Arizona republican., 1913-11-19
Immediate Action Or Bond ISSue Is
 Cry 0f Delegates

From the time wien the meeting was called to order by Chairman w. A. Mouer of the board of supervisors the spirit of the delegates was eX- pressed in the slogan. ' Do It Now Mir. Mouer spoke of the great and in creasing demand for good roads and tf the trials with which the board had been beset. He explained what the board had already done in pro- curing a survey by the county sur Heyor. assisted by an attache of the state engineers office A report had been made by them, copies of which were distributed among the members Of the conference. On Mir. Mouer's motion Lin B. Orme was made chair man and James Miller was secretary
 Representative Hayden. who was present but who had another appoint ment. addressed the meeting briefly. He said that the good roads issue was now the livest in the country. There are said he. two schools of thought in congress on the subject of good roads one element though greatly in the minority representing the automobile associations and allied interests favors federal aid or the
 
 the United States It urges the con struction of roads from somewhere to somewhere" The other school believes in roads to the farm for the reduction of the high cost of living To 1t the whole matter is a freight carrying proposition It desires that roads shall be built radiating from markets and postoffices Mr Hayden I,.IS of securing aid in the house for an ocean to- ocean highway
 A ajority of the people of the country would not use those roads and they would not favor their con struction. The popular view is re- fiected by the members of congress. Though such an ocean ocean high way might pass through the district or a congressman only one or two counties would be benefitted For instance said MT Hayden, there is MT. Shackelford, of Missouri, whose csstrict comprises thirteen counties The proposed Old Trails road which would cross the district would run through only two counties of that district
 As to the proposed bond issue. said Mir. Hayden, if posterity is to be ex- pected to pay those bonds. posterity should have something to show for them. MT. Hayden believed that con- crete roads which are rapidly coming into favor would give posterity a.run for it's money.
 Chairman Orme then presented the following paper:
 T have made the statement in one Of my public letters that we could float bond issue of one million dol- lars without any increase in the rate of taxation at least for some years if ever. I stand ready to substantiate that statement
 My idea of bonds would be forty year bonds to commence to be paid off in twenty years. the interest to be at the rate of five per cent, $50, ,000 q year.
 We collect this year ten cents on the hundred dollars, CT in other words one tenth of one per cent, or one mill, not an excessive rate when compared with the rates of the older states That of Mississippi being fourth of mill and that of New York ,. Our ordinary increase in assessed valuation is ten per cent a year ana with the increase in valuation caused l Ey the roads themselves would in i crease this levy from $7O,O0O this year to $80,000 next year. so in three years we would be raising $10O,000 a year without and increase in the rate and ! that would be the first year that we would have to pay the entire $50, ,000 interest, leaving us $50,000 for main : tcnance or in $10,000 of what We have 1 this year as $10000 of this years 1 levy is to be spent by legislative ! enactment on the Wickenburg bridge. An increase of five per cent for | twenty years would a the same rate l 1Confinned on Page Threel