Norwich bulletin., 1916-03-06

for a new trial within the period of seven days allowed by laws and before the sentence of imprisonment for life is pronounced upon James Rego Mel low.
 The present session of the Rhode
 Island general assembly has declared for an additional tax of three cents for the purpose of building good roads in the state. Already there have been issued three bond issues of $60000O each, the interest and sinking fund of which amounts to $95,035 a year; ac- cording to recent report of the state
 board of public roads the estimated income from registration fees of auto mobiles the coming year will be about SIS5, OOO, and the special three cent tax, the income of which will be used in road work, will amount approximately to S20S,9O0. If the registration fund and the revenue from the special tax are all expended this year the total cost to the state for the maintenance of its system of 325 miles will be ap- proximately $49S,900 Of this amount, the five cities, Providence, Newport, Pawtucket, Central Falls and WoOn- socket, whose highways are not in cluded in the state system. will con-
 tribute about S326,443, while the cities of Cranston and the 33 towns in which
 the good roads are located will con- tribute s1T2,457, or approximately 32 per cent.
 Not one of the 33 towns will con- tribute to the state the entire amount for this purpose, if the announced plan Of spending the revenue of the special three cent tax for state highways is carried out. The proportion varies, apparently. 'Eithout any regard to the number of miles constructed in each town or the number of automobiles owned by residents. In considering the problem 1t seems logical to credit to the towns the registration fees of cars, which money is used in maintenance of highways; the towns should also be credited with the revenue of the three cent tax which will be assessed with 1 the intention of applying it to high way purposes, and they should also be l credited with the prOportionate part of | the interest of the sinking fund upon l bonds issued for the roads already i built The average fee of each vehicle | is approximately $1O a year. The in
 terest and sinking fund upon the bonds | already issued is taken from the gen. | eral fund and is appOrtiOned according 10 the valuation, as is also the special | three cent tax. With these items it is | possible to arrive at the approximate amount which each town and city con- | tributes toward the building and main | tenance of the roads The total amount l to be received will be approximately | $49S,900, and after liberal deduction fol | office and department expenses will
 leave an average of $1,475 to be ex-
 pended upon each of the 325 miles ot
 road in the state highway system By | this method the saving to the town ot Westerly would be as follows:
 Registration fees, S5,46O; interest ana 1 sinking fund, S1.533; three cent tax S3,119 total contribution by the town
 S10, 112: miles of road, IA; cost to tn, state, S20,650: cost to town. S1O,53S 1 Westerly contributes $722 a mile Tn,
 other shore road towns contribute pe
 mile as follows: East Greenwich. S1 ,
 $40; North Kingstown, S221; Nara
 gansett, $493; South Kingstown, s39O Charlestown, S73.