Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1912-01-11
JUDGE MARSRIAu n. s,.,a'
PRESENTS GOOD
HIGHWAY PLAN
Will Lay Network of I'M
proved Roads in Town
Of Delton.
ONLY five NOES RECORDED
Journey To the County
Farm Abandoned on Ac-
count of Cold.
CFrom Fridays DaHy.l

After the county board of super
viso RS had cleared the clerks
table of business at the opening of the
January meeting on Thursday. Judge
e. ID. Marshall Of Madison came for
ward to introduce good roads prop
o;ition for the town of Delton. He told
the story of good roads bill in the leg
isfature and the effort to get into it
some very necessary elements. Judge
Marshall was consulted as one high in
authority as to certain legal phases
and he said that three of the most inn
portant elements discussed were as
follows:
l. Ought county to issue bonds to
build highways?
2 Ought a town do the same?
3. Should the owners of the property
along an improved highway be sub
iect to a special assessment for the i'm
provment?
When the road law was submitted
to tie attorney general he was of the
opinion that the spirit of the law was
such that funds might be borrowed
and bonds given for highway improv-
ment.
DeItOn 20 be Object Lesson.
Judge Marshall said at it was de-
sired TO have Delton be an object lesson
in good roads building. Following ii e |
present plan of The town raising about
$4,000 each year and the county as
much more, 1t would take d long time
to improve the roads. Why not borrow
the money and build in a larger way,
if it Costs the county no mOIe was his
proposition. 1t is desired to pave the
road past Dawn to the Fairfield town
line, the road from Kilbourn to Bara-
boo all the way through the town.
The road from the village of Delton |
past Fern Dell on the south side of
Mirror Lake to the Reedsburg road
and the road west from Kilb b)urn to |
the Juneau county line. 1t was de
sired that the county issue bonds for
$16,0 900 and the town would do the
same. With the $4,000 the roads |
would be built in one season and
would be paid for during the next ten
years. He said that the county should
pay no interests as that would be pro-
vided for by himself and other gener-
Gus citizens in the town. They would
deposit all of the interest with the
county treasurer so that the cost TO the
county would be nothing on account OF
interest arising as a result of issuing the
bonds. There would be saving of 15
per cent or more by building several
miles during one season and this
would also be an advantage TO the
county and town.
When it came to a vote the follow
ing was the result:
Ayes-Barnett, Buerki, Carpenter,
Clark, SCooper.b Eschenb .ch, Fry,
Gallagher, Griggs, Harvey, Horkan,
Leige, Kiloourn, Merce-, Moeley,
Montgomery, Nehs, Ragatz, Scharnke,
Schneider, Steuber, Squires, Thomas,
Walster, Welk.
Noes-Behnke, Gross, Llns,
Schenck, Steckelberg. J
The resolution was presented by
Supervisor Squires of the town OF
Delton.
Would Have Been Large Family.
i On account of the train being lat'
and the pronounced zero weather it
was decided to abandoned the trip to
the county farm. Arrangements had
been made to dine the members OF the
!, county board in the new dining hall
and the honor of being served the
first meal there was to be theirs. The
state board of control was to be preserr~~
nd the buildings were to be acce-aGlA
Eor some time the memF xA1iuf
ed the propose <Ca SahC WiAEt'
same. npu Remember that v
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