Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1916-01-14
MAJORITY OF CITIZENS
FAVOR BOND ISSUE PLAN
Mass Meeting Overwhelmingly
Votes to Complete Roads by
Old Method Rather Than
Pay.As-You-Go Plan.

An enthusiastic road mass-meeting
was held in the Court House last
Monday for the purpose of devising
ways and means for completing the
roads already ommencoI-close up
gaps-building other new roads need
ed, and maintaining the roads here
after built.
How to raise the necessary money
by increasing the road levy or by
bond issues in the different districts,
was the main question before the
meeting. The sentiment of the meet
ing seemed to be decidedly in favor of
bond issues.
In separate meeting Of represen-
tatives of Jeffersonville district, vote
taken showed that 35 were in favor OF
bond issue and only votes for
increasing the road levy.
Clear Fork resolved upon a bond
issue sufficient to complete the roads
laid out or called for in the original
bond issue, and maximum levy of
80 cents for maintenance.
The Maiden Spring representatives
wanted nothing more. The remain
der of their bond issue money and
the regular levy, they say, will ena-
BILE them to complete their roads with
the convict labor, and maintain them.
They failed to point out how the four
or five miles of mud roads beyond
Copenhave1's to the Russell county
line will be completed. 1t is said that
reconsideration of the action of the
representatives of the Cove people
in the meeting here, will likely be
had and vote taken on the issuing
of bonds for completing this stretch
of much needed road, which is the
only mud hole not provided for in the
Bluefeld-Britsol highway.
The amount of the proposed bond
issue for Jeffersonville district will
be considerably over 100000, cnd
a like amount will be proposed for the
Clear Fork district
1t is proposed to have the present
Tazewell county road law amended
which will enable the people of the
county to spend the money for roads
regardless of the highway commits
sion.
Committees Appointed.
Committees were appointed to ar
range for carrying the work forward,
as follows: To select and decide
where the money raised should be
spent. get estimates. etc, of COST
Jeffersonville district-A. st. Clair,
d. w. Lynch. X. D. r. Harman, Joe
Riley, C. p. Harman, A. R. Beavers,
w. t. Corell, Dan Thompson.
Clear Fork-Dr. L. j. Stump, R. S.
Mustard. A. St. Clair, E. X. Crock
ett, McTeer Saunders, 7. l.. Shuttle
barger, B. P. Butt, Geo. A. Martin,
as chairman and G. A. Martin sec
retary.
Road Law Amendments.
Maccrc Ro,,ao ID n C,only
and A. S. Higginbotham, with the
Commonwcalth's Attorney, were ap-
pointed to draft an amendment to
the Tazewell road law, to be presents
ed to the Legislature now in session
providing for increasing the county
levy, and otherwise amending the
road law of the county, so as to put
the entire management of the roads,
ETC., in the hands and under the su-
pervision of home authorities.
-Four citizens from each district
were added to this committee. viz
Clear Fork District-H. S. Bowen,
e. X. Crockett, T.. M. Moss, c. S.
Minter.
Jeffersonville-D. B. Daniels, ]. D. |
Peery, A. st. Clair, and X. ID. r. Har-
man.
Maiden Spring-W. L. C. Burke,
M. F. Brown, S. j. Thompson and j.
G. Barns.
Bond Issue Petitions.
The following were appointed to
circulate petitions for a bond issue:
]. S. Brownin, Pocahontas; S. p. Mus
tard, Abbs Valley; J. Fl. Wagner, of
Bluestone; ]. D. Billips, Tip Top; L.
L. Shufflebarger, Cove Creek; Frank
Cox, Grafton; Hiram Showers, Burke's
Garden; R. B. Williamson, Graham;
I. H. Harry, Falls Mills, with C. j.
Moss as chairman and G. A. Martin
secretary.
A General mass-meeting will be
held here on Saturday, the 22nd, to
hear the reports from these several
committees.
Supervisor D. B. Daniels was the
chairman and w. G. O'Brien, secre-
tary of this meeting.