Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1891-05-07
THE BONDS.
What Prominent Men Think of the
Present Proposition to Bond the
County for Road Purposes.

County for Road Purposes.
CHAs. r. BELL, lawyer am in favor
OF the bonds, in accordance with the
scheme. The commissioners are legally
bound to expend the amount in accord
ance with the schedule as submitted.
ALFRED GREEN-Tam perfectly indiffer-
ent, whether the proposition falls through
or is carried.
JAS. b. STEWART am, decidedly, in
favor of the scheme.-1Tou will hear from
me further.
IL. A. HAYEs-I would like to see eood
roads built. However, the plan Of dis
tributing the funds as laid down in the
schedule, does not seem feasible; for the
amount apportioned to each road is in
adquate to the construction of a passable
trail-so I am informed by practical
woodsmen. 1t is my opinion, the county
would be benefited to much greater
extent by the building of one good road
to some interior point, from tide water.
G. 7. WooDING-I am not in favor of
the bonds. l do not think the amount
available will build roads that will prove
of any practical benefit. How the county
will he benefited by the opening OF a
few impossible trails, fail to see Roads
can be gradually built as the county de-
velops.
P. G. HUssEY-Most emphatically, NO
BONDS!
A. J. KRoENERT-T am positively OPP
posed to the proposition, and shall do
what l can to defeat it.
| J. G. Lewis am opposed to the
bonds. The amount available is made
quate to the construction of roads that
will be passable three months out Of the
year; besides, the saddling Of this useless
tax on property in Chehalis county will
have a tendency TO stop the influx of
capital seeking investment in timber and
real estate.
WIN. M1NEK-I am strongly opposed
to the bonds.
| G. s. THoMAs-H the distribution was
fair, and we could get value received, L
would like to see roads built; but, under
the present schedule, this locality does
not get the amount it is entitled to and
some other places get more than their
share for that reason, am opposed to
the bonds.
GEO. H. WYMAN-Only few months
have passed since this proposition was
voted upon, and its re-submission has
not been asked by the people; the call
for an election comes from few parties,
who hope to be Individually benefited,
and the commissioners. In the present
stage Of the county's development, it is
impossible to say where roads are most
needed; this problem can be solved only
by waiting until it is seen where the rail-
roads will be built. / am strongly OPP
posed to bonding the county for this pur-
pose at present. If the people consult
their own interests, they will turn out
and vote the proposition down.
| G. B. WEATHERwAx-1 am not in favor
of the bonds being voted while the propo-
sition is in its present shape; but, am
in favor of bonding the county for roads
and bridges, if the proposition is sub
mitted after careful estimates have been
made, and the ground to be covered has
been carefully considered.
N. G. KAUFMAN-I believe the building
of the roads, as proposed, will prove OF
great benefit to the county at large; that
the amount for which the county can be
bonded is adequate for the building OF
good roads along all the proposed routes,
and that the increase in valuation OF
property will more than counter balance
the burden of the tax.
J.R. WALKER-I believe in the bonds,
whether the commissioners are legally
bound to expend the amount as laid down
in the schedule or not.
w. B. McGERRY, lawyer am in
favor of public roads first, last and all the
time. But it strikes me that it would be
better to go about this matter in more
systematic manner. I do not think the
amount available adequate to the build
ing of good roads; but if the amount is
expended in opening and laying out
roads, they can be gradually improved.
Great pains should be taken to lay out
system of roads that would prove OF most
general benefit. l think the commits
sioners will be bound to expend the
amount per schedule as submitted.
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