The Detroit times., 1910-10-14

missioner shall have ontho31v
to grade, drain. construct o1oS01
or macadamise any road un6w
their control. or 70 place thoeooo
any other form Of improvonout
which In their judgment may -
best, and may extend and enlarge
such improvements; the shall
have authority To construct
bridges and cuiverts ON the nns
Of such road. and to repair and
and culverts; they shall have all
roads, bridges and culverts which
10 vested In highway officers In
townships.
The prosecutor was inclined to the
opinion that the sections pointed out
by Mr.. Hines bore out the lstters
contention. but he reminded the good
roads advocates that the other section
was still In force.
THE whole act appears to be . bad
conglomeration Of authority, and II IL
a dif1cult matter to know how to pro
coed In the matter" was the summing
up OF the prosecutor. He promised TO
give the situation further considerar
ton Immediately. and the committee
adjourned until Saturday morning at
10 o'clock to give him an opportunity
to study the puzzling sections.
After the adjournment, President
Larned OF the Board of Commerce and
other prominent members Of the or.
ganization. accompanied the prosecu-
tor to his ONCE for a conference. The
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them, but was unable to give them
any more light than he had shed be-
fore the committee. President Larned,
however, expressed an opinion after
the conference that the troublesome
point would be satisfactorily overcome
and that the work OF paving would not
be delayed II the bonding plan were
submitted to the people and carried.
Members OF the Board of Com
merce, which organization Is back o.
the bonding plan. came out In force
to boost the proposition. Many o.
them spoke, giving reasons why the
scheme should go through. The only
Opposition came from Aid. Vernon
member of the ways and means com
mittee. He said he was not opposed
to GOOD roads, but was against the
plan of bonding for the work. Ht
thought that bonding should be done
only where permanent improvements
are being made. He looked on the
building of roads az q temporary Inn
provement.
Thu road commissioners have
shown wisdom In the work they have
done year by year In the past" said
Mr.. Vernon, land l see no reason why
that plan of procedure should moi
continue. They have shown an econ
omic spirit all the way. / believe IL
doing the work az 1t Ia being done
now and placing the money for 1t II
the hands OF the road commissioners
There Is now so miles Of leading high
way to be paved In the county. and
II the commissioners do 20 miles 9
year for three years, expanding $ZOo,
600 a year, as Is proposed under the
ordinary system of road Improvement
the whole stretch of leading roadway
will be built without bonding the
county. Raise the rates for road I'm
provements to from one-tnird 10 one
half mill or go to the legislature ano
have Il raised to three-quarters. II
necessary, but don't bond the county
for such work, which Is only tenn
porary Improvement"
H. M. Leland, Of the Cadillac Auto
mobile Co., advanced the idea that
bad roads were largely responsible
for the high cost of living. He ven
tured the opinion that II the roads
were improved so that the farmers
could come to town with less wear
and tear on their horses. harness and
wagons, and less loss Of time. the