The log cabin Democrat., 1920-10-27
.FAyORS PERSONAL TAXES FOR ROADS COUNTY JUDGES REPORT Is Devoted Mainly to Subject of Roads Says Hard Surfaced Highways
 Mark New Era.

Devoting the principal portion of his
 address to the subject of roads, with
 particular reference to the highway
 improvement districts of Faulkner
 county, the annual report of County
 Judge J. A. Lea, submitted to the
 quorum court this afternoon, recom-
 mended the adoption of constitution
 al amendment which would allow per
 sona property as we'll as real estate to be taxed for the improvement of public highways. Judge Lea also rec ommends the abolishment of free la bor on county roads. He says he has given whole-hearted support to the highway projects in this county as ere ated by the last legislature.
 The report in full follows:
 During my administration, the leg islature of Arkansas saw fit to create six special road improvement districts -one for the purpose of building a hard surfaced road from Conway to the north line of Faulkner county at Damascus; one for the purpose of building a hard surfaced road from Conway to the east line of Faulkner county through Vilonia; one for the purpose of building hard surfaced road from Conway to the Pulaski county line at Palarm; one for build ing hard surfaced road from Con- way west to the Arkansas river bot tom and through the bottom to May flower; one for the purpose of build ing hard surfaced road from Holmes store to Mt. Vernon through Enola and with a lateral running to Naylor, and one for the purpose of building a hard surfaced road from Wooster to the county line at Quitman through Green brier and Guy. Only three of these road. districts have begun actual oper- ations-the Conway and Damascus road district, the Conway and Vilonia road district and the Conway and Palarm road district. These three dis tricts have let contracts for the build ing of high erade. hard-surfaced roads with concrete bridges and culverts, and the total cost of all of the work on these roads will be approximately $1, ,250, ,000.00 In order to pay for this work bonds have been issued and a tax will be collected on real estate in each of these districts, including the entire city of Conway, and the prop erty of the Missouri Pacific Railroad Company.
 The building of these hard surfaced roads will mark the beginning of a new epoch in Faulkner county. These roads when completed can be travelled at any time of the year and man living 20 miles distant from the rail road on one of these roads will be as near to town as a man living on a dirt road two or three miles has been in the past. The building of these roads will stimulate other road build ing and 1 hope to see Faulkner county in the lead in the matter of good roads within the next few years. The work on the Conway and Damascus road deserves special mention. In this dis trlct great dump IS being built across the Cadron and Beaver Fork bottoms and to permit the passage of the flood water a concrete and steel trestle nearly one-fourth of a mile in length is to be constructed. This will be one of the most expensive pieces of road work that has been done in the state, but the engineers state that when it is completed it will be a permanent improvement, and that a person living north of the Cadron can start to town any time of the year and know that he can safely cross the Cadron bottoms. The present plans call for the rd-surfacing of all of these roads with crushed stone with an asphaltic binder, which will make a smooth, lasting surface and one