The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1915-05-06

"a. by cutting lne Ounkh on
! to slope. That means for
every foot rise, We cut bank
foot. This will be done ON all
graveled roads.
Q. What will be done with the
bad hills on these grayeled roads?
A. Before the gravel is plac-
ed the hills will all be cut 10
a 3 per cent maximum grade
Q. What do you mean by 81
per cent maximum grade?
A. A 5 foot rise in every 100
feet of length.
Q. What are some of the
grades on our roads now?
A. s, 10 and as high as 10 per
cent.
Q. Are these hills and side
banks TO be cut with the bond
money!
A. Yes, that is a part of the
proposed Improvement.
Q. You say that better drag.
ging will improve our dirt roads
90 per cent. Why build gravel
roads at all?
A. While better dragging will
improve the dirt roads so that
you will have much less dust in
the summer time, there will al.
ways be a couple of months IN
the winter time when thsee roads
will be impossible from mud.
Under the climatic conditions of
this section of Kentucky, your
dirt roads will never be more
than nine or ten months roads.
At the meeting in Fulton, the
following questions were asked:
Q. What Is the principal bene.
fit, in your mind, which the
farmers receive from hard roads?
A. The principal benefit the
farmer will get from hard roads
is being able to market produce
at the top price of the market, or
in other words, TO haul or ride
ON the main roads on any day in
the year without hindrance or
difficulty. The average farmer
In Fulton county today is forced
to take just about what is offer
ed him, as he must haul at Ger
tain seasons.
Q. Is that guess work or do
You know
A. / am informed on the best
of authority of two cases which |
will mention:
Mr.. j. W. Wade had the prob
lem last August, after war had
begun in Europe and everyone
knew that all food stuff would
Immediately rise in price, of haul.
ing his 1000 bushels wheat crop
TO Fulton then and making sure
of getting it there, or of taking
chance of the roads becoming
impossible when the price was
high and not being able TO haul
1t off. Having had experience
with Fulton county roads before,
he marketed his 1000 bushels in
August at soc n bushel. When
wheat touched $l65 bushel in
January, he was nearly sick a
bed when he realized he had lost
over $4,000 by not takin chance
on the roads.
The other ease | will mention
is that of Mr.. Morgan Davidson,
who decided TO hold over his
wheat, amounting TO 100 bushels
for the best price. Wheat was
quoted in Fulton on January 20
at $l.65, although none could be
delivered on that day. Mr.. Day
idson finally got the last of his
wheat in on the 18th of Feb
ruary and got SLIGO bushel for
1t, after hiring about all the
neighbours teams he could get TO
help him out, although he had
four teams in his own barn. Mr..
Davidson told me that this ex
ira team hire cost him $3.50, but
he neglected TO state whether
this was the whole amount of
the team hire or for one day on.
ly.
My argument is that either Mr..
Wade or Mr. Davidson could have
safely waited for the high price
if they had graveled roads TO
haul over, and Mr.. Davidson
could have done his hauling in
212 days with his own teams.
There are hundreds of cases of
that sort in this county that you
people know of better than |.
Every farmer in the county has