Mountain advocate., 1915-01-08

Knox County.
have read the Bosworth Good
Road Law, aud | do not hesitate to
say that it is the best law OF its
kind ever enacted in Kentucky. One
OF the chief objections to the propo.
sition to vote bonds for roads. ]
hear, is the danger Of graft Some
people are afraid some Of the money
may not get to the roads The law
itself provides that there shall be
a competent inspector duly sworn
to inspect avery inch OF this road
before anything is paid out upon It
This law practically eliminates the
possibility of graft. Practically
ever dollar that is SUPPOSED to 60
to the benefit OF the roads will be
used upon the roads. The scare
crow OF graft could be forgotten
very easily. Another objection to
voting the tondsNomes from ii peo-
pie who are afflicted with narrow
jealousy. II they can not get pike
up to their own door they don't
want to pay taxes to bu lid roads
for their neighbors There is small
grain OF excuse tor this objection.
But there is not much liberaity in
the taxpayer who objects TO letting
his neighbor have a road just be-
cause he cannot have one by his o wn
doorstep.
Now we come down to the real
issue for the people Of Knox County
to settle. In the first plnce the Bos.
worth Good Road Law provides
that whether the people of Knox
County wish or not a tax OF 5 cents
on each one hundred dollars worth
OF taxable pIoperty for state road
purposes must be paid By the people
of the county. II Knox County does
not provide an equal tax Of 5 cents
on each one hundred dollars Of tax.
able property for county road pur.
poses, none OF this state road tax
can or will be returned to Knox
County for road purposes BY the
State Road Commission; but il
Knox Count& does appropriate an
amount equal to this tax which the
state collects from Knox County
then the state will return to Knox
County such said state road tax to
be used en- Knox couutys roads.
Then the question resolves itself
into whether we desire to get this
100000 from the State. Do we
desire to build nearly one hundred
miles ofgoo1 roads? Fit din't cast
you anything you would, would you
not? Now we come TO this propo-
sition. The cities of Louisville, Lex.
inston. Paducah, Covington, Frank.
tort and the rauilroads, automobiles,
breweries and distilleries of the
state are ready to build as many
miles OF roads in knox County as
the people in the county will build
TOR themselves How many miles
do you wsat the state to build tor
you. / want the state to build so
miles. And the only thing it will
cost the comfy to get 100 miles OF
6ne macadamized roads in Knox
County is to Aote for the 5000. 900
worth of bonds. 100000 from the
county secures 100000 from the
state. The town of Barbourville
will pay one third of this 5000, 900
which Knox Coucty votes. This
will only leave $134, 900 to be paid
by the people of the county outside
of Barbonrville, where the roads will
be built. OF this $134, 900 which
rural Knox County will pay, the
large corporations. mine owners,
ailroads. lumber companies etc
will pay approximately $4,000
This leaves but $4,000 to be paid
by the individual property owners,
such as lumber haulers, merchants
and farmers. Think Of i'll Rural
Knox County will get all Of one
hundred miles of splendid beautiful