Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1916-04-06

GOOD ROADS BOND PLAN"


stoned Taoye n the headline
out Barker District in attempt defeat issue for
good r roads iat 70 be voted upon next Tuesday
consistent the circular itself not what il pur
but is plan for bad will leave Barker District n
the mud for the next twenty years.
The writer Of this gone upon the
1neofy mat roy nfh i worse than whole e and seeks
correct and then inserting figures Of his own make up
winch are and untrue and evidently
at the head Of this circular for $4,000 and the
quoted for road for twenty
are erroneous and only originated in the
TO show the inconsistency figures aaoted in this Greg
he s tns cost te Of b By
ne second paragraph OF the reading matter this article
out the specifications for this road said that the re-
pairs or maintenance the end Of the years about
$4,000 per mile provided that the travel eight ter
times as much as at present which multiplied by eighteen nun
than this TAXPAYER would win have to be paid
for maintenance Of this road 50 plain that these
presenting to them truthful statement of the main
The above will denominate as "Falsehood No
calls attention street Of Phipp Which he saws was
macadamzed some years the depth Of IS inches in
and in fact made entirely Of sand
holes every tax Of Barbour County remember
w r@,se~11a NO. 3n the same paragraph the TAxPAYER
linton and that all the experience he
Williams did es eGas a oreaee n s.n e. e.
ability Of water bound macadam about fifteen
the same material and the same pc f
tons as is proposed for the roads Barker District that
during the fifteen had single repairs
maintenance but did that all the
whole speech he many different macadam roads
that had given entire satisfaction.
lar issued by grossly misleading for the
that the first table purpors show the issue
added the cost Of maintenance figured by a
pay While the second table only shows the building
half q the time that shown by the first table
levy than by issuing bonds being figured at ali on the
money expended in building roads by direct levy
about 100000 mile while under levy he figures
co only 6d per mile mile plain That would
whole proposition for the contractor could afford
build mile each year While the taxpayers IN
the will have the the during the ten
two is built each year. besides having roads over the
noe district torn up during the period Of ten and mpassa
bic Tor all conveyances except flying machines
FGlsGhood Mo Ile first paragraph Of the reading
that he nterrets the law and convey impression
that the election would be illegal because charter the City
lexington provides that the City OF Bengon shall build
own roads etc. but the decision M Attorney
ana that corporations and independent districts
are body polite IN themselves and chat Magsera
and general road law enacted il fe year 1918 Is
sequen to the charter Of Belneo which enacted II the
year l905,.and takes precedence it.
Foseh9od No sir"The third paragraph Of this circular
written by TAXPAYER would indicate that he is from the State
Of Pennsylvania something abop ba1ing roads but
from the theory advanced the conclusion naturally would he that
he older than etusala roads men
toned the kind of roads built times and before
science INVESTIGATION and experience Of both states and
nents determined that build two
feet Thick The with rock s in order e make stng and
the judgment Fauntee Ike senior engineer Of Ike aitl
States office Of public roads spent syea years ia
road to be built Barker District Of tie most
cal and best.