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Those Good Roads.
Editor Progress —Considering
the question of good roads of vast
importance and untold benefit to
the citizens of Toombs County, I
wish to express my views along
this line through the columns of
your paper. I consider good roads
one of the best assets that could
be added to any county; it would
bring her citizens in closer touch
with each other; it would mean
the saving of one-half the time to ■
the traveling public compared with
the travel over bad and sandy
roads. It would permit doubling
the capacity of one’s load to and
from market the value of which
could only be estimated by the
amount of travel and hauling one
would do in a year. It would mean
the enhancing in value of our real
estate; it would lessen labor on
farm animals and lessen by half
the wear and tear of our vehicles,
the value of which could be only
estimated by the amount spent for
vehicles used over bad roads. These
are facts that I do not believe
could truthfully be refuted, and
worthy the consideration of our
citizens. Through the wisdom of
our former legislators they so fixed
the law permitting each county in
Georgia where they so desire to
have their pro rata share of felony
convicts to work on the public
roads free of charge except for the
feeding and caring for. What more
could a people interested in good
roads ask for? It is true each con
vict necessitates to the county a
certain amount of expense, that of
feeding, clothing, sleeping, guard
ing and something to work with,
but is not the laborer worthy of
his hire? No reasonable minded
man could ask for cheaper labor
to build our roads, and yet these
expenses have to be met by our
citizens in one of the two wavs,
by direct taxation or the issuance
of bonds. Getting good roads by
convict labor may seem very ex
pensive, but m my judgement it.
does not cost exceeding one-half
what it would to let our roads by
contract to one who would have to
bui'd them with hired labor, all
expenses considered including con
tractor’s profit.
If I have been correctly inform
ed by those having our public road
work in hand our present force of
convicts number about thirty and
mules about twenty-five with an l
expense of about SI,OOO 00 per j
month, or on an aggregate of
about $12,0000,00 a year; while at
the same time our source of reve
nue to meet the above expenses
all told amounts to about SB,OOO
a year, so it must be apparent
to everyone interested in good
roads that some change is absolute
ly necessary. Then the question
arises in our minds how can the
deficit be remedied or met. The
first solution to the question is by
reduction of our convicts and
mules to such a size force that
SB,OOO per year would defray the
expenses of maintainance. This
would require the reducing of the
present force about one-half, or
practically leave us with only a
repair or patch gang of convicts.
The next solution to the question
is the increasing our tax levy for
road purposes about one-third.
This increase would meet the ex
pense of our present force of
hands. This force of hands, lam
informed, build about four miles
of clayed rood per month. Double
this force we would get eight miles
per month, and to treble our
present force of convicts we would
get twelve per month or about 150
miles per year. But this increase
of convicts and road work would
necessarily increase our tax levy
for road work about fourfold or
practically $lO 00 on the thous
and. Which increase can only be
levied by our legislators having
the present road laws so amended
as to give the Ordinary or road
commissioners, as the case might
be, power to levy a tax sufficient
to meet the expenses of such a
number of convicts as are being
used on our public roads. You
can readily see to raise a sufficient
amount of money to meet, the ex
penses of a sufficient number of
convicts to give us three or four
hundred inib'S of clayed road in a
reasonable length of time, sav two
or three years, it. would require a
very heavy tax levy about SB6OOO
a year for about three years.
This amount \v< uld meet, also oth
er expen-es such as additional
mules and road machinery.
Why a bond 'ssue is preferable.
$100,000.00 5% bonds for ten
years \\ ould omount to $l5O 000.00
at the • xpiration of ten years.
The 5% money is cheap compared
to the pleasure and profit to be
derived fr>m good roads in ten
years which I have already point
ed cut. At our present rates of
expense $72,000.00 would defray.
the expense of ninety convicts for |
two years, during which they
would construct 800 miles of clay
ed road leaving a balance of $28,-
000 00 to buy additional mules
and road equipment for two years
at the end of which time we could
sell off at lea3t three-fourths of
our mules and road equipment
without their having depreciated
in value to a very great extent,
this amount coming back into the
treasury at the end of two years
with the annual additional funds
in from our present tax levy for
road purposes, and the in
crease of taxable property from
different causes supposing our in
crease in the county to amount to
$400,000 00 annually placed in the
treasury as a sinking fund would
more than meet the bonded in
debtedness together with interest
at the expiration of ten years. I
have endeavored in this letter to
avoid writing anything that would
he misleading to your readers or
the citizens of Toombe County, so
I respectfully submit it for their
careful consideration.
Trusting that something may be
done to give us good roads in
Toombe County in the earliest
time and at the least possible ex
pense if its, to pass around the
hat. Respectfully,
Jno. M. Meadows, M. D.
Macon, Dublin & Savannah
SCHEDULE.
Leave Arrive
No. 18 No. 20 Stations No. 19 No. 17
a. m. p. m. a. m. p. m.
700 330 • Macon 11 05 440
7 50 4 IS Jeffersonville 10 17 3 47
8 34 5 04 Dudley 9 3i 2 57
900 530 Ar Dublin Lv 905 225
905 535 Lv Dublin Ar 900 230
9 42 6 09 Rockledge 8 26 1 51
10 02 6 27 Soperton 8 09 1 34
10 40 700 Ar Vidalia Lv 735 100
Connections—At Vidalia with S. A. L. Ry.
and Georgia & Florida; at Rockledge with
Wadley & Mt. Vernon; at Dublin with Wrights
ville and Tennille, C. of Ga.. Dublin & South
western; at Macon with Southern Rv.. C. of
Ua., Ga. Southern & Fla.. Macon & llirming
ham and Ga. Railroad. .1. A. Strkykr,
Gen. Pass. Agent.
FRANK F. GODDaRD,
Attorney -at-Law,
Public Accountant and Auditor.
Lyons, Ga.
System Installed.
Thorough lv Practical.
No Red Tap?.
Audits made for Corporations,
Firms and Individuals.
WE ARE IN THE
Real Estate
BUSINESS.
Ist. For the Benefit of Lyons.
2nd. For the benefit of Toombs
County,
3rd. For the benefit of ourselves
If you wish to buy a nice Lot in
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investment, call on us.
If you wish to sell your house
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If you wish to buy a farm in
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We have newcomers in our office
every day, wishing to purchase
land in Toombs County. So if
you wish to sell your farm or
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Toombs County Bank Bldg , |
Lyons, Ga.
iip\|, $8.50 TAILOR-MADE
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March 4th, 1911
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«I when made on or before the FIFTH of ANY month draw interest from the ]!
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FIRST day thereof, and that the time to place idle money safely at interest is !!
;; When You Get It. This should appeal to Farmers who still hold a portion of ‘!
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” the 1910 cotton crop, and to others making collections at this season.
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' ’ Four k per cent, and SAFETY for your idle funds is what we offer. ;;
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<< also true that we have never required such notice in the more than SIX ;;
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of keeping a strong Cash Reserve makes a deposit in our Savings Derailment ;;
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