The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1912-05-31

movement in the state.
The great east and west highway
has been laid out from Muskogee to
Tahlequah. From there, after cross
ing the Boudinott ford Of the Illinois
river, it will trend to the right and
cross the Barron fork Of that river
near the Vanilla club. Thence the
highway will lead to Vanilla; from
there to stillwell and on to a point on
the line Of the Oklahoma and Arkan-
sas and on to Evansville.
Dropping back to Barron crossing
the line will run by way Of Precta;
thence to Westville and striking the
Arkansas line again viii lead towards
Fayetteville, Ark Coming back to
Muskogee, after laying out this great
highway, Col. suggs organized a good
roads association at Checotah and Eu-
faula.
The next work will be from McAles-
ter south. At all places named, in
cluding TahIequah, good roads asso-
Citations were organized. Muskogee,
under the supervision Of G. w. Daw-
son, will probably build twenty-four
miles Of demonstration road six
miles in each direction, north, south,
east and west
At Tahlequah two miles Of demon
stration road win be built along the
east and west postal highway at
Westville two and one-half miles OF
this demonstration road will be built
to the Arkansas line and back to Che
cotah; at Eufaula two miles OF this
road win be built. These demonstra.
tlon roads are helped along by popu.
lar subscriptions and the people real
izing the great benefits to be derived
from these roads are responding most
literally to the cause At Checotah
in less than one days time, over 5000
was raised
All this work is to be done under
the direct supervision Of the State de-
partment Of highways Great and last
ing good win be derived from these
roads. The road east Of Muskogee TO
the Arkansas line win afford means
OF highway transportation for not less
than five acres each A veritable
orchard viii line these lines Of high
ways their full length The same can
be said OF the Lines from Eufaula and
checotah. All manner and kinds Of
fruits and vegetables will be grown
upon the farms through which these
roads will pass.
Col Suggs can not say too much Of
the great good viii and spirit Of en-
terprise that is being evidenced by the
people Of the sections where he has
been at work The commercial clubs,
the gentleman states, have taken up
the matter OF good roads and realizing
the llmitess benefits to be derived
from them, together with the impetus
that they viii give the towns center
ing the territories which they viii PEN
citrate and open up. they do not think
tina, they can serve their towns more
advantageously than by helping to
build these good roads in these
towns
IN speaking OF the present system
Of working out the road tax, Col. suggs
stated that he now had official res
ports from one thousand OF the eleven
hundred townships in the state. These
official reports show that there are
10000 road oyerseers and township Of
fieials who are drawing down, annual
ly. si,20e,0oOo It is further shown
that the amount OF money expended
annually on road building, graders. en-.
gines, boilers and miscellaneous tools
viii easily take care Of a $4,000 600
bond issue for the next twenty-fivs
years, paying the interest on the bonds
and providing a sinking fund.
BY putting this work into the hands
of one road commissioner in each
county, the colonel says thas every
county in the state can build perma-
nent roads fully equipped with all
needed culyerts and bridges. By
adopting this system the $4,000 miles
of public roads now open in this staef
can be maintained BY seyenty-six men
under the supervision Of the county
commissioners and the state depart
ment Of highways, thereby reducing
the poll tax and the county and town
ship road tax one.half, or more.
Col. suggs states very emphatically
that some opposition may be expected
to this plan and says that this oppost
ton viii come from the steel bridge
men, the steel road building machine
cry men and the steel culyert men,
these mem he says realizing a mark.
ed decrease 10 their sales in this state,
Under the proposed new system. will