Richmond daily register. (Richmond, Madison County, Ky.) 1917-1978, 1919-10-18
|BOICCS URGES MADISON
TO VOTE SPECIAL TAX


u s. . s
If Madison county people
ever hope to have system OF
modern good roads, it is time
to act now. The 20 cent road tax
must be voted on November 4th.
This was the gist of the message
that State Road Commissioners
Joe S. Boggs brought from his
office at Frankfort, to his home
people, and told gathering of
business menland farmers at the
courthouse Friday night.
Mr.. Boggs expressed the most
insistent desire to help his home
county obtain good roads. But
he said he cannot do this unless
the people will help themselves.
He said that the Federal govern
Il has set aside $5,OOO,OOO to
Spend in Kentucky to make the
roads better. Madison county
can get full share Of this great
fund, but to do SO she will have
to put up dollar for dollar. She
will have to build premanent
roads of type which the govern
ment approves as good and last
ing, and dsnot makeshifts, such as
She has had in the past and which
wear out within year or two,
.,and really become little better
than dirt roads unless large
sum is spent upon them for
maintenance. 80
I Figures that Mr., Boggs gave
! sof theroad work and generous
response that the people of 9th
er communities in Kentucky are
making to secure good highways
show Madison up in an unenvi-
able light in that respect. Pike
county has voted million and a
half dollars, to build just 90
+, miles of road, which western
Kentucky counties are giving
millions of dollars for the Fed
eral Highway, and road building
= is going by leaps and bounds in
\ every section. Mr.. Boggs said
that he is extremely anxious to
see old Madison go to the front
and will do everything he can but
he cannot hold any part of that
federal $5,OOO,OOO for Madison
unless her people are willing to
do their part.
1t was suggested that a COM
mittee of citizens, farmers and
business men, might be named
to cooperate and assist the Fis-
cal court in mapping out pro-
gram, setting forth the exact
purpose for which the money
raised from the road tax would
be used. County Engineer Bax-
ter and DR.. d. ]. Williams, of the
Fiscal Court thought this would
be good plan, and it was de-
cided to request Judge Price to
call the Fiscal Court together
early next week to take up the
matter.
Judge Baxter, r. E. Turley and
others, in informal talks, laid
stress on the matter as busi-
ness standpoint. The govern
ment wants to give Madison
county several hundred thousand
dollars to build better roads and
it appears to all who have inves-
Hgated the matter, the height of
smess folly not to accept the
ker. The governments money
is available for us at once, and is
paid monthly and sufficient sum
can be secured to build good
roads in every section of the
county. Mr.. Boggs pointed out
that Madison has some $50 miles
bf pike and some 800 miles Of
|irt roads. He said that Estill
county has already appropriated
i the money to build the pike from
Irvine to the Madison county
z line in first class shape, and Mad
ison must do her part to bring
the road on this way for this
highway will be one of the big
gest business feeders for the
farmers and business men of
y Madison Of any coming into the
community. He pointed out that
Madison spends about $4,000 a
year on maintenance of her roads
the same sum that has been spent
each for the past half dozen
years, but now materials, labor
and evrything that enter into
road building cost three or four
times as much as three or four
years ago and the road money
now available will not begin to
cover the requirements.
The suggestion of Committee
az farmers and Business men to