The Raymer enterprise. (New Raymer, Weld County, Colo.) 1910-19??, 1919-11-06
SEASONS ROAD
WORK COMPLETED

Win the exception OF nnishing up
a little road now being done south
of town, the work for this season is
done.
1t had been expected that more
could be accomplished, but the orda
comes that work must cease, and or
ders must be obeyed. so II more is
done before another spring, 1t will
have to be by donation work.
This school district has paid this
year in county road tax about
$4,000. In addition to this 1t has
paid nearly $1,000 to the state high
way fund and We believe that It has
paid in auto licences nearly as much
as to the highway fund.
or the amounts paid In auto H.
cense and to the state highway fund
the county commissioners get but
little chance at. ~
AT the beginning Of the season, an
effort was made to commit Mr.. Rowe
to allowing us an amount for our
road work approximating the tax
We paid into the county road fund.
This never seemed to appeal to him,
but he did finally agree to allow
$4,000 for new work, and leave re-
pair work made necessary by floods
to be taken care of In excess Of that
amount, and We understood that the
state highway repairs would be
borne in equal proportions by this
$4,000 appropriation and the county.
or state road fund.
In the meantime, Mr.. Carnahan
believed that he had pursuaded Mr..
Rowe to stretch our appropriation to
$4,000.
Last week Mr.. Carnahan was notI-
fled that he had already exceeded his
appropriation and that no more mon
ey could be expended.
When the notice came to cease
work, Mr.. Carnahan and Mr.. Allen
went over the bills sent in from here
and sanctioned by them, and they
could not see where they had used
up the appropriation.
According to their figures, they
had expended about $2,500 for work
Of all kinds, new work and repair
work, including considerable OF
work done on the highway.
They went to Greeley and found
that they had us charged with near
ly $4,000.
II seemed impossible to compare
the figures and learn where the dis
crepancy was in the short time at
their disposal, but they were told
that all bills mailed at Raymcr. had
been charged to us; so that proba-
bly, Raymer is charged with some
work not done In this district.
However, according to the best
that can be shown. this school dis
trict pays about $1,000 for road sup
port and gets back not in excess OF
$4,000, or less than one-half; or from
the county road fund. we receive
about go percent Of what we pay. II
all other portions of the county are
receiving like treatment, 40 percent
of the road tax is used to retire regis
tered road warrants, with nothing re-
ceiyed in return from taxes paid to
state highway fund or from the auto
mobile license
And at that we have received bet
ter treatment for our roads this year
than ever before.
We believe that we have been
better treated han many of the sur
rounding districts.
In fairness to the Commissioners.
IL should be said that 1t Is their pur-
pose to use the funds to retire reg
istered warrants which is right, but
since these registered warrants were
caused by work on roads in. other
parts Of the county 1t seems little
tough on us to have to help pay 1t.
However. we have been helping pay
Weld county debts. and probably
they feel that they will not have us
to help in these matters much long
er.
We believe that northeast Weld
county is paying now and has paid
for the past ten years twice as much
into the road fund Of the county as
has been expended upon the roads OF
that part OF the county. We would
not at all surprised II the truth were
known, that We have not received
quarter OF our taxes back in road
work VIII this continue for another
ten years?
When we compare what what we
have paid in taxes to the road fund
to what has been expended on our
roads. We feel like making a kick:
when we compare what has been
expended this year with what we
have been able to get before. we feel