The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1915-10-28
A WORD ABOUT FULTON
COUNTY'S FINANCES.

There will be a more drUp..
report made at next April ,...
of Fiscal Court, which Is IN. aI
of our Fiscal year and at swim.
time all of taxes will have d..
collected, and | think there sal
be- a deficit of approximately .t
30 900. which amount uumI..
the old debt of about sltm
which If deducted from tN
mount above stated, and WNI
now against the county, will s...
that during the present admin
lratlon, a debt of about ,lm
has been created.
We have about 2l0 mlls
road IA Fulton county to hcm.
talncd by the county, which I'M
increase Of about 30 miles du..,
present administration, which
lone accounts 10 AN lnrrru.
expenditures of about $500
costs about So per mile 10 mIn
tam mile annually.
Now 10 maintain the 2lum
wc have AT s55 per mile costs .a.
nuaily about $4,000, 10 Say ua.
ing of installing culycrts
constructing bridges, which added
10 thhr cost OF keeping roads .
rNcr,slrd Tor the past two y....
the amount of the road f.
j which Is approximately $500.
The exact amount spent
a roads and bridges from O.H.
4 1914 10 October 1918. was
Ohs91. which exceeds thr n
4 taN about siUOU. bat of .ulr
~Wur improvements We're m
q which We're permanent. ha
We spent Sl,l~JGl on faI.
4 90 Memphis Highway. which
j rludcd ,ulyerts purchased M
installed grading and uo,
- dirt rfr. wc spent about ,fU..
gravel road. wb,eh included a
cumg road and repairing Hr..
r'e. wee spent about ,2H
lr,res and bitches in lu.e
y parts of the county. Wp H"H
: concrete bridges at ne.
$500. wr spent about s,Uu
= pairing and constructing u
>a'.ur bridges and cuI,rrs
various parts ul thr county
Nr also spent about sIluO
srrdirr aud about sauu
dragging and about ,aaU
work such as slip scraprr #r.
" auI patch work IN general
which grading and dragging
IA, matter ot fact Will Hu. H
bc dome annually. bat mo,t l
" above mentioned items ur.
maucnt and will not hayr n, b.
ione over next year. ~ sou er
.o wr have a chance next year H
Al pay some ON debit
,ti Also during the year 1914
cral improvements anil rNr.
lures were made, which w.w
y permanent nature. such as IH.
% ~ Jail $1,000, steel drag "
wluri pip,s $1,000. painting
i,l Court llnu.c aud bridges $500
seven steel btamcd bridges .
rrpir $1,000. nineteen
"ulyrrt, $500 flooring for
z rral ,t,vl bridges $500
mn We are In debt, not h..
II the annual expenses for ...
II for roads and hrrigcs and e.u
II al expenses of the county
II heavy. bat because of ila .'
II that during ihcyrar l9llwI
| ihN year We had to cNpcul
ii siderable amounts which 1884,. .'
II moi have 10 rXpond next }..r
tbr next and which lf cImH.I
III urNi year and most of tho"
Boz, wr will hr able lopay m
NOT every cent We owe hg
II ermbrr 1916
The above statement was
II Tor the purpose OF giving
taxpayer au Idca as 10 what ..'
being done with his mpu.
ALSO 10 remind the fellow
wants thr roads he trI,.
perfect that there arr s..
N roads m the county ud -
these things cost.
THE Hon. 4. q. Stanley w
speech On good roads said l.'
can not build roads, huWc'.r "
vlSablc 1t may be-, without m.
To say that you are ia iw
good roads is like saying yuu
10 favor oil good health or ..
II morals, GOOD atmosphrT.
| good anything else AnybouN .
Il "a drycIug fool, iayors
/ roads just rs we favor