The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1918-04-03
And Find Out When and Why We
Are to Have Better Roads BreCk.
inridge County. Every Intelligent
Voter Has Given the Matter Some
Thought and Here is Persuasive
Answer for the How and When.

We feel sure that every intelligent
voter, who has given the matter
thought, expects and hopes that at
some time we will build and have better
roads In Breckinridge county. Then, it
we ever shall have them, when and
how?
Ii is urged by some, who are simply
looking for an excuse to vote against
the 20 ce Mt road tax, and an argument
against same, that it is not an oppor-
tune time now 10 vote this tax and to
begin the construction of roads, for the
reason that we are engaged in war, and
conditions are unsettled; that labor ana
material are high and scarce. As to
labor being scarce and material high,
,,this is true, but not in proportion to all
other prices. On the other hand there
was never a time in the history OF TINS
county when the people had more mon
ey, were more able to pay and would
feel the burden less.
Now Is the time of all times in the
past and perhaps for the future for our
people to begin to contribute towards
the building of pixies and permanent
roads.
Others complain that the road taxes
they already pay do not do much, or
any good, and for this reason they OBJ
ject to paying more. Now 1t is true
that the small sum of six or seven thou
sand dollars per annum, raised tor the
maintenance of our thousand miles OF
dirt roads is not sufficient to make a
great showing, but it does do good and
has year after year, even used In the
4 haphazard and unscientilic way that 1t
has be en- used. But this is aside from
the question.
1t is proposed that every dollar that
is raised from this special tax shall be
expended in the building of permanent
roads. under the immediate direction
and supervision of experienced road
engineers and the Commissioner of Pub
lie Roads of the State.
Breckenridge county will this year pay
into the State Road fund, through auto
mobile licenses and state road tax about
So 500 and this amount will incr ease
year BY year. So long as we are limit
ed TO road fund for the entire county
of about $1,000 and all of this is required
TO maintain our dirt roads, we will
never get dollar of this amount back.
As heretofore said, we now have a
law whereby the State will pay 70 per
cent of the cost of construction of state
aid roads in this county. In other words
it gives us 81 for every So we put up.
If we put up either by taxation or pri-
vate subscription or both together $50,
OOO, T. State will add to that and make
us present of $40 600; making grand
total of 100000. This at So, 600 mile
will build 20 miles of splendid pike.
The 20 cent tax will produce annually
from $4,000 to $4,000.
We believe that the farmers and tax
payers, who live on and are interested
in the construction of any 20 miles of
proposed pike in this county would
contribute not less than 900 to Sc
cure and guarantee such road passing
their way. This then when supple
mented by one years revenues of $40,
600 produces the said sum of $50. 600 to
which the State will add the said $40,
600 making the total of the 100000 TO
build the proposed TWENTY MILES
OF PIKE.
There will be no additional poll tax,
so that the man who does not pay on
real estate or tangible property will not
pay one cent of ii.
The man who lives on or near a pro.
posed pike, who pays taxes on thou
sand dollar farm, would pay ~ year
for ten years. Think Of it, for the sum
of $40 with ten years to pay 1t in that
man will secure a splendid road which
will make his farm worth $1,000. and
easier to sell even at that price than it
Is now.
Can you afford 1t Mr.. Farmer Can
you afford to miss itl Now wake up
and get busy. Be reasonable and SEN
sible about it.
BRECKENRIDGE BOOSTER CLUB.