Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1917-04-26

we will not get at least 125 miles
OF roads is just against the bonds
and would rather see the road
hands digging with pick and
shovel than to pay his part of
the taxes and have good roads.
Where Will the Reads Bs Built
The road commissioners eau
not expend one dollar Of this
money except as the law directs.
Ii they should try to do so any
taxpayer can apply to a Judge of
the superior court and have them
restrained from expending the
money except as the law directs
This bond election is called under
the Pratt law. | drew the order
under this act because it provi-
ded that the money should 20 to
each township. That provision
OF the law Is as follows: The
County road commission shall
apportion the funds arisingfrom
the sale of said bonds and use the
same in the several townships OF
the county issuing said bonds,
as nearly as may be, in proper.
tion to the assessed tax valua.
tion of said township, the inten.
tion being that each township
shall receive and have expended
on roads within it's borders, or
on the roads built for it's benefit,
affair and equitable proportion
OF the money arising from the
bonds issued, authorized by this
act. Thus each township will
get it's part of the money. If one
of the roads to be built is to be q
state highway and should be
built from Deep Gap to Trade
Tenn, to connect with the Viii.
kes and johnson county high.
way, this road would be con.
structed out of the money ap.
portioned to Stony Fork, Boone
and Cove Creek townships. II
Caldwell and Ashe vote bonds
and the state highway should be
built from Blowing Rock to the
Ashe county line then the
townships through which thit
road would pass through would
have to build it. There is no way
: under this law by which any town
ship can be deprived of it's pro
portional part of this money.
Had you thought what q high
; way through the county would
be worth? What has the roac
, from Boone to Lenoir been wortf
to Watauga county? There is nc
way by which this can be figuret
out in dollars, but every maj
5 knows but for this road, Watau
ga would not be the great coun
! ty that she il. This road ha
] kept us on the map. Yet the toll
! collected from Watauga count!
, on these two roads has and nov
amounts to about 49, 900 ayeaI
b. The important turnpikes OF tn
D county should be taken over b,
j. the road commissioners and stO
!. this toll paying.
t The mud tax is our creates
tax. Most all the past winter
took a good team to haul on
thousand pounds. With goo
roads this same team would hal
L three thousand pounds with les
= cussing on the part OF the drivel
y There is not q farmer who haul
y as much as two loads of produt
e but would save enough to pa
his part OF the road tax. Witt
D. out counting the mud tax, wha
70 in money, do our present roat
> cost us a year? Zee these figure
- Toll on all turnpike In county, $50
4 Public labor, 1850 men at
4 $1.00 per day, six days, $3.50
" Under present law 30 cents OH
,r hundred dollar valuation $7,5
III Per year. ....................s2 $685.
n The interest on bonds, ....... $10,O
10 Balance In favor Of county. $l5,5'
8. Now add this to what we fl
m to get from the Federal aid ful
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