The Taney County republican., 1910-03-17
SPECIAL ROAD DISTRICT
Movement to Bold Turnpike
From Ho11ister TO FORSYTH.

tablish a special road district between
Forsyth and Hollister. Already the
necessary acreage between Kirbyville
and Hollister has been secured and
that much of the road is sure to be built
during the coming summer. Whether
the Kirbyville-Forsyth end of the road
IS built this year will depend on the
people along this part of it. And the
road to be built will not be the ordinary
good road but is to be rock and gray
el turnpike. Of course there is some
opposition to the building of the road,
| r road cannot be built without mon
ey. However it is worthy of notice
teat this movement WAS started on the
Hollister-Kirbyville division last Spring
and was abandoned on account of the
violent opposition it encountered, and
that this year two thirds of the acreage
in that division has signed a petition
for special road district. The opposi-
ton last year was on account of the
feeling that the cost or building the
road would be too heavy load for the
landowners to stand and that it would
be practically confscation of their
land. This opposition was met by a
proposition Of the VIM. H. Johnson
Timber and Realty Co. to pay the part
Of the cost falling upon each tract of
land in return for an option on the land
for. twelve months at the present mar
ket value, In other words where a
man believes he cannot afford to pay his
part OF the expense the company agrees
TO either sell his land for him at its pre-
sent worth, or failing to do that, will
pay his pay his part of the building of
the road.
Such fair proposition has won over
the majority of the land owners on the
west end and Mr.. Johnson annonces
that he will extend the offer to cover
the entire distance to Forsyth.
WHAT THE BUILDING OF THE
ROAD MEANS.
The building of this road is of vast
importance not only to the people
along the road, but to the whole coun-
ty. It should be remembered that
Mr.. Johnson is member of the State
Board of immigration and stands close
to the Missouri Pacific Railroad people.
Just how much influence he has with
the latter is best evidenced by the fine
new depot and other Improvements
the railroad has put in at Hollister
The success that he has had in get
ing large bodies such as the M. WA.
the Y NJ c, Athe Presbyterian assemb- |
ly and OF hers interested in Hollister
shows that he is a man who is able to
do things.
It should also be remembered that |
the Missouri Pacific Railway and
the State Board of immigration are
putting forth the idea of small farms.
This turnpike road is intended to CO.
operate with this effort to secure i'm
migration.
The building of this road means
that the value of the land in the
district will double in value. It means
that where we have an average of
about two families, two small houses
and two log barns to the section, we
will have an average of two families,
two good houses and two good barns
to every forty, to say nothing Of the
fruit, poultry and other live stock that
will be produced.
There has been more or less talk OF
building bridges in this county, but
you have never seen anything of 1t in
THE REPUBLICAN under the present
We are aware that the
needs bridges and other i'm
provements, but we recognize the fu-
tility of talking bridges with the pres
ent population and wealth. But if
this good road movement goes through
and the country is settled up closely
we will begin to see visions of bridges.
What we have got to do first is to