Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1913-04-05
Required Three Days to Get
Through With All Its
Business.
NEW LEVY WAS NOT MADE
Magistrates Will Let Contracts
For The Roads in Their
Districts.

The Fiscal Court convened last
Tuesday and adjourned Thursday
afternoon. It was the spring meet
ing, at which time there is always
big lot of work to be disposed Of.
The first day the claims against
the county were allowed and other
necessary orders made
Wednesday the question of drain
ing Swallow Spring was brought up
and occasioned a great deaf of dis
cassion. Mr.. C. r. Adams. who
owns farm near the spring, offered
to enter into a contract with the
county to drain the spring and keep
it drained for the sum of 81, 900. If
he fails to carry out his contract, he
is to return to the county W h
money hereceives. For several years
crops have been ruined by the over
flow of water from the spring and so
regular have they been, that the
owners of the lands covered by water
have had to dispense with tina. part
of their farms for cultivation and
the travelling public has had to drive
a considerable distance out of the
way to get to and from the city.
Everything possible has been done
by the county to do away with the
trouble but has failed. The matter
was under consideration Wednesday
but the court failed to arrive at a
decision as to what was best TO be
done.
AS pub ished in this paper ten days
since the State board OF appraisers,
at recent meeting. raised the as
sessed value of farming lands
and personal property in the county
10 per cent on the 500. The
court thinks this raise unjust and
appropriated SO to defray the ex-
penses of a committee to go to Frank
fort and protest against this raise.
The sum of $4,000 was appropri-
ated for keeping the pixies Of the
county in repair.
There are eight Magisterial dis
.ricts in the county. The court or
dered that $1,000 be allowed for
road purposes in districts 8 to 8
inclusive.
The plan of working the dirt roads
in the county. which was adopted
two or three years since. is regarded
as the best Of any that has ever been
tried. and, by order of the court.
Road Supervisor Coleman had adver-
tised for farmers to submit bids for
working the dirt roads extending
along their premises. Wednesday
some bids we're opened. but, after
much discussion, the court made an
order which may be termed new
departure in road work. The order
empowers each Magistrate in con-
junction with the Supervisor to make
contracts for working the roads in
his district.
This is thought by some to be a
great improvement and throws the
responsibility of keeping the roads
in good condition on each Magistrate.
in place Of the eight members hay-
ing to look into the way the different
members of the court are at
tending 20 their duties as servants
of the people.
The Court has $33. 200 to expend
in road building and road improve
ments this year. AS is we'll known
more interest has been manifested
in good roads during the past twelve
months than in five years past. The
Crop Improvement Associa-
ton is deeply interested in the mat
ter and the II. B. M. A. has been
quite active in arousing the farmers
10 come to the aid Of the Fiscal
Court in road improvement all over
the county.
After adopting ne Masiaierial