The Elk Mountain pilot., 1920-03-11
THE QUESTION OF ROADS
Should tho County Fund. Used tn.

The Gunnison Empire
Some weeks since at Commercial Association meet
ing of asking help from the County Commits
scners the maintenance and Improvement of city
streets brought up dsuessed. At the close of
talk decided to ask for part of the road fund
raised by the taxing of town property
On last Saturday morning H. H. Fogg and E. M.
Ncurso spokesmen for the Commercial Association met
with the commissioners They accompanied by a
large delegation of members of the association and all in
that thousand dollars of $4,000 alleged to be
the amount paid in road tax by city property be handed
ever for expenditure within the city limits.
After full discussion the commissioners declined to
make such disposition of the road money.
Following that meeting much talk has been had BY
citizens pro The Empire feels that in Justice to
the clear statement of the actual
conditions should be made and have taken the trouble
investigate and facts and figures that seem to
conclusive that the municipality should not ask for
this money.
begin with the city pays only about one thirteenth
the the county That part of the amount it
pays which gees the road fund actually needed and
much than reads leading into the coun-
ty seat Those who live city and who pay the
other of the taxes think justly in
opinion that the county should pay part of
the maintenance of the county roads.
If the commissioners to have granted the re-
quest of the Gunnson Commercial
Association would have opened the rc for every other
municipality to request like treatment
The nun cpalities have their own opportunity for
raising funds They have the oppor-
tunty levy needed in the of taxes for that
purpose
We note that Gunnison county is preenng itself on
the lower in this county than in any
other credtabe for this to be the case
raising enough money for actual needs 1t is
not credit If making the levy so low that
actual needs are being neglected
This coming year Mr.. Whalen must have from the
fund $4,000 to match with $4,000 from the u
S. the State of Colorado the matter of construct
ing the Crested Butte Somerset road Mr.. Miller must
the fund S225 800 the of S67-
advanced by the Government the Blue Mesa road
On other smaller projects and for maintenance the
match $4,000 additional funds from
tho Government and State
The Empire does desire to be unduly critical OF
what has occurred in the past in the Of exending
what money the city did raise for road but
believe speak the sentiments of vast majority
when that have not received full value for the
money expended The work has not been done as to
secure tangible results We very confident that If
road fund for last had been handed over
Bert Warner. who did most of the street work, with
orders to make go far possible in making our
better that he would have secured much better
results than obtained
Much of the city having % miles Of streets
It might we'll be taken consideration that more than
1870 Of those % miles have not had dollar expended
the past ten Comparatively speaking
If five miles of the citys streets given careful At
during the coming the results would be such
as to cause comment II we need more money than We