The weekly Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1911-1922, 1911-09-14
ROADS
FOR TH|SCOUNTY? NO
Commissioners Decide They Do Not Want
to Face the Opposition and Order the
Building of Highway---Other Do
ings Of the September Term.

voting machines nor macadamized
roads-not yet. The County Council
was afraid of voting machines and
the Commissioners are afraid of
macadamized roads.
The petition for the macadamized
road out South street. west on the
Pretty axe road and south pas5 the
How farm to the Liggett school
house was withdrawn by the petit
TONERS because the board decided
they would call an election if the
petitioners asked for action from
them. This was to be done notwith-
standing notice had been published
as required by law and no remon-
STRANGE of any kind against the
road had been filed with the board.
The reason. or excuse, the COM
missioners gave for this action was
that according to the law this three
miles Of macadamized road should
connect with a ''gravel" road,
and they were Of the opinion that
at its south end, at or about the
Liggett school house. it did not con-
meet with a "graveI" road, but that
said road might he called Just an
ordinary road, without any gravel
to it.
1t is not known whether the petit
ton will be filtd again or not, bnt
it is thought efforts will not be
stopped to get better Accommodations
for the country people to get to
Plymouth even if the city has to
help build good roads itself.
A new contract was made with
VIM. Fries as superintendent Of the
county farm for a period Of two
years from Sept. /. 1911, to Sept. /,
1913. He is to receive 5000 year,
to furnish five good horses. harness,
etc., >and is to furnish his living
quarters at his own expense.
Final report was made by Jno. C.
Butler in the B. F. Mattingly ditch.
1t showed that $4045.76 had been
collected. which lacked Soc Of meet
ing all costs. This ditch has been
finished and cleaned by the survey
or since it was constructed.
The petition of Frank Boyd and
others for a highway In Polk town.
ship was continued because the first
notices given were insufficient and
further notice will have to be given.
Flora Bishop, Frank NJ. Kyser,
Margaret White, Henry Lichtenberg-
er, Marion Triplet, F. d. Triplet,
Henry Schmid, VIM. Knapp, J. F.
Behmer, C. d. Andreas, M. F. Al
bert, Catherine A. link. E. d.
Schrock, VIM. A. Siders, Mary E.
Crum, Lewis Pero and J. III. Woods
filed a petition for the vacation of a
road affecting lands of Kyser, Union
township. Bishop, Lewis Calbeck,
Pero, F. d. and F. M.s Triplet and
f. E. Rensberger. S. C. Dill, Chris.
G. Bollman and Chas. Zumbaugh
were appointed viewers. and are to
meet Sept. Is at ]. J. Cromley's in
Burr Oak.
Surveyor Schoonover fled plans
and specifications for the Brownlee
bridge. the Outlet bridge in Union
township and for the Morgan Ward
ditch in Tippecanoe town hip.
The law requiring this work of the
surveyor is just now keeping Mr..
Schoonover very busy.
Mr.. Patterson, representing the
The international Voting Machine
Elgin. ILL.,. was here Thursday ready
to tell the commissioners all about
the advantages of his machine. The
decision of the County Council, how
ever, sent him home empty handed.
The Elgin machine is said by many
who have examined it to be the best
now made. The circular says of this
machint:
The International Voting Machine
is a practical substitute for the
theoretically-perfect Australian paper
ballot. The machine eliminates the
possibility of fraud and error, and
is time and money saver. The
International is the elimination
of SO years of persistent effort on
the part of numerous inventors and
manufacturers in the United States
to produce a Voting Machine which
would meet all the legal require
ments, and at the same time be
practical. 1t is simple in mechan-
ism, compact, and light enough to be
easily handled, and has strength to
resist whatever strains may be gut
upon IT,