The record. [volume] (St. Maries, Idaho) 1913-1918, 1914-03-06

numerous letters or luQulryahOut the
bonding of the County for two hun
dred thousand dollars for road and
bsidge purposes, and as / am an
officer aud a taxpayer. shall give
my honest views Of this question.
FIRST, AS to the effect on the
taxes, / believe aud know that It will
be easier on the taxpayers to meetthe
Interest on the bonds, than il will be
to raise mnney necessary to open up
the roads. throughout this County
by direct taxation. For example,
we have approximately one hundred
forty five miles OF road surveyed, In
and through the County that must be
opened up aud bnilt 10 the next year
'r two Ia order to keep our people
IN our County, We must give them
these roads. 80 they Can get out 60
markets with their produce. IL these
roads are not built, these people
cannot stay upnL their lands and im
trove the same, and every acre thar
becomes under cultivation, adds that
much more TO the assessed valuation
Of ths county. AS our county is i'm
proved. aud settled up, our valua.
lions will be much more and we Will
lave many more taxpayers to pay of
tha bonds at the ~nd of twenty years,
and the present Taxpayers will have
The use Of good roads many years
before they will. II the money Is
rased 10y diIeut taxation. aud further
more, trying to build these roads by
iirect taxation Is very exT ensive and
foolish way. For an example; we
raise say forty or fifty Thousand
dollars each year, through this large
County. We have forty two road
districts iu the County, besides three
independent districts. If this money
was equally divided. each road dis
trict would receive about one thuus-
and dollars. to maintain their pres
ant roads and bridges, aud tn build
oew ones. How long Will we be build
ing new roads called for at the
presenttime. let alone those that Will
oe called for later ont Take al or
binary ROAD district In this county,
aud one thousand dollars does not 60
very far. ia maintaining the old roads
aud building nsw ones
SECOND. AS to the way the bond
money Will be handled, II the bonds
GARRY; this money will be mostly
laed for building new roads and
bridges throughout the county, under
The supervision of the best road
men that the county commissioners
IAN get. aud these men will be under
the commissioners supervision.
THIRD As to the division of the
money this money will be equally
livded. each County Commissioner
Rlll get his equal share of the said
bond money. and shall build roads
aud bridges Ia his Commiesione er p
district with the same, under his
supervision.
FOURTH. As to the kind of roads
TO he built. there seems to be a great
deal Of controversy over the kind OF
roads to be built. We will construct
earth roads My, of good grade. and
we'll drained.
FIFTH. AS 60 the much talked
Apple Way, or State road there is
much agitation over this road and q
great deal Of misrepresentation OF
the same. and I will explain to the
best of my ability about this road
Il is to be only a good e rth road
aud Is the same as any other road Ia
the County; sought, to bebuilt Il Il
much needed road and opens up
large territory to a good road. ths
has only, hs you might say. a trail q
the present time. As to taking NJ
the State road proposition I will sa.
the Board of commissioners haVi
never given that a favorable thought
for the reason that the State ha
ne er said what kind OF road, o
here, OF when the road was to buil
In other words, they ask us to pu
mp twenryfo T thousand dollars to
deposited 10 the State Treasury
: against twelve thonsani dollars q
States money. aud then the Stat
send out their road officiais and 50
, where end what kind of a road the
y, WI build. 1t is to be built unds
the States supervision. or In olhs
words they spend onr money whel
ever they see At This road is ju
like Dany Others IN the county
Is much needed and must be bui
either by direct taxation OF ny Il
bond money II the bonds carry.
SIXTH. As to the bonds the
are to run according to law whis
is twenty years redeemable 10 Il
81 years all or any par, Of them can
paid after ten years at not to q