The Springdale news., 1915-08-06
ROAD MEETING
 INFAYETTEVILLE
 WELL ATTENDED
Over 100 Farmers and Business Men Meet and Start Movement For the North and South Road.

Tie good roads meeting h4id at Fayetteville last Saturday afternoon vas well attended Farmers ana business men were there from the north side Of WashiHs .ot. cea1tg U the south side. and from tAe east to the .,ast. and i, w8k | 4Fe4d t1at was interested in good roads Some thif near one hundred and twenty five men were present, and the court room at tAe Court House ae- eommodated the crowd.
 The meeting was held ill response to invitations aud letters sent out by the Business Men Club ot Fay eetevilie, ard was called fer tie pur- pose Of starting the work oa 6 goed road through Washington county, from the Peuton county line 10 the Crawford county ine on tie south.
 Dr ". x. Yates, of Fayetteville. presided at the meeting ard short talks eyre made by N H. Dyer. l. t. Putnam. Hugh Humphreys, of Pine Bluff, who < county engineer Of Jef- fersou= county. and has super5atended the construction of several miles of road ia tfrat county. " H. Harvey Of Monte Ne. president of the Ozark Trails was also= present ard made short talE.
 II is tIe fnfe,.tEozI q al those in- tzr4s.ed .as.astJt41 the read talder the new Alexander rosa laN, pa sed ty the iast legislature. and this act vas dis as sed quite falt by al those present- Tie law provides for the o,5anizati-4 e district iae-ading all req property within three niles os e4eh s.dz of t5e ps5pzs3 r7Hse of the road.
 "A pa.it.oa #az preze=tea at the meeting. and signed by almost every property owner present al kiHs the Sta.e Highauy Commission to send a engineer to this section. and 10. lay off t1e proposed district The Alex ander law calls for the signature ot tn property owners in any section to secure the necessary district, and | was thought best at tie meeting Sat urday to make the petition as strong as DO ssible, and while only ten sigma ttres were ueeied, every one present was asked to sign. and they did Seventy-five signatures were receig- ed in ten minutes.
 Under the Alexander law. as soon as the proposed districts are laid ont, petitions must be circulate among the property owners, as to whether they desire the read or Tot It is necessary that either a major ity in assessed valuation. ma jority in acreage, or a majority in number of land owners, in the different dis tricts, must sign the petition before the road can be bailt. Under the Alexander law the districts are us lua'ly divided in zones, and the prop erty is assessed in proportion as Il ie benefited; land owners living alon.
 
 tax than the land owners residing tw' Or three miles off tie propoeed route
 It is inte nded to organize for the road through Washington county b zones, and circu'a.e petitions in eacf one
 It has been estimated that il VII cos, from 10 10 20 ep-tS per acre II this section to bai'd the roads, ant this amount is pro rated among th various land owners along the pro posed route. and graduated M th' same manner as benefits are derlVed The proposed route for the road ha not been agreed upon, and thls WI nr be done until the State Ccmmls sion and government expert go oV CT the different routes and select th' bee.. It is expected that the govern ment will send an expert 10 this sec tirza eoon, as will the State High'wa. Committee, ard they will 20 eve the different routes, north and sout through the county, and select tn shortest, best, ard cheapest route Then districts vii be organized a'on this route, and petitions ci7cufate' askino for signatures.
 
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