The vidette. (Iuka, Tishomingo County, Miss.) 1912-1967, 1915-06-10
How To Get Good Roads.

OT Npiily~SlA Vi AOtty -Stkut anSii
cuiVeft, and he gets paid for the
exa<t number of feet that he puts
or uses in the road, which is also
determined before the contract is
ever bid on. The same is true
with gravel. which is bought by
the, ton either in the pit on the
road side. or cars at the unloading
point. This gravel is unloaded by
the ton and is hauled by the ton
mile. For instance-the success
full bidder will bid for each ton
mile hauled. These bids run
from nineteen to twenty-eight
cents, by that we mean, suppose
that you were awarded the con-
tract at twenty-five cents per ton
mile haul. 1t would mean that
you would receive twenty-five
cents for the first mile that you
hauled, and you would receive
forty four cents for the second
mile and sixty-six cents for the
third mile. and so on, adding
twenty-five cents for each mile
that was hauled. For instance,
everything that was put on the
road within a mile of the pit along
the road or from the unloading
point on the railroad he would re-
ccive twenty-five cents. Every
thing that was put within the
second mile he would receive for.
ty-four cents and everything with
in the third mile he would receive
sixty-six cents. He then makes a
bid of spreading and rolling this
gravel at so much per ton. You
can see by this there is possibly
no chance for any flushing in the
pay rolls and in the yardage. be-
cause the engineer files with the
Board of Supervisors a copy of
profiles of work done by him, OF
at least the Board should insist on
this being done. With this data
in hand any engineer, at any time,
can check it up, and in fact it can
be made SO plain that foolish
man can not misunderstood it,
If you felt that you were not get
ting what you were buying you
could check the work up aud see
whether or not it was being done
according to specifications. There
fore, there is no chance for anv of
the money to be diverted from its
proper channel, if you take the
common, precautions efforts to
see that the work is done right.
Now gentlemen, this is not a
wild dream, it is the result of
years of practical experience in
these lines. There is no reason
why you cannot get these roads,
and get them cheaper than anyone
else, because you have your ma
terial right on the road side. You
will have no trouble in getting the
necessary money to build your
roads. The burden that is going
to be laid on you for these roads
will be so small that you will not
know that there has neen any in
increase in your taxes. 1t will
open up your county for you so
that you can go about your county
and about your business any day
in the year, regardless of the
weather conditions. 1t enables
you to get your crops to the mar
ket with the least possible cost.
This gives you chance to work
your team during the idle months
when you are not busy in your
crops, Remember, that on these
roads you do not load your teams,
you load your wagon.
Now, this is not when the sun
is shining and hot, but i. is during
the months when it does not tax
your team to pull load into town.
You may have on your farm very
valuable timbers, but that timber
is worth nothing to you or anyone
else in the county until you get it
to market. You may have cot~
ton and corn, but you cannot get
the best price for it, unless you
should be able to deliver it to the
market. Which yon cannot do if
the roads are so bad you cannot
get over them with a buggy. You
may have someone sick that is near
and dear to you and if the doctor