam roads Of the district and that
81, 900 per mile be expended on the
building of the other roads mentisned
in tho order, that lie the 6S miles OF
otherwise permanently improved"
roads provided for in the order. Nov
II II requires AL OF the 81. 500 per mile
TO build tho mScsdsn roads spec fl ii fof
sad d'stIict and ST. 600 Per mite is spent
on the Other road. here will ne left
only about ten miles Of the latter ror ds
that the money from the bond issue
will not build. This ten miles and more
will be taken care of from tho surplus
saved from the road tax in said district
during the building of the above men
toned roads from the proceeds of the
bond Issue sale, as will be demonstrated
in another article dealing with another
phase of the question, from bond s.ue
standpoint.
Not only this but every mile of mae
adam as we'll as otherwise improved
roads" all over the county, has been
infinitely located from poiat to point, so
that there can be question of distance,
has been published, agreed upon and
provided for in the petitions to the court
as we'll as in the orders of the court,
and the self same court, who, on the
petitions of nearly 1000 Of the free
holders and voters of this county, en-
tered said orders, providing for said
roads and for bond issue election to
determine the building of the same,
will see to it, that the money derived
from the sale of bonds will be applied
to ALL of the roads mentioned and
provided for in said petitions and orders.
and not to the building Of a few miles
here and there, by some rich mans
door, as will result from the ''pay as
you go plan," FOR HE SAID HE
WOULD. SO people of Tszewell coun-
ty, you not only have the promise, in
terest and good will of the 1000 men
who signed the petitions for bond is
sue election Compare numbers with
pamphlet Of pay as you 90 plan" adj
vecatss) to insure you tho building and
improving Of the roads mapped out in
the bond Issue petitions and ordsrs
hereunder, Of the court, but you have
the assurance of the court, that in tho
event the bond issue carries the money
will have to be expended on ALL the
roads mentioned in the petitions. which