Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1892-05-11

IA amount OF potatoes have been
- pDed fEpn4 tas sandy laads ABOUT
GgeenyIils-
Ag. Clav--t would De well 10 en-
eoGxags he estaoilsamsnG OF slxrca
Iaefoiies 81 CT AZ there VII aisxYs bs a
market foF potatoes Tas value CT
farm lands and products - geinz 70 sx-
ceec y far All the wealth raised from
AlcalgAn pine
Mr. JobnsoE-You can take the 6.
K. 1. train ana r.ds IN hour aorgh
aud eone INTO enough timber to last
hundred years.
Mr. ClaJ-ies, and II there a one
thing that tas tanners OF Alcniran
should Go, u . TO pToaleit the railroad
companies IFoni caxtlnx II coal tor
fuel. tAe farmer shoald asye q
Chance 10 clear up h.s iaaa ana dispose
OF la ~oo4 % tae Ea.lGeacs.
Ar. Gook-I co no. agree with Mr..
JoAnson ~ regard 10 building sewers
nEss- Eo4es mas. be made IRA, that
people may build homes Sewers ere
nos needed until people live there. AID
u tasy want street railway afserward
let them have IL
Companions Are UnfaIr.
Returning 20 the subject sf roads, Mr..
Stay ton SAIL; u - not lair to compare
our roads with European roads, BE-
cause they were building roads Ia Italy
lsoO years before . white man set foot
IN Michigan. treat highways between
iagge places la tnss state now Are no:
as asesssAry as formerly 90 account of
the railroads. yet We should have bet
tea roads. Rr.ek cannot De cosructea
taat will not DC injured ny frUst and
travel. The bast material is gravel, OF
wh.ch grand road can be constructed.
But IN THIS day and age We can say,
blessed Dc steam; room We Will say
bless-d DC electricity.
Mr.. Cook--If q roadbed is drained, =
good road may DO built Of most any
material.
Mr.. Clay-All there 10 about country
roads IS that II you 20 to work and
make good one and keep IL Ia order
you viii have II. Ii you don't, you
won't.
;. ;. Bailey-Think there should be q
state law oy which the majority OF resi-
dents along q roadway OF ten or fifteen
pcttsOu AOi VIC tlOpC-
ment of the road as the people IN the
city petition Tor the improvement OF q
street. We want sucn . law. We
haven't any. The interest on the
money bonded by the state or county
would not be any more than the work
amounts TO now, and good road would
DC secured.
Col. Z. V. Fox-I know of no better
Way than Tor tho farmers interested to
get together and build it. II road
way - wanted to . city these,can be no
better or cheaper way than by the tell
roads, letting alb who use itpay fe- it..
Mr.. Bsiley-Am not in favor OF any
corporation owning toll roads. They
should be owned by the statsor county.
Take the roads leading into the city.
They were graded a1dp, mad . good
roadoed. The corporstiops got hold of
them for Slso0 per mile, and now they
refuse TO sell TO the city for less than
$500 per mile. In the meantime they
are declaring dividend of from Is 70
20 per cent each year. fbslievs il
there is any profit In toll road ID
should be realized by the county or
state.
Mr. Cook conceded ip the main with
Mr.. Bailey's remarks in regard 10 toll
roads and advocated . system Of taxa
ton therefor.
Colonel Fox-rhink the farmergets
a good road cheaper by the toll System
than any other, and easier, for il is
paid Tor III ANAL ameunts, 8 and 10
cents and so.
Mr.. Bnrnham-Thers never Was a
greater outrage psrpctrated than the
toll roads in this section. No one
should ever miss an opportunity OF ex-
pressing their opinion On the outrage
perpetrated on the farmers IN this way.
Take the Grandville toll road. Every
tune q Isrmer drives a load ia town he
has to pay so cents for toll. In tao
course OF year 1t amounts to q con-
siderable sum.
At thu close of tho meeting Mr..
Bailey distributed plants or the pearl
strawberry. which variety he con-
sideret one of the hest grown.
The secretary will select the topic
for the next meeting and announce it
later.