The Winslow mail., 1920-06-04
HIGHWAY BONDS ELECTION

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the Board of Supervisors to be held
on June 18th, for the purpose of sub
mitting to the taxpaying voters the
question of raising funds through the
issuance of bonds amounting
to $15000000 for the improvement of
the highways of the county.
While it is true that larger part
of this money is proposed to be spent
: on the main travelled roads, this is
believed to be the best policy for two
reasons: first, the improvement of
these roads is largely met by Govern
ment aid, dollar for dollar, or in other
words, the taxpayer is getting his
road for fifty cents on the dollar.
Second, when funds are provided
through this bond issue to give the
roads carrying the heavy traffic
good surface, the cost of mainte-
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to minimum and the regular county
funds may be used Immediately to
biuld and improve roads leading to
the dry farming and live stock COM
munities; and this bond election is
really called for the purpose of
promptly improving all the roads of
the county. so that the travelling pub
lie will have no just cause for COM
plant of bad roads in any section.
However. almost every travelling
taxpayer will receive direct benefit
from the Improvement of the main
roads. Considering that the annual
tax rate will only be increased about
Is cents in the $4,000 of assessed
valuation, that the larger share Of
taxes is paid by nonresident corpo-
rations that 80 percent of the resi-
dent taxpayers will pay less than So
per annum of additional taxes. it is
self evident that the cost is so small
that very little use of an improved
road will be good investment for
the tax payer.
Apart from the argument of benefits
Of the actual use of the highways. it
is believed that every citizen has the
welfare Of the entire county at heart
as well as his particular affairs or
community and the prosperity of any
class of business means prosperity
for all in the reduction of taxes thru
increased general wealth of the coun-
ty through the reduction in the cost
Of farm products.
Following is the report of the high
way commission showing how this
money is to be spent, in order that
the taxpayer may be fully informed
before casting his ballot:
Report of Navajo County Highway
Commission
Recommendation by County High
way Commission of Navajo County
for amouts to be appropriated for
construction work on the various
roads in the County from sale of road
bonds, said bonds to be voted at
bond election called by the Board of
Supervisors of Navajo County, State
of Arizona:
/. Holbrook to Apache
County line to connect
with Springerville-St.
Johns road, ............$ 100000
2. Holbrook to Winslow,. 100000
3. Winslow to Coconino
County line Zine Old
Trails Highway ........ 100000
4. Bridge over Cotton
wood. five miles east of
Winslow. .... 100000
S. Holbrook to Apache
County line. north Of
Adamana on line of
Holbrook- Gallup high
way. o,UUU.UU
6. Winslow north to the
Moqui Reservation line. sc, 900 90
7. Holbrook south to
Snowflake to. connect
with road now being
built by U. s. Forest
Service. .. $4,000 90
g. Holbrook north to
Moqui Reservation, ..... 100000
8. From road south of
Snowflake now being
constructed by U. s.
Foest Service to Pine
dale, 5000. 90
10. Bridge at Taylor. .... .12. 100000
$15O.OOo.O 90