The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1919-03-12
GENERAL DISTRIBUTION OF ALL
FUNDS

IL,
,gency Boud Fund .. G,0s2. 30
Gladevillc District, Maintenance
and District Funds j. 1861. 90
Gladcvilic District. 1918 Elmer
gency Bond Fund ARA 60
l.ipps District Maintenance and
, district Funds :.-.@,,.. s.7le.7o
Lipps District. 1915 Emergency
Bond Fund .e.....'.... a.67i .Gs
Lipps District, 1916 Bond Fund 10, 9iG. i5
Robertson District, District
Fund ............ LOGS. ~
Total t....... SGi, 07l %
Early in the yearit will be re-
membered there was an OK.
tremely high freshet which
damaged the roads of the coun.
ty to an extent of about $50, 900.
90, including that portion then
in the town of Big Stone Gap
which has since reverted to the
county. To take care of some
of this unusual damage the
State Legislature was petition
ed to grant the Board of Super
visors the privilege of issuing
serial bond To the extent of $50.
000.o0. $50, 100000 of these bonds
were issued and sold, $l3, 530.GG
of which was spent in 1918, and
distributed as follows:
Lipps District 50 .G9l 68, Glade
vile District $t,777.60, and Rich
mond District 81, 0S2.SS.
Joint State and County funds
were used on the following
roads:
st. Paul to Coeburn. Norton.
Appalachia and Big Stone Gap
to Lee County Line; Coeburn to
Cranes Nest Commissary, Nor.
ton to Wise and Appalachia to
Stonega.
The State Funds referred to
were derived from automobile
licenses and were distributed
among various counties of the
State for maintenance purposes.
The 1918 Legislature adopted
State System of roads, and
since June 9Th last year, the
funds received from this source
have been applied to mainten-
ance on the State System there
fore the County System will de.
pend entirely on direct taxes for
maintenance in the future, OK
cept in few cases when State
Aid money will be used for that
purpose.
Last year the county was ap.
portioned about IS, $4,000 under
the State Aid Law. In accord
anc with an old agreement this
fund was TO be spent in Rober-
son District In 1919 we will
receive from this source about
the same amount, which will
be distributed among the vari-
GUS districts of the county in
proportion to their assessed val
uatiou.
AS in the case of the State
Maintenance Fund, this fund
must be met by an equal amount
either of County or District
funds. In order for the Rober.
son District to equal the State
Aid apportioned IT in 1888 it
will be necessary for this Dis
trict to issue bonds this year, as
the District Funds are not suiii
cient. a movement is now on
foot to petition the Circuit Court
in April to call an election on
this question.
The Richmond District por-
ton OF the State Aid fund viii
be used for maintenance on the
Valley Road, that of the Glade
vile District or constructing n
road from Kent junction to
Roaring Fork and in the Lipps
District TO the Bull Run Road
will be graded with it's proper
ton of this fund.
The roads included in the
State System in the county are
the main road from St. Paul to
rn-Tacoma-N Norton Appa.
lachia and Big Stone Gap to Lee
County Line and from Coeburn
to Clintwood.
The State is taking over for
maintenance the latter road
from Coeburn to Cranes Nest
and about % miles Of main road.
This includes the following sec
tions:
From the end of the present