Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1914-04-30
Glover Special Road District.
Locust Cottage, Arkansas.
Continued from last week. !

Continued from last week. I'll
In your last issue said / proposed
to confine myself to facts, figures and
conditions. Herein are few condi-
tions.
Glover Special Road District is five
and one-half miles long, east and west,
consists of 7,O70.69 acres, owned prin-
cipally by non- residents, there being
4s land owners in the district, and on
ly twelve are residents of Iron coun-
tip. The people of Reynolds county
have concluded chat the only practical
route to the Iron Mountain railroad
from the northern part of 1.-THE county
is by way of the three forks Of Black
river, thence to Glover via the "Tri-
County Road" With this object In
view, they have raised sufficient mon
ey by subscription to put the road in
good condition to the Iron county line.
To any one acquainted with this
part Of the Lords vineyard it would
not seem that this county line would
be an insurmountable barrier to the
good people of Beynolds county, but
such is the case, in sense. I think |
am safe in saying that the enterpris-
ing citizens of Reynolds county would
have done ten, twenty or thirty years
ago what they propose to do now
through the Glover Special Road Dis
trict: build them passableroad to the
railroad.
I am stating these conditions to
show any one interested, financially,
or otherwise, what the petitioners for
Glover Special Road District have in
view, the CO. operating with the pro-
gressive citizens of Reynolds county
in building highway to the railroad.
These petitioners also understand that
it would not be good policy to bond
the district for means to build the
road. This has never been their idea,
The fact is that the district could not
be bonded for sufficient means as the
bonding limit is 1914 about nine cents
an acre, with the privilege Of paying
the same in.tifteen years.
The Glover Special Road District
if organized, will receive from al
sources about 5000 per year. If yor
will take the trouble to look up Sec
tions 1O4S2 and 11769, referred to in
Section 1O616, you can readily ascer-
tain the source of revenue.
Section 8, page %, laws of 1918
reads: "It shall be the duty Of sale
county highway board to let by con
tract, and to have dragged said coun
ty seat highway in their county, pro
vided, that in any county where it il
impossible or impracticable to drai
said road, an amount equal to the cos
Of dragging shall be expended in thu
1 betterment of said road, (which mean
i $15 per mile, or 800 for Glover Spe
4 cial Road District. AS far as this dis
Y trict is concerned this money will hav
to be expended for road bettefment
I as there is no part Of the road that ca
A be dragged.
Let me say that every man is inter
: ested in his own road and that no ma
Z is interested in somebody else's roat
9 The people Of Reynolds county ar
y making concentrated effort throug
9 corporation with this road DISTRICT
put all available means on one roat
and all work permanent, on surve
Of the best route on the best groun
and easiest grade. Who can with in
punity forbid them?
l further wish to state that 80 p,
v cent. Of the landholders will be benz
fited directly by this road; especial