South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-05-29
LINCOLN HIGHWAY
ORDERED BUILT
BY2,034 MAJORITY
All But Four Precincts Out of
Thirty-one Voting Show De-
sire to Place City On Big
ThOroughfaTe.

The Lincoln higr way will be built
through South Bend
BY a majority vote of , ,034 out of a
total 3,444 votes cast. the people
Thursday placed the stamp OF their
approval upon the project. only four
precincts in the city and two town
ships. cast a majority against it.
The third precinct OF the third
ward and the second, third and fourth
precincts Of the sixth ward. are the
ones that voted mo, and the town
ships were German and Warren.
Olive township came across with a
favorable majority OF ESQ.
There was jolIifcation at the Lin
coin Highway association headQuar-
ters, at the Lincoln garage. long be-
fore the count was all in despite the
blueness that prevailed about noon.
IL was known at that time that those
four precincts in the west end were
combating the proposition. and fears
were entertained that unless the
downtown district got busy, the day
might be lost.
The earliest returns. as 10 hap
pened. came from the precincts that
voted heaviest for the road and
though the polls closed at o'clock a
majority OF upwards OF 1000 had
been reported before 6:45. which
proved beyond defeat.
The association election committee,
consisting OF NJ. l.. Williams. John +.
Russell and George A. Crane, were
kept busy all day managing a brigade
OF automobiles used to carry the sick,
aged and manned 20 the voting places
and are entitled TO great credit for
their efficient work.
Must Wait for Pay.
The election boards. however, viii
have 20 wait this time for a couple
months before they can collect pay
for their days work. This was an
nounced Thursday night when they
turned in their certificates and de-
posted the ballot boxes. Bids must
be advertised for and the contract let,
and bonds sold TO cover the road
building, and all incidental expenses
leading up thereto. including the en-
ployment OF superintendent to see
that the work Is properly done. before
any bills can be paid.
The bid accepted must not exceed
$4,000 for the job. which. plus the
cost OF the election, OF viewers. en-
gineers. q superintendent. etc. will be
the amount Of the bonds. The cleo
ton will cost the voting districts in
volved approximately $1.O23-an
average OF $33 per precinct. including
the election board, voting place. meals
and printing OF ballots. The bonds
will draw IL per cent.
IL is expected that work on the
road will begin shortly after the
granting OF contract. A ready market
for the bonds Is assured. The strip
is II miles in length. extending from
the end OF the Michigan av. pavement
through Portage. German. Warren
and Olive townships to the LapOrte
county line. where IL will be taken up
by Laporte county and extended on TO
Porter. Meanwhile the road will also
be proceeding eastward through Penn
township to Elkhart county, through
Elkhart, and so on, east to Toledo,
etc. The Penn township road was
not involved in Thursdays voting be-
ing a strip of less than four miles.
Where Opposition Lay.
Through the second, third and
fourth precincts of the sixth ward
and the third OF the third, in the same
vicinity, are the ones that went
against the highway the first pre-
cinct OF the sixth. gave the project
its largest majority. 1913. The total
vote of this precinct was 231. This
was at 405 s. Chaplin ST. Two blocks
FARTHER down the street. at sos, they
were voting the other way
German township went against the
road by one vote and Warren by a.
Olive did splendidly the other way.
IT is said that the village Of New Car
Isle voted solid for the road Resort
keepers at Hudson lake also worked
hard for the project.
Fear that the undertaking would
increase taxes is said TO be response
BILE for the mo vote Somebody
spread the story that IL would mean