The record-union., 1897-12-03
THE ISSUE FOR TOMORROW.
SHALL A GOOD ROADS SYSTEM
BE INTRODUCED?
To-night's Meeting in This City
The Campaign in the
County.

Tomorrow the citizens of the county
will have an opportunity to vote iof
or against a S15,000-b bond issue, the
purpose of which is to enable the couh-
ty 10 aid in the construction OF a moo
al macadam road between this city ana
Folsom. The State is to provide the
material, worth some $4,000, and VIII
care for the road after it is built ThuS
the county will save in twenty years a
sum equal to the interest on the entire
cost of building the road, and VIII nave
practically for all time a model road
That disposed Of, it viii be an easier
matter to build similar roads in other
parts Of the county.
At a meeting of the Third Ward Ike
publican Club last evening a stirring
address in support of the road was
made by William Sims, who canvassed
the entire subject and showed what a
trifle the annual cost will be to the
average taxpayer.
Committees were appointed to look
after the interests of the road in that
ward on election day.
To-NIGHTS MEETING.
At the Old Pavilion tonight mass
meeting will be held, at which ad-
dresses in support of the proposition
will be made by Senator Gillis Doty,
William NJ Sims, Joseph Quire, Com
1nissioners ]. r. Price and Marsden
Manson Of the Department Of High
ways, Charles Luhrs of the Folsom
Highway Commission, and others.
There will be seats for as high as
5000 persons, so that none viii be re-
quired to stand.
A meeting of the Iroquois Club is
called Tor this evening, and the MEM
bers will attend in a body. 1t Is es-
pecially desired that all persons-if any
such there be-who are in doubt as
to whether or not they viii vote for
the bonds attend to-night's meeting
and hear the matter explained. The
present campaign is an effort to I'M
press On the taxpayers the fact that
they are throwing away $40, 900 or SoO,-
900 every year on mud roads, and have
been doing it for forty years, while
by the expenditure of this money in
a business-like way-the county could
soon have good and permanent roads.
Upward of one and a half million dol
lars has been buried in the county s
mud roads up to this time, and If the
present methods are continued millions
more will be buried there, and still
shere Will be no roads fit for travel.
on the other hand, a half million dol
lars laid out in a lump will build mac
adam roads all over the county, and
thereafter there would always be good
roads, with small expense for their
maintenance.
AT WALSH'S STATION.
The people at Walsh's Station want
good roads in their vicinity. and they
also favor the issuance of $4,000 in
bonds to construct the Folsom highway.
At a meeting held in Enterprise Grange
Hall a large number of the residents
Of that district assembled to learn the
facts of this bond election.
J. T. Fairbairn called the meeting to
order and reviewed the condition of
roads in that section of the county. He
said he wanted the road, and he could
assure the people of Sacramento County
that the residents of that section would
contribute their mite, and votes in aid
of the proposition.
The Chairman introduced Charles T
Hughes, who spoke at length on the
question now before the people. He
called attention to the fact that their
road tax rate is 80 cents
now, that $4,000 is thereby
raised yearly, and the good
derived therefrom is not in accord with
the amount raised. He told them we
are fast approaching new era in road
construction To change the system is
hard. ard yet the Eastern States have
found the Improvement of roads by a
local subdivision of the commonwealth
is more expensive and less satisfaction
IS received than where the State takes
charge Of constructs and maintains the
roadway.
Elwood Bruner next addressed the
people. He said that within the last
ten years over S400, 900 had been
spent on roads, and still one has to
drive through mud and over rough
roads. He said Sacramento County
had worse roads than any other county
in this State. When one reaches the
FL Dorado or Placer lines the roads
are good, because they have construct