Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 38, Number 42, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 9 February 1906 — The Range Line Road and What it Will Cost the Tax Payers. [ARTICLE]

The Range Line Road and What it Will Cost the Tax Payers.

The records in the offices of the County Auditor and Treasurer show the following specifications and costs of the proposed improvements to the Range Line Road between Rensselaer and Remington, together with the highest possible tax assessment to cover cost of same: Length of road, feet 20,837 Width top of grade, feet.. 25 Width of stone, feet 10 Depth of stone, inches 9 Total estimated cost $15,000 Total cost, 10 years $18,875 Total net valuation $5,032,130 Percentages of cost: Rensselaer ..... 24.8 Marion tp 28.1 Jordan tp... 10.7 Carpenter tp 29.0 Remington 7.4 100.0 Cost per mile: Construction $3,452.50 Preliminaries 345.00 Interest, 10 years, 4i per cent 855.00

Total estimated cost, mile $4652.50 Maximum tax per SIOOO.. 36J 'cents It will be seen therefore that the highest possible tax assessment will be thirty-six and one-half cents per sloo® per annum, net valuation on all property within the voting district comprising Marion, Jordan and Carpenter Townships. In other words, the heaviest taxpayer in Rensselaer, with an assessed valuation of $34,000, would pay $12.12 per annum towards the permanent improvement of one of the most important highways in Jasper County. A majority of all votes cast in the three townships "will carry on Feb. 20th, 1906, and no citizen of either Marion, Jordan or Carpenter cap afford to lose this opportunity of eudoising good roads and settling a question that has stood in the way ot improvement for thirty years.

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