The daily times., 1921-05-13
Impossible For The State
To sell Good Roads Bonds.
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we need is the steam and the energy
and the right sort of care and judg-
ment in handling our affairs and we
can become the greatest section in
the world.
Mr.. Cameron called attention to
the state of the money market and
the inability even to borrow money
at six percent on short term paper,
and SO it is more difficult for the
state to sell it's five year road bonds,
so in conclusion he appealed to the
people of Wilson county to finance
it's own roads.
Mr.. Connor was called on and de-
livered a very interesting talk on the
subject. Mr.. Connor agreed with Mr..
Cameron that the time for prOpa-
ganda had passed and that we must
get busy in this county If we shall
have any part in the good roads. He
said that he appreciated the fact that
Mr.. Cameron had said that he looked
over the roads around Wilson yester-
day and found that the county COM
missioners had been doing good work
and preparing the roads for the
reception of the concrete or hard sur
face whenever there was money pro-
vided to build them. He also support
ed Mr.. Cameron in the statement
that Wilson county could get all the
bonds she wanted from Raleigh, even
loI1 oh
pay par for them, and this is the
only way you will get your roads
Mr.. Connor said. He said he would
be opposed to the county commiss-
toner's borrowing money on short
term notes since that would make
the interest charge too great. He said
that it is a fact that the state built
the railroads, and that the develop
ment and the cities was along the
line Of these roads showing that
transportation is the big thing in
the development of the country, and
so it is with roads. With the coming
of the truck, and the hauling of much
of the produce with motor cars the
1
is going to get the business.
Mr.. Connor called attention to the
25 mNes of roads built in this town
ship several years ago at a cost of
100000. While he would not say
that our tobacco market is due en-
tirely to these roads he thought they
had contributed much to it's growth.
He said that interest eats heavy into
the resources of people and that we
need not expect to get the money
either from the cities of the north
or the west, but that we must do
our own financing. He called atten-
tion to the amount of interest the
state had paid on the bonds of the
railroads it had built and that it had
paid 24O percent interest since the
fifties when they were constructed.
Mr.. w. A. Lucas followed Mr..
Connor. He said that he had recently
taken a trip through Green and Pitt
and found good roads in the main
while he was away. The worst
stretch of road in all the journey
was found in. the suburbs of Wilson.
Mr.. Lucas got after the county COM
missioners for not increasing the tax
rate in order to build roads. Mr.. Lane
who was present said that up to last
year the commissioners could not
levy for r ,ads an increase of more
than ten cents on the hundred dol
lars, but admitted there was no limit
up to thirty cents this year. Mr.. Lucas
also blamed the commissioners for
not erecting a new court house, say
ing they were empowered to call an
election to vote bonds under an act
of the legislature. He said Wilson
county did not have sufficient room
to transact it's business and called at
tention to other counties where sub
stantial and ample buildings had
been provided.
A running fire Of questions and
answers then ensued between Mr.
Cameron, Mr.. Tomlinson, DR.. Crock
er, Mr.. Lucas, Mr.. J. c. Eagles, Mr.
Ben Eagles, Mr.. Connor asked and
answered questions.
In response to questions Mr.. Lane
stated that sixty miles of roads haG
!, been allotted by the highway com
mission to this county and that il
had asked for an additional ten miles
on account of the road to Snow Hill
being left out of the estimate by the
High Way Commission.
1t was also brought out that what
T ever the counties raise and expent
on the roads under the act that mon
ey will be returned to the count.