Crossville chronicle. [volume] (Crossville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1922-03-15
.FAVORS GOOD ROADS
ADVANCES new PLAN
Would Employ Pay-as-youg go Method
and Build Out from County
Seat on Six Roads.

Editor Chronicle For the past few
weeks l have been reading something
about good roads in this county, Ever,
one, both for and against bond is
sue. that have written are in favo
of good roads. And who are not il
favor of them?
1t seems to me that unless we gel
good roads in this county it will never
amount to much in a commercial way
Those that live on or near the graded
roads in this county, are to a mar
especially in favor of macadamized
road, regardless of how those thai
live away back in the sticks think OF
the matter.
Well, when you come to think OF
It l do not wonder at those who live
on the graded roads wanting hard
surface road. Why? Because those
roads are almost impossible now.
after you leave the graded roads and
get out on the old trail you find them
better at this season of the year, than
are the graded roads.
Those who are most interested III
a hard ;urfaced road wants the coun-
ty to vote bond issue of two hund-
red fifty thousand dollars. regardless,
of what those who do not live near
these graded roads want. l will ad-
init right here that it would be es-
pecially to the advantage of those
who live on and have to travel the
graded roads and have farms ad-
jacent to these roads, to have them
hard surfaced. 1t would, in case they
wanted to self their farms, double OF
treble the value of their farms. But
let US think little. Are they not
Selfish? Do they even think that they
compose only about one fourth of
the population of this county, if that
much?. Suppose they were not
more than one-eigth of the popula-
ton, and suppose their property was
not more than sone-nineth of the tax
aggregate, would it be right to inn
pose tax on the large majority of
the people of this county. and the
county court to vote tax on them
against their will? 1t is said that
we are representative people, and
that we have a government of the
people, by the people and for the
people.
Now I want to ask Uncle Ned ana
Uncle Billie if they are willing to
leave the voting of the bonds to the
people? Would that not be in keep
ing with the above declaration, a
government of the people. by the
people and for the people? / want
to say right here and right now, that
I am perfectly willing to vote for the
bond issue if the people want it. Then,
when this question is left to the peo
pie and they vote in favor of this
bond issue, that can have no one to
blame for the burden of taxation
that is sure to be placed on the fu-
ture generation. !
Some one may say when they read
this that, if we leave the matter to
the people we will never make any
progress in any public improvement.
I will say, that is so. But is that not in
keeping with the form of government
we have? Because 7 have the power
and the right to impose a burden OF
taxation on my fellow man is it righl
for me to do so against his will?
I want to tell Uncle Ned that I am
just as much Interested in. and want
good roads as much as he or any
other man. but how are VIC to get
them, bond the county for two hund- ,
red fifty Thousand dollars? Well, that .
would in all probability get the road
built, that is. in case the government
and state would each put up an equal
amount, that is il would, according
to what was told us at the extra ses-
sion of court build the one road kown
as the Memphis-to-Bristol road. How
many both on the north and south OF :
this road would it accumulate?
Well. it would be a great thing to
even have this much good road in
county and | wish we
were able to have it made. But let
us look at the cost. If we should
vote the two hundred fifty thousand
dollars twenty-year bonds, how much
would it cost the people Of this coun.
" to pay it? Just Five Hundred
md Fifty Thousand dollars. J.
Now my idea is. and you may have
t at what it is worth, is to lay tax
If six mills this year, collect what it
will be and work that much out Oh
ZACH road leading from Crossville. {
either get the cinder at lockwood
" have the stone crushed at Crab
Orchard and at the top of the noun !
ain known as Browns Gap to put
N top of the road. First, though, /
AVE heavy rock placed, say IL feet
vide. laid close to gether before put
ing the cinder or crushed rock on q