Show GOOD ROADS AND THE COST facts and figures for C f t sevier aelier county bonding for a road will not increase the taxes tases this is worth reading A citizen of this county who v is probably the best man in the county on the matter of cost and expense of all branches of public work was asked to give some facts and figures in the matter of bonding and rod construction in sevier county and he submits the following which may mav be depended noon as a dinest of the cost for constructing county roads and the cost of bonding for that our dur ao e tha th average lew levy for road our nor doses in the la lat last t four years ears has been 24 21 mills on each dollar of valuation the expenditure for roads in n the last four years vears has heen been 1906 95 34 1937 1907 sa 3 18 1908 73 1909 63 making an aver average aLre of sa 6 44 for each of these years if the county will bond for road burldine buil dine diniz at 5 oer der cent the interest will amount 1 to 2500 per year take this from 6 the average expenditure for roads per year and it still leaves 44 of the road fund to make repairs and improve ments add to this 1000 which the state has set aside for the county roads and there is ikover over per year for roads and road inin improve rove merits ments in addition to the received from bonds under this system it it would not be to make any raise inthe tax levy upon the pro petty if the system is adopted by the county commissioners of makins makine a special lew levy of 6 5 mills on the dollar of valuation on the roads abutting abut tine the state roads as the law provides they may it is possible to lower the assessment on the county property as a whole it is ia a safe estimate that the roads of this county can be put in the very best shape tor for per mile in fact most of the roads will require but per mile at the rate of per mile the dollars received from bonds will put in shape miles ot of road and in case some soine of the roads only require per mile the number of miles mies of construction will be still ere aleater ater than miles A safe estimate miles of road which would mean one road through h the county from north to south with 75 miles left for crossroads all to be established as soon as the bond money is available the expenditure of the county for the last four years for repairs outside of poll tax has been about 2000 a year at the same rate of ren repairs airis there would be out of road money above mentioned to apply on constructive construct ine iriL new roads which according accordine to our figures will construct at least 6 miles of new road each ear and at the saine time all the roads of the county beiner kept in repair with the 2000 and poss possibly ibb less as well made roads need less repair than do the common dirt roads of today the question of a binkinz fund to pay off thel bonded indebtedness ally arises this matter is left entirely with the board of county commissioners ners it if a bond of 20 years yeara is executed it will be necessary provide 2500 bealh eai h year to liquidate the debt in that time if it be the policy of the commissioners not to pay off the debt within 20 years unless the bond holders object the bond may be refunded at the end of the 20 years period and the date of payment postponed indefinitely in the event that the commissioners undertake to pay off the bonds within the 20 years or part cart of them it is possible that could be done without additional burdens upon union the people as the roads of the county count V will be in dretto shape shade when the 50 bond money hasteen has been adent on them and in view of the state manav cornine eich year to the rescue of the new roads sa 2 out of the th va 5 mentioned for new road broadi each year could will be soared is ab a sink iniz fund in the consideration of this matter we must take into account the fact that the county is id increasing in valuation it at the rate of a million dollars in 6 years veirs or has done so in the past C 6 years and with the addition of a million or it would be but a small matter to pay the bond interest and provide a neat little ain kinc fund each year with which to meet the bonded indebtedness attention is called to the pioneers of this valley who settled hero here as men in the sixties and seventies en and are now approaching a sevile ripe old aze are would it not be a proper tribute of respect to them to rive them a taste ul of advancing civilization without putting them under any additional burdens which we claim could be done in bonding the county for the establishment of lood roads road for our worthy veterans et erans to use dunne the remainder of their sojourn with us |