Richmond daily register. (Richmond, Madison County, Ky.) 1917-1978, 1922-10-21
JACKSON co. WAITS
With EAGE:p!2N.ESS
Result Of Road Tax Vote IN
Madison AS Her Only Chance
To Get Out Of he Mud


road tax in Madison county on
Nov. 9Th. 1t means so much to
the folks Up in the hills WIG
have known nothing al their
lives but mud roads. ruts an!
isolation from the marts OF
trade. They have done .he;.
ipart. They have set aside thei-
whole county bond issue to meet
! Madison at the top Of Big Hil.
and now they are waiting to see
what Madison Will do. Dr.. TT.
I G.. Sandlin has received an IL
Illuminating AMI interesting let
ter from W. r. Reynolds. # "
ner, county agent OF Jackson
county. which IS eloquent with
the plea that Jackson county +,
making. 1t is as follows:
! Tyner, Ky.
! Oct II, 1922.
DR.. H. G.. Sandlin,
Richmond Ky.
Dear Dir. Sandlin:
Your letter received. We are
very much interested in v9ur
road tax carrying. We have
been rather blue about the de
lay, as we thought Madison
would sure meet at top Of BIG
! Hill iii case we could raise SI25-
GOO in Jackson for the one pro-
ject alone. Laurel is wanting t.
meet us at mouth OF Pond Creek.
but we want out through lIadi-
/ son. Also Clay county wants an
outlet through Jackson to Mali
son.
We are ready to come and do
what we can to prove to the
voters OF Madison county thae
the ZOc tax is d business PROPOSE.
ton worth considering. When
Madison county can get relier-
ed Of approximately So II miles
OF leading thoroug n fares
throughout the county as to uD-
keep. and which gives to lad;-
son county a great opportunite
OF being connected up by state
roads, kept and maintained b.
the state road Dept, with every
adjoining county, with a great
opportunity for building and inl-
proving cross roads and other
neglected roads in the countv.
As see it. it is a great opDo~-
tunlty to your county and / ca1
hardly believe that the people q
Madison, after sober. Sec II 4
thinking will ignore the oppo7-
. tunity.
Jackson county IS ha wing
everything put in shape to take
care of her part O. the constrtc-
tion to the top Of Big Hill and
as Madisons part, according to
estimates made by State Road
Dept. will not exceed $4,000 to
S35,0O0, which will be about one
tenth of proposed tax. | am sure
that no one living in the county
will object to an expenditure Of
about one-tenth CT said issue
! when they figure that it opens
up a new country, which can fur
nlsh coal and timber for wears to
come to the bluegrass people.
: Today high lass oa1 is selling
at Mckee, Sand Gap and othe-
sections of Jackson county at
$3.50 per ton. As YOU know
Clay county has voted 100000
bonds and when this road is con-
structed 20 Mckee then it is
only matter Of time until it
VIII be extended on into one of
the richest coal and timber sec
tions of eastern Ky. We are go
ing our full length to get an out
let and we trust that no voter
! of Madison county can question
for a minute the necessity Of
taking care of this opportunity.
Richmond IS one of the road
centers as was designated in the
Good Roads Measure as passed
by the Kentucky legislature in
1920 and now since Madison
county has some FIVE or six
State Road projects leading into
this road center. it seems to me
that Madison county h as
chance to make Richmond not
only a road enter. but to make
it one of the best cities in the
state OF Kentucky, Jac K son
county in one united voice urges
ther old friends that once lived
in the hills, together with all
other voters to stand by this
proposal and it will. be the max
ing OF great County.
(Signed) w. R. Reynolds,
County Agent