Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1914-08-21
FACTS TO CONSIDER ON
ROAD BONDING QUESTION
A Few Of the Many Reasons Why the People of
Bear Lake County Should Vote Yes on
the $5O,000 Bond Issue.

To the People Of Bear Lake County:
We desire to call your special at
tention to the road bonding election
that has been called for September
LIST by the commissioners of this
county, and to offer some good rea-
sons why we believe that it is to the
interest Of every taxpayer in Bear
Lake county that the bonds be
authorized. In other words, that
every voter in Bear Lake county
make it his or her business to go to
the polls and vote for the bonds. In
the first place, we want to say that
every person who voted at the gen.
eral election two years ago, wheth-
er man or woman, and all those who
have registered this year but who
did not vote then, are qualified to
vote at this election - it doesn't
make any difference whether you
have any property Or not.
It is proposed in the resolution
passed by the commissioners to au-
thorize them to sell county road
building and improvement bonds to
the amount Of $50,O0O to be used,
or an rnuch of n au nav he nacae-
sary, to build a rock, gravel and
dirt road, under the direct super
vision Of the state engineering de-
partment and the state highway
commission, from Just below Fish
Haven or to be exact from the Utah
state line north through Fish Haven,
st. Charles, Bloomington, Paris,
Ovid, Montpelier, Bennington and
Georgetown to the Bannock county
line to connect there with the same
kind of road through Bannock and
the other counties to the west of US.
This road is to be part of the in
ternational highway running from
the Atlantic to the Pacific ocean,
much of which has already been
constructed through the eastern and
middle western states, and all Of
which will, in all probability, be con-
gtructed within d wear Now we
want especially To call your atten-
tion to few Of the reasons why we
think you should vote for the bonds.
First, only so much Of the $50, 900
as is necessary will be used on the
main road and the engineers esti-
mate that we will have to furnish
only about sac. .0O0 for our part of it,
for the state will furnish one dollar
for every two that we furnish, or tc
put it, in another way: il the mair
road and culverts and bridges cost
$50, 900, which Is the engineers es
innate, we will be required to fur
nish $40, 900 and the state 500, 900
In other words, the state will fur
nish one. third the cost, whatever /
is. This is one Of the best reason
to be advanced why you should vot
YES.
Secondly. IL we are required t
put up but $4,000 there viii b
left out of our authorized issu
$4,000 which can be used to i'm
prove the roads leading into tn
main road. And there are no
many of these branch roads, for W
are so very fortunately situated as
county that the main road will serv
more than seventy-five per cent 0
our population. In fact. it will pas
4 through nearly all the communities
Thirdly. The commissioners sa
that they are expending abor
eight 70 Ten Iaiousdnu uOioaS aAi'
ally on our roads and bridges an
for the most part this IS merel
patch work as every one know
Likewise everybody knows that nea
" all this Vi ast sum Of money
snent on the main road. 1t is sal
10 say that all Of $4,000 is put {
this road every year to keep It in
nassable condition and it is not q
ways in this shape by any mean
Nov We can save this amount eve
wear for the reason that after d
road Is built the state viii take
over as a state road and forever
tar keen It alp and maintain it vii
out cost to The county. In fact,
can save every dollar, be it much
Iittle. that We now expend ON q
roed. But we could 60 ahead q