Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1911-10-13
GOOD ROADS BOND ISSUE.
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tNoHLlnueQ from rage ID
timber, this means slowness In bring
ing about improvements There hav,
been some wrongs, some matters
have Jagged, some improvements
nci accomplished, but tonight 1t is the
matter of good roads.
II have confidence In the county
court officials and In the future oi
our county. / favor the bond is.
sue and posterity will prosper as a
result. The principle is correct.
Needed improvements have failed
In the past because we have scatter
ed too much. The Commercial Club
and all others Of the city and county
should get together on this question
OF good roads and on all other ques-
tions which mean betterment for us
all. When we have ACCOMPLISHED
this, then we can turn to something
else. Too many projects have been
launched In the past; too few things
accomplished. Now let us launch a
campaign for good roads. II 1t
means bonds, favor a million. A
million would not be too much. We
need not use all Of them at once but
10 Issuing that amount we will have
them ready when we need them.
thank you"
Judge Stephen Jewell.
Judge Jewell said 1--WE have
about 400 miles Of roadway in Jo-
sephine county. In no county is 1t
more expensive to build road than
In this one. To be success our
roads must be permanent and not
constantly changing. The curse of
q country is the constant changing
OF Its roads.
BY the bonding method we will
have the roads now. BY the other
way II will take 20 years to get the
roads. Under the present system,
we will walt twenty years; under
the bonding system we will have the
roads twenty years in advance.
"A road system In this county will
require large sum OF money. Our
last tax levy In this county was on
$4,000, 900 OF taxable wealth. II is
estimated now to have reached
about 100000. This year we
levied tax Of 3 mills, which brought
us In $4,000. We cant do much
permanent work on that estimate
that we will have an average Of about
s15,000,000 of taxable wealth an
nually, for the next 20 years. Now,
q 2-mlll levy on this would produce
$50 900 annually for the next 20
years. or a total OF 100000. A
bond Issue of 100000 at s per cent
would create interest Of $4,000 an
nually for 20 years, or total Of
100000, The principal OF 100000
and interest of $500, 900 would create
total OF 100000, or the same
amount as the taxable method, with
this difference In our favor, that by
the bonding method we get the roads
now.
And then re system of COOL
roads Will benefit every person in
the county II will be a stimulus to
all our farmers and ranchers. Bet
ter livestock and better products
will result. Grants Pass, believe,
will be city, but not without In
dustries refer You to Dallas, Tex
as and Forth Worth, which are now
cities only 80 miles apart and con-
nected with rapid transit electric
roads, ! was In Fort Worth In an
early day when II was n mere village,
when you could hear persons talking
at tlmes on the question as to
whether there would ever be rail-
road into Fort Worth, But Fort
Worth Is now city, splendid city,
The people In those counties have
build fine roads, splendid rock high
way through those rich black lands.
The result is prosperity and a high
state of civilization. Those people
work together We must do the
same, There Is no west to us II
10 east both ways People will come
from both directions They will
come to Oregon. California and
Washington, three states which |
consider to be In their infancy We
do not comprehend the possibilities
OF the future. These three states will
be congested and we must deal hon
ostly with those who come among us