Richmond daily register. (Richmond, Madison County, Ky.) 1917-1978, 1922-10-09
ROAD. TAX, ISSUE
Continued from page l.

regard TO the farmer VINO does
NOT live on an inter-County seat
road, nearly all of the people in,
the county have to travel one
or these roads to get to Rich !
mot1d, and the improvement of
these roads will be a direct ben
eft to them regardless of wheth-
er or not their own roads are
improved. The case cited byI
Mr.. Clay Of the farmer who paysl
on a $4,000 assessment may
very well be considered. THIS
farmer undoubtedly owns an au-4
tonobile and the amount he will.
save in the operation of his car.
will easily be more than $40 per
year even if he has only three
or four miles of good road to
travel out of a possible nine or
ten. This is not taking into con-
sideration the money saved on
the cost of getting his produce
to market with good road part
of the way or the saving in time
which will result from even a
few miles of good road. AS to
increasing value of this mans
farm $40 in six years, it would
be a small Improvement which
would not cause that much in
crease (about | IA per cent? in
the value OF any farm and it is
a. known fact that good roads
Increase property values all over
a county. even to lards not di-
rectly touched by these roads.
Tt is, however, inoonceivable
ii case this tax is voted and the
PROCEEDS applied to inter-county
scat roads, that there will not be
extensive Improvement in the
other (roads. As matters stand
now the Court feel, very wisely,
that they must match as much
state nApney as possible, in order
to get is much road as possible
for the pnohey which they have
available in the regular road
fund. With the entire mileage
of inter 4 county seat roads off
ti!eir harRds, the regular road
fund, faccruiag from the 25-cent
levy, can be applied to nothing
but other than inter-county seat
roads.
Mr.. Clay makes a point of the
fact that tine money received
from the state and federal aid
comes out OF the taxpayers peck
cts. now in various forms. This
Is true. it is also true that they
will continue to pay their auto
mobile license tax, their che cent
per gallon gasoline tax and their
three cent ad valoTern tax re-
/ sardless Of whether they vote
the 20-cent road tax or not. But,
| Il they do not provide some way
Ito, match the state and federal
aid funds, the money paid in
these taxes will be spent in other
counties than Madison, while ii
| funds are provided to match the
4 state andJfederal aid, this money
Will be spent ssat hoin ll On orr own
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AS regards the Richmond-Mc-
Zee road, it is admitted that the
opening OF this road will benefit
Richmond merchants. So also
will it benefit Berea merchants.
and the entire southeastern part
of the county. And Richmond,
Berea and the southeastern part
OF the. county pay large part Of
the county x~and are entitled
to consideration as much as any
part of the county. No especial
fayors are asked for the Mckee
road, but simply that it be built
as a part of the State Primary
system, TO which it belongs.
AS regards maintenance of
roads, rather than constructing
new ones, it. should be known,
but perhaps is not generally
known, that the State Highway
Department has a complete and
excellent maintenance depart"