Crossville chronicle. [volume] (Crossville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1922-03-15

mobile fund That would let us hav,
more than forty thousand dollar!
leach year with which to make roads
| believe we could make hard sur
face road in ten years OF both ths
graded roads in our county and have
considerable left with which to make
other roads in Our county.
By spending forty thousand dollars
each year for ten years, it would only
cnly cost us four hundred thousand
dollars. as against five hundred fifty
thousand dollars, at the same time we
would get far more miles i'll good
roads and have it paid for when we
did the work. l do not believe any
one who oppose the bond issue
would oppose this way of making
good roads. By voting the bonds as
requested by the state we would
have no say so in the sepnding of the
money or the construction OF the
road We would only have to do the
paying and have nothing to say as
to the kind of road to build. The
minimum width of road the state and
government would build would be IL
feet. We could make out with IL
feet in width rather than have no
road at all.
This is what | think of the matter
of building good roads and il any one
differs with me it is your privilege
to do so You as an American have
a right to your way of thinking and
so do l. 1t is like the man who said
to his neighbor. "If ever ybody had
of been like me they would have all
wanted to marry my wife, His
neighbor said, "If they had all been
like me no one would have married
her" Just SO.
o. B. RECTOR,
Member of the county court.
(The Editor of the Chronicle does
not believe that Esq. o. B. Rector has
carefully considered what his road
building scheme would lead to, so,
let's examine it for moment:
To surface Main Street of Cross
vile with the Stag from Rockwood--
there was no heavy stone base work
done such as Esq Rector mentions
cost the city over $500 and there
is not half mile of it.
Now, for the sake ON making it
easy to understand, allow me to as
sumo that it will cost only $4,000
mile for each of the first miles built
on each of the six roads leading from
the county seat (Every one knows
it would cost more than that if the
solid base mentioned by Esq. Rector
should be adopted and with out it the
road would be worth very little.) That
would mean $4,000 of the $4,000 the
first year. That would leave $4,000
to apply on the next mile, which any
persons knows would cost much more
than So, 600 mile. Eeach year as you
would advance the cost would in
crease very rapidly, to say nothing
of the wear OH the road already
built. In ten years there is every
there would not be as
much as IS mile Of good roads built,
under the plan proposed by Esq.
Rector of making the solid stone
base of which to build the surface of
the road, and the cost would be $780,
900. By the other plan we are as
sured of 40 miles for $55o,ooo, accord
ing to the figures given by Esq Rect
or and he is right.
How long do you suppose the peo-
pie. who live several miles out from
the county seat would be willing to
pay taxes for building such a road?
The man who lives fifteen miles out
would not have the slightest chance
Of seeing good road built to his
farm during his life time, because in
a short time the entire $4,000 would
be consumed in repairing the road
that had been built for it would be
practically worn out hauling over it
10 build quarter or half mile Of new
.oad.
No county ever has followed the
olan proposed by Esq. Rector nor do
We believe that plan ever will be en-
,loyed The federal government and
hose who know most about road
building do not advise any method
except to build larger number OF
niles at one time, and by bonding is
he only way the money necessary for
arge road building can be raised;
he people canot stand the heavy tax
necessary to raise the large amount
Editor Chronicle.) ;
ANNUAL MEETING. S