Mountain advocate., 1915-01-08
GOOD ROADS
Knox County to Take Her
Place In The Front Rank


the county aud the welfare OF her
citizens at heart as we'll as the hest
interests Of the present and future
citizenship of the couuty IN view,
have determined to have good
roads
A ps,i,ion calling upon the County
Iudss to make an order sailing an
election tor March 9Th, to take a
vote on the question OF issuing
100000 OF bonds TOR building
roads was put in circulation one daS
last week aud in less than a day 5
time more than three hundred tar
pa Aers and voters OF the county
signed said petition; this was more
than double the number OF names
required, but practically every per.
son g no sail the petition and un.
derstoId its import anSiouslv and
willingly signed it. There MAS .
ready ready response by all I'VE
want good roads. Hon. rhos. q.
Hamnons, County Judge. immedi.
ately on the filing of sand petition
informed a large assemblage OF people
in the county court room OF the i'm.
port and purpose OF the petition
and stated that a bond issue was
the only means OF obtaining good
roads He heartily endorsed the
move and at once, examining the
petition and finding it requisite un-
der the law, acted by making the
necessary order calling the election
for March 8. 1915 to vote upon the
question OF issuing $500, 600 in
bonds to build good roads.
This money, if voted. will enable
the county to build good pike roads
TO almost every part OF the county,
connecting US with the adjointns
counties; this money will be spent il
the county, and every man able to
work OF who has wagons and
teams will be able to participate in
this large expenditure, and better
still, be able 10 travel over good
roads the year round
Ne all agree that good roads are
the crying need OF the county, but
there are some who oppose the is
suing OF bonds TO build them. Why?
The7 do not know, further than TO
say It viii saddle great debt upon
the county and We can never pay it.
But let those who oppose this, look
at il in the light OF reason and from
an economical standpoint, and they
will, If caEdld, admit tie proposed
bond issue is the ouly way, the safe
Nay and the economical and sensi.
ole way
This bond issue will not increase
the tax rate one cent; one halt OF the
money Will lie paid back to the
county by the state; and this sum
to be paid bach By the State, unless
We approve OF the bond issue, will
GOT only 90 to other counties. but
the. AJAX payers OF this county will
contribute, annually, about $1,000
year TO likewise go To other
counties Instead OF spending So.
900 each year on the roads, as we
are now doing, and getting no bene.
mt from the money, we will by this
bond issue, have the money we
would spend III twenty years. -
spend in one or two years, and be
able to build real pike roads. and in
addition have 100000 from the
State Tor the same purpose. In other
woIds, by the bond issue, and the
aid from the State, we will be able
TO build permanent roads to all
parts of the county and get the
benefit of the whole sum at once,
whereas, to continue the old system,
we dump the same money to the
tune Of $4,000 each year into the
mudholes and on roads which are
mere makeshifts-a practical waste
of that much Of the peoples money
each year
No man having the interest of the