The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1915-11-04
GOOD ROADS MEETING ~
T. FOSTER.
Walnut Townships ENTHUSIASTIC
Meeting for Better Roads.

Walnut Townships Enthusiastic
Meeting for Better Roads.
Il For q long time the people Of
Walnut township and southeast
Bates have been unable to come
to the county seat for a good part
of the year on account Of bad
roads. At last becoming tired Of
this condition a meeting was
called at Foster Monday evening,
October %, and at that meeting
"a commercial club was organized
for the purpose Of pushing the
matter Of getting a good road to
the county seat.
Three routes were suggested,
one by way Of the Haymaker
bridge, one known as the Island
route and the third by the Mar
vel bridge road, and as they
could not agree on any Of these
routes the Butler Commercial
Club, delegates FROM Hume, Vir-
ginia and other localities, who
might be interested were invited
to attend meeting at Foster
Thursday and help them decide
on route.
I About 70 members of the But
Ter Commercial Club in automo-
biles left Butler at IL O'Clock
and proceeded to Foster over the
Haymaker bridge route. The
road was rather rough not having
been worked much, but they ar
rived in Foster in due time.
After parking their cars along
the main street and brushing
some Of the dust from their
clothes they were escorted to the
lumber yard, where on long tables
was fine dinner prepared by the
ladies of Walnut township, to
which it is needless to say the
hungry horde from Butler did
full justice. After all had eaten
their fill the crowd proceeded. to
the M. E. Church where the meet
ing was held.
Elmer Laughlin, prominent
farmer of Walnut township pre-
sided. He explained the object of
the meeting and called speakers
to present the claims Of the var
ious routes.
f.. B. Boron. told why, in his
opinion the Haymaker bridge
route should be chosen. He said
that most of the land along this
route was owned by those living
on it and that there was an
abundance, of limestone easily ac-
cessible for building rock road
across the Marias DIES Cygnes
bottom.
D. Mize spoke for the Island
route. Mr.. Mize wanted an air
line from Fit. Scott to Butler. and
said it could be built over the Is
land route at the least cost, said
this was the oldest road in the
county, was used by large ma
jority of those travelling between
Butler and the southwest part OF
the county.
o. J. Scribner championed the
Marvel bridge route said there
would be less dirt to move to get
across the bottom and the cost
would be less than by the other
routes and called attention to the
abundance of limestone to be had
for building a road through the
bottom.
Buford Bryant of Hume said
that it did not make much differ
ance which route was selected as
Hume would help with any OF
them.
John Lee made a short talk in
favor of the Marvel bridge route
claiming it was the highest route
across the bottoms and could be
travelled when other roads were
under water.
j. A. DeArmond, president OF
the Butler Commercial Club
made a speech calling attention to
the need of better roads between
Foster and Butler and pledging
the Butler Club to help any route
selected.
w. F. Duvall told the meeting
how the money was to be raised
to build a north and south rock
road through the county. Cited
the case Of a Kansas county wrere
the roads had been rocked at a
cost of 1Oc per acre each year for
10 years and urged them to get
together and pull for one road.
a E. E. Peake secretary OF the
Kansas City Motor Dealers AS
ISOLATION, urged rock roads, said
no roads were good roads unless
'ihav uyoro rock. rnsdS.