Crittenden record-press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1909-191?, 1916-05-25
The Last Call To All Interested
in The Good Roads Bond issue
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A great deal has been and is
being said regarding good roads,
and the road bonds. | would
like space to say a few words
about one thing in connection
with the present question. that
has so far not been touched on
in any article | have yet seen in
your paper. Viz: maintenance
We voters are told by enthusi-
asst for good roads, that the roads
will be permanent roads that
to a great many means when
roads are once constructed eX-
pence on them ceases, but does
it?
The advocates, both for and
against Bond issue, give US little
or no information on cost of
maintaining hard surfaced roads.
so we look elsewhere.
U. S. Government Bulletin
number 1876 gives cost of main
tanning macadamized roads at
Five hundred twenty five dollars
(S525.OO), per mile per year
counting resurfacing each seven
or eight years. Mr.. R. c. Ter
rel, Commissioner of roads of Ky.
estimates the cost of maintaining
macadam roads 10 per cent of
cost of construction. In event
we accept State Aid, all roads
must be constructed under the
supervision of Mr.. Terrell and
his assistants. In France when
4 for over one hundred years they
have maintained the best road
J system in the world the average
cost of maintaining is 3 per cent
Of construction. Let us for sake
of argument and not to be I'M
+ fair, cut Mr. Terre's estimate
3 one half (which seems enough to
o cut it. J and it gives our cost of
E maintenance at D per cent. Now
a assume that bond issue. of
D S1S5. 10000 SlU,OCOOOis spent
S for machinery and etc leaving
% $l75,OgO00 TO actually 20 nor
Iroads. 5 percent yearly fur
maintenance means IS, 7jO.0l
y yearly, add this 10 interest Of
% 50, 250.OO and we have an annua
a expenditure Of SlS,OlO.0o inter
y est and maintenance. Should
q MIR. Terrel be correct, land hs
should know something of it,
70 we would have an annual cost of
= S26. 5000. On our present as
j. sessed value 20 cents on eaCt
$4,000. is S756LOI Noone fig
% ures our state aid to exceed SO.
b coo 90 yearly so you can readily
i see in order to reduce our indebt
% edness we must neglect to main
< tain our roads and that is falls,
e economy.
u Please bear in mind, state aiC
is for construction and not fol
maintenance. Chapter 81 sec
u ton u of state aid law reads: tn,
fiscal court of any CO., receiving
. State aid Shall appropriate stuff
y cient money to keep in good re
pair and free from obstruction.
any and all roads in it's bound
j. aries now properly constructed
n and in good repair, and al
Il roads constructed under this act
Il the cost of all repair
e and removal of obstruction,
Is shall be paid by the county treas
S urer upon the order of the count!
court signed by the Judge there
e of and all bills for repairs or fol
IS removal of distractions shall b,
IS by affidavit and shall be certified
y to be correct by the County RoaC
IS Engineer. "
y You can readily see by thi
u section all repairs must be at tn,
II expense of the county, and from
" investigation on maintenance il
: is easy to see instead Of repair,
: being las support tiers of bond is
sue would have you believe,
practically nothing" II we are t,
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