Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1911-03-24
oousrFuL AS TO BOND ISSUE
Taxpayer Not Certain as to Wisdom
Of 81, 900, 900 For Roads

I do not think it 10 the intention
Of the writer's of the many articles
appearing in the county papers on
the road question to cast any rehec'
tious upon our board Of supervisors.
We all admit that they are men OF
vide experience and sound Judgment
bat they are not infallible and may
- carried of their Feet by the en-
thusipsm Of others.
In your answer to some OF the Cd
jeetions 10 to issuing road bonds it is
practically admitted that 10 miles OF
road might be built each year for
70 wears and at the end Of that time
the county would still be free from
dept and be in shape to continue to
build roads. Under Captain Ker'f
plan after building 800 miles OF road,
which 10 not one tenth Of the mileage
Of our county roads, and spending
the million dollars and interest, there
would be no provision for building any
more roads for 20 or % years, until
the debt 10 paid, I'M less You issne
more bonds. In the meantime youl
road machinery would be laying idle.
II she people have it to pay. why moi
Day a. We 60 instead of paying inter
est and adding cost to cost. This Ii
Z question for thel people of the rural
districts to consider; the city people
are not In it excspt with the pen.
II the railroads of she country have
bean built with borrowed capital it
Vas borrowed by companies organia'
cd for the purpose Of building rail-
roads. They expected to build the
roads and to get their pay from the
proceeds of the reads. II man buys
q farm he expects to get his money
back from the products of the land,
and the same rule does not apply. Ii
10 the desire OF every right thinking
nan to have good roads and the most
important road for the majority OF
the taxpayers is the one to the near
est depot or shipping station. The
county now has q maoadamized road
from Stanton TO Middlebrook and
DR.. Welland and the people near
Middlsb1ook are asking the county tc
help build q CROSS country road from
Greenvllle almost a. far as Stanton.
Why should We mortgage the county
in the most prosper Gus Of times. the
mortgage to be met when times pos
sibiy will be less favorable this,
now. More than this. our force OF
hands and one crusher like that used
ON the Greenville road last summer
might be run protitably, but start
three OF four forces in Augusta
county and advertise for hands and
they will take advantage Of tbs situa
tion ana ASK fabulous prices. In tLe
Yu7h TO get Jamestown fair ready
for tho opening q laborer told me be
got go day or 81 an hour.
The Rockbridge people have haa
trouble with their railroad bonds
ever since they were issued. ths
Virgins state debt mas been q men
ace 10 the state for years and II
Augusta shoulders this road bone
burden she may expect to carry it fol
generations. The roads of Augustf
are being improved now and if thu
money appropriated for them is prop
srly applied they can be improved
moro rapidly. This is . question
think should be we'll considered before
il comes 10 vote. The question shoult
90, whether the county should in
GREASE taxes to build hsr roads ant
pay for them a. she gets them O
whether she shoula saddle this grea
debt upon herself for she sake O
getting them more quickly.
TAXPAYER.