The record-union., 1893-10-24
SACRAMENTO COMMENDED.
The Press Approves the Good Road
Proposition of sacramento County.

proposition OF sacramento County.
Los Angeles Times: An enthusiastic
County Road Convention was held
in Sacramento a few days ago. The
farmers largely outnumbered the city
delegates, but the convention did
precisely what the most progressive peo-
pie of both the city and county wanted.
The debate was most spirited. The con-
clusIons arrived at were as follows
more good roads are wanted; that we
want them now; that direct tax to Sc
cure them is unwise, we believe; that to
borrow S250,0U0 for forty years on five
year calls is the most economical plan"
The Supervisors were requested to sub
nit the question of bonds to vote of the
people. There are other counties not so
lar from Los Angeles which might with
advantage take some action IN the matter
of road improvement.
Placer Herald: a Good Roads County
Convention was held in Sacramento last
Tuesday. 1t was large and representa-
tive gathering ana took vigorously hold
OF the question for which it met. GAS the
RECORD UNION summarizes it's proceed
ings it declared that to keep abreast with
the age the county needs more good
roads; that it needs them now; that it will
have them now; that the best road is the
cheapest; that the good road must be
gineering supervision; that while not all
the mileage can be constructed at once, a
good road system can be inaugurated
That, as ability qualities. may be extended
and enlarged until IL shall embrace the
whole county: that now is the time, in
hard times, to begin the work and dis
burse S250,000 in the county among the
unemployed of our own people for hon
est labor in good road building; that as
4 70 ies Dft Z No nd
will actually cost more than to borrow
the money, the county credit, which is
gilt-edged, ought to be pledged for forty
years time for the sum needed.
Santa Cruz Sentinel: We hope Santa
Cruz will make haste to follow the eX-
ample thus set by Sacramento 1t is
pretty certain that the bond proposition
favored by the convention will be in
dorsed by the electors of Sacramento
County. The preponderance of farmers
in the convention argues well for the
project. 1t is not unfrequently the case
that farmers oppose projects of this kind,
and their opposition is pretty sure to de-
feat them. The fact that Sacramento
farmers realize the necessity of good
roads and are sufficiently intelligent and
farsighted to perceive the best method of
obtaining them, shows that road reform
has taken a strong hold on the public
mlnQ IN tnaC part OF Lne SCate. w nen
farmers generally come to understand
that they are more vitally interested in
good roads than any oCher class of the
community, and that the taxes paid by
them to secure good roads are but a small
fraction of the direct pecuniary benefits
accruing to them therefrOm, the battle
for road reform will be fought and won.
1t is stated that the taxpayers Of Sacra-
mento County have contributed S36S 900
toward keeping roads in repair during
the past ten years, and the greater part OF
this tax was raised on agricultural prop
erty. 1t is absolutely certain that if the
$3.50, 900 which it is proposed to raise ON
bonds had been expended on good, dura-
BILE roads ten years ago, the owners OF
farms in Sacramento County would have
been thereby benefited more than one
million dollars. Hard facts and figures
applied to showing the actual saving in
hauling produce to market would demon
strate this proposition beyond all Cavil.