The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-04-07
CARTER COUNTY
COMMISSION
ERSFOR SUGGS
s-rcsc RESOLUTIONS ADOPTED
ASKING GOV. WILLIAMS 70 Pc
APPOINT T-E CARTER COUNTY
VGs ROAD PLANS OUTLINED.


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S1gY's syesc1. Co-1-iss5olers Yong
and Tsllztsrro made speec-es 2gl-i--
lrY TIE plans u t.e county Il road
/ in yroreme1ts src resolutions were
acoytec g-s1iuogsly b. the oosrd II.
I 5o-a.g NJ sgggs administration and
asking Gov. Williams 70 appoint aiD
u .gcceeo himself
Nr sgggs began his road talk ~
calling attention 70 the early road
work u Indian Territory some tren-.
y years ago. He wss - much inter
ested in roads then a. q this time
He told how ArdmOre used u raise
/ b. public sub-cription from three %
I five thousand dollars year and spend
/ il upon roads and bridges near this
town He saio then. the question was
often asked. what has become of the
road money and for the five years
which ne served a. president Of the
Ardmore Commercial Club he carried
out a strict system Of accounting for
all money spent.
/ The speaker told Of the first road
convention ever held in the state. !,
assembled at Guthrie and that meet.
Ing had the good sense TO send rep
/ resentatiye 70 California 70 learn how
~ make oil-sand roads He then fol.
/ lowed the good road movement 10 the
constitutional convention and told how
! he worked there for weeks to secure
a provision in the constitution Great.
ing d highway department for the
state. The next work 10 be done was
to get that provision yitalized by the
legislature. The first legislature De.
! clined 10 do anything, but Mr. Suggs
! showed them how different counties
! had built bridges, some Of which we're
I five miles from road and some were
/ built without approaches and were
| useless. The general lack Of system
induced the legislature to create the
| highway department The first law
passed was merely an excuse UnderI
It the commissioner collected rev.
| enue for the hr,t year amounting toI
$500 BY the end Of the year that
money had been used. and the depart
meHt was considerably in debt
The speaker then outlined the bill
which Gov. Cruce vetoed This bill pro !
yided that an engineer should be at !
the head Of the highway department,
and that he should have the power
10 appoint an engineer in each cOun-
ty OF the state. He also outlined the |
bill in the United States congresses
which has the Endorsement OF the |
president and OF the secretary OF agri- |
culture, and urged the commissioners
Of Carter county to lay out their
roads after plans furnished by the
highway department so that when fed |
eral aid is secured, that this county
will obtain its pro rata part He then
gave an outline Of the present law
which will become effective this sum
have their roads surveyed and blue
prints made, and all plans adopted 50
that the moment the law goes into
effect, that they can begin road i'm
provements
Mr.. Suggs especially approved that
portion Of the bill which provides that
state convicts can be worked upon
the public roads OF the state. He said.
there are in the penitentiary as many
as 500 conyicts who would be glad TO
get out on the roads That the sun
shine and the work in the open would
be great benefit to them and that
by paying the expenses required, the
counties could do a vast amount of
road work with small sum OF money
Commissioner Young then spoke a
few words in appreciation Of Mr.
Suggs. He said the people Of Carter
county would be with the commission
ers in the adoption Of the road plans
OF the highway department He con-
graduated Mr.. Suggs upon being a
peculiarly good-roads booster and said
the first time he ever saw him, wa.
at Berwyn more than 20 years ago,
and Mr.. Suggs was then as active in
talking for good roads as he is now.
He also gave Mr.. Suggs credit for
putting a stop to one OF the greatest
gratis that has ever been worked I'm