Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1913-02-06
OUer So, OOO,OO From Bond Issues
NOw Available for Texas Good Roads;
Neighbor State Has Great Propaganda

Fort WORTH, Tex. Feb. "A record
Kept by the Texas Commercial score
tHrics and Business Mems association
on good roads bond elections held iu
Texas during the year 1919 shows that
thirty-three bond elections carried la
various counties OF the state result
ing In "a total of 81. 4s6. goo being voted
for highways improvements Alto
Retner there we're ATTY good roads
bond elections held In FORT zone coun-
ties. seventeen of which resulted in
the issue being defeated a sum total
Of f5,GU3, zoo was voted on hand Jan
nary I. 1919. raised los appropriations
and issues of bonds prior o. that date.
VAS approximately 44i5UL45G. masking
a total OF ts.0On.G5t available tor road
construction TOR the year subsequent
10 the sale of bonds.
Besides tine aloye amount many
counties of tde state issued script for
road work during the year. which VIII
be redeemed Bt some date in the "a.
ture. ln addition to this many coun-
ties worked their roads out of FUND
raised D. voting % special tax, which
With their regular road tax Nas sui
hcicnt 10 accp up their highways n
is estimated taHt about one-fourth OF
the highway improvements carried ON
iu the state during iel2 Was accom-
plishcd in This manner.
Improved 1890 Milcs.
Information received from county
judges, commissioners and commercial
clubs throughout the state indicate
That over $4,000. 900 was expended boz
Texas on highways during IA, year.
resulting Boo ib, Improvement of APP
prUNimatrly 1900 miles at roads
Many counties and precincts have
spent as uIsh u4 5000 per mil, for
road construction during the year.
with the result that transportation has
been ch'apouod. land values advanced
aud tho population of the districts
served bb these high-class highways
Increased tu such an extent that tho
added valuation % the property thus
effected viii more than take care OF
the bond issue
While tho above amount was eX-
pended per Wilc for good road con
Htrurtiou lu many counties ~ the state.
u WAS the exception rather than the
rule. the general average running
about t3,Ou0 per mile.
Robertson county Lcads
Robertson county took the houura
for voting an, largest sum fuf nigh
way Improvement during 1919. with a
total of 100000 good roads bonds
voted for in four separate sections El
paso county came second with $3.50
oo0, while Fort Bend county was
third, voting 100000 in thre. cleo
tons Wharton county voted $500,
GOO iu one election. while Montgomery
voted t2oO.uUu In ~ Paso county %
VAS necessary to hold two elections
before the bonds carried. The urst
election held In August resulted iu
defeat OFF the issue. while ip the be-
cember contest the issue carried oy
an overwhelming two-thirds maturity
ln practically every election in which
the bond were defeated the returns
showed "a majority la favor of the be-
sue, bot as two-thirds count b. neces-
fary tU carry the issues were lost FOR
toe time being However the plans
are ON foot iu Nearly every county
whore tho elections failed FOR another
contest Boa the near fiturc ana ln
many eases the date has ALREADY been
SCI for the second ballot upon tho
issue.
Stats IAgn Iicllind.
Commercial clubs all over the state