Jasper County Democrat, Volume 8, Number 45, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 February 1906 — STONE ROAD ELECTION OF FEB. 20. [ARTICLE]

STONE ROAD ELECTION OF FEB. 20.

Some Facts Concerning Proposed Improvement In Jordan Tp. The proposition of Carpenter, Jordan and Marion townships—including the city of Rensselaer and the town of Remington—voting a tax for the improvement of that notoriously bad piece of Range Line road in Jordan township, will come up in the form of a special election on Tuesday, Feb. 20. In view of this the following fiigures will be of interest to the voters of those townships. They are compiled from the viewers' report and the records at the court house, showing net valuations of the townships and towns interested, the percentage of cost for each, etc., etc. Specifications— Length ol road in feet 20,837 Width of top of grade, feet.. 25 Width of stone, feet !• Depth of stone, inches 9 CostTotal estimated cost 915,000.00 Cost per mile, construction 3,452.50 Preliminary cost per mile.. 34500 Interest ten years 4# per c 855.00 Total estimated cost, mile. 4,652.50 . Grand total, ten years.... 18,375.00 TaxMaximum tax per 91,000, cents Total net va1uati0n....95,032,130.00 - Percentages of -cost — Rensselaer... 24.8 Remington 7.4 Carpenter Township 29.0 lordan Township 10 7 Marion Township 28.1 It will be seen therefore that the highest possible tax assessment will be 36| cents per SI,OOO per annum, net valuation on all property within the voting district comprising Marion, Jordan and Carpenter townships, and the average assessment of each individual taxpayer of. the corporations interested is but 11,000, making on-

ly 36| cents per year as the average tax. Everyone must admit that this bad piece of road should be improved. It is the main traveled road between Rensselaer and Remington, as well as the main traveled road from northwestern Indiana to points south, and much of the time is scarcely passable. Owing to its being sparsely settled in that locality it is not likely that the improvement would be made by Jordan or the land owners along the proposed improvement for some years to come, yet come some time it must, and it would seem that Jordan township, which will, under the plan proposed, have less than 11 per cent, of the cost to pay, ought to vote solidly for the improvement. In addition to completing a good roadway between the two principal towns of the county, the building of this connecting link of the Carpenter and Marion gravel road will give Jordan something to build to if she wishes to improve an east and west road, she already having a stone road running north and south along the west side of the township. A majority of all votes cast in the three townships will carry on Feb. 20, 1906, and no citizen of either Marion, Jordan or Carpenter can afford to lose this opportunity of endorsing good roads and settling a question of many years’ standing.