The Anderson daily intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson, S.C.) 1914-1915, 1915-02-10
MUCH INTEREST IN PROPOSED ROAD WORK.

proposed bonds for road Improvement in AndersC
County. There seemed TO be general fsvor to tn
proposed bond issue, and many were heard TO e.
press the hope that the Anderson delegation wou
do the same as the Greenyille delegation. and 4
clude Anderson in the list of the counties to
favored with a campaign for. good roads. Ande
son will have paved streets before another Chris
mas, and II would be so splendid for farmers
have q good macadam road to the city limit al
then paved streets In the city. This improyeme e
would be worth all 1t would cost in one year. al
we have no hesitancy in guaranteeing that IL TIL
matter were done and roads built as will be Il
case In Greenvile County there would not be
kicker after the work was finished The matter
cost should not stand in the way. Anderson Cou
ty is lots more able to have good roads than 81
is not to have them. The cost of not having the
is much greater than the cost of building them.
The Greenville News has the following to 81
relative to the issue ftr Greenville County, and
is SO applicable to Anderson County that we pa
1t on to our subscribers:
Apropos the expenditure OF $4,000 600 for
the construction of permanent roads in Green
Vile County, IL will be well to consider certain
facts as to the taxation in the county at the
present time, and the possibilities of an In
crease caused by the large appropriation.
The couny auditors books show tha: taxes
are collected on $16,515.5o5 worth of property
or this sum. the ity of Greenville pays upon
$5.577,010; Greenvillo township upon $4661,-
S12; Greer upon s610175. and the railroads
$1,318,490 The meaning OF these figures in
this connection is that the city, the mills and
the railroads pay approximately 80 per cent OF
the taxation of the county, and the farmers pay
approximately 20 per cent. These estimates
may be slightly In error, but in the main they
are correct
Where does the objection to the appropria-
tion come from? A part of 1t (if there is eny)
comes from the rural districts and 1t is this
part of the kicks which we wish to consider at
the present time. The farmers will pay but
20 pei. cent. of the cost of the highways The
heneht which they will derive from the roads
will far more than Offset this payment. It
would not be wild statement to say that the
farmers will reap more than so per cent. OF the
value OF the highways. Certainly, then there
should not be any concerted objection to the
appropriation from the rural districts. and The
News does not believe that there is any con-
certed objection. These comments, however are
znade for the benefit OF those who are inclined
: to think that the delegation is placing bur
densome debt upon the farmer
There has been more or less prejudice
against the city. and the assertion ia heard, at
times, that the city is running the county ac-
cording to its own notion. Consider the facts i:
The city has paved fits streets at its own cost.
and the farmers use the streets. Now the city
will bear greater portion OF the debt of the
rural roads thnn the county will bear. The
city people will use these roads 1t is trne, and
ewill benefit vastly by them.. But none will
benefit more than the farmer. This. surely is
not case in which the city is putting some
thing oyer' ON the country
The following is ecrY OF the bill as intr1duc
by the Greenville delegation:
BILL
To authorize and empower the supervisor of
Greenville County to issue coupon bonds OF said
county in the sum of one million Isl 900 ,00O)
dollars for the purpose of permanent road i'm
proyements in said county.
Section !. That the supervisor OF Greenville
county be and he is hereby authorized and e1n-
powered to issue and sell coupon bonds OF said
county In the sum OF one million ($1 000, ,0O0)
dollars, the proceeds of which shall be used by
the highway commission Of Greenville County
for permanent road improvement under the
provisions of the act establishing said commits
sion passed at the regular session OF the gen.
eral assembly Of South Carolina Of 1916.
Sec. 2. Said coupon bonds shall be Issued
in such denominations as the said supervisor
shall determine and shall bear interest at Il
rate not exceeding five per cent per annum
payable serni-annually on May first and October
first OF each and every year.
Sec. 3. Said coupon bonds shalt bear date
as OF May first A, D. 1915 and shall be made
payable on May first A. d. 1915
Sec. T. The said bonds shall be signed by the
supervisor ettested by the clerk, sealed with
the seal Of his Office and the autographed Sig
nature of the supervisor to the. coupons OF
said bonds shall be a sufficient signiug of ths
same.
Sec, e. That the said bonds shall be disposed
of by the supervisor for cash. at not less than
par. at such times and IN such amounts as the
work Of the said highway commission shnll re-
quire. and upon such notice by advertisement
and competitive bids as the supervisor shall
deem proper.
Sec. 8. The proceeds of the sale OF such
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