Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-04-06
TABLE PETITIONS h.
ASKING FOR GRADING
Lynch and Nichols Turn Down Re-
quest Of 40 Petitioners in Six Town
ships Who Asked That Their County
Roads Be Graded az Good Road Con-
.vention Requested Should Be Done.


nent grade all the county roads in fiVe
years, Supervisors c. r. Lynch and.w.
A. Nichols Wednesday afternoon taoieu
petitions from six townships ASKING zig
board to grade the county roads OF
those townships and bond the road fund
revenues to pay part of the cost. The
petitions were from Logan, Liberty
Green Castle, Jefferson, Iowa and Ban
gor townships. o
They carried the signatures OF 44V
farmers and business men, most o.
whom are property owners ana prao-
tically all Of whom are tax. payers.
Turns Convention Down.
! Supervisor Lynch intimated that ne
would put a stop to these ROAD Pc
titions,'' when he moved that the Pc
titions be placed on the table. super
visor Nichols asked if such action was
likely to end the permanent graoihe
of highways, and Lynch replied that
it probably would. Nichols then sec.
onded the motion. On the vote Lynch
and Nichols voted to table, and Jones
voted may"
The list of the petitions and the
numbers of the signers thus turned
down. which were urging for their sew
eral localities what the convention hao
already requested the supervisors 10
do were; Logan, Al; Liberty, SO; Green
Castle. 1853; Jefferson, LA and Iowa and
Bangor, SO.
Tho Supervisors Agreement.
The following paragraphs of the
communication from the committee ad-
dressed to the board of supervisors,
which set out the purpose OF the roao
convention held Feb. 10 gives the sub
stance of what was proposed for road
improvement:
1--WE the undersigned who be-
lieve that our public revenues can
be conserved and our roads I'M
proved without increasing our
taxes if we will bond our fixed
road and bridge income, respec-
fully request your honorable body
to undertake the permanent grad
ing (and hard surfacing) Of our
entire county road system within g,
a. period of five years and to re- .'r
place every temporary bridge with 7
masonry as soon as it wears out.
whenever current revenues are
insufficient to meet the costs OF
construction we request that you
issue bonds Of the county upon
which you may raise new capital
from outside our county and invest
it in our public works.
1--WE request that your board /
agree to do this work within the
five year period provided repre-
sentative convention Of citizens
from all voting precincts in the
county first approves our plan and
so recommends to your board by
resolution"
Lyneh's Special Agreement.
This communication when presented
to the board was signed consented to
and agreed to- by Supervisors w. H.
Jones and Nichols. =
Supervisor Lynch signed the follow
ing special agreement, which was APP
pended to the other:
IT am personally opposed to the
above suggested plan Of bonding
this county for defraying the ex-
penses Of road improvement, but
I am willing that a convention be
called in accordance with the plan
outlined in the above proposal and
should such bonding plan meet with !
the approval of such convention, I
will heartily cooperate with the
majority Of the board Of supervis-
ors in the prosecution Of the plan
of road improvements proposed.
Signed, C. r. Lynch" ,,-..s
The committee that had proposed
the plan then called the convention ex-
actly in accordance with the stipula-
ton signed by all members of the
board of supervisors.
Il Convention Is Progressive.
The convention by a large majority
voted In favor of building permanent
bridges and cutting the county roads
to permanent grade in five years, and
|bonding the anticipated revenues of
the bridge and road funds to pay for
part Of the cost. The convention by
a small majority voted against hard
surfacing the roads. - .~. v. ~ IA. 5,I
Since then the supervisors have made
no move, to carry out the instructions
of the convention. In the meantime
| progressive men in various townships
| to insure road improvement in their
town ships first, circulated and signed
petitions urging the supervisors to get
busy. VII.
| T .. Lynch Kicks Il All Over. ~ a{s.
! I Supervisor Lynch, who was against
! the convention plan from the start. has
tsince alleged that it was not repre-,
| Esentative of the county and that 1t was
| tcontrolled by interests favoring the inn
tprovements asked for. He says that
! 1.-THE only fair way to get an expression
| OF the county is to submit the plan to
IAN election. This election idea was
discussed before the convention was
called but Lynch then refused to per-
NIT the county to pay the cost of an
election and finally he signed an agree
merit which set out In writing the exc
act basis upon which each precinct
should be represented. Nichols con-
sented to the method of representing
the precincts and to the bond plan IL
/ Endorsed. The convention was called
thru the county auditors office as
| agreed upon and Endorsed the perma- 4
! inert grading of the roads within five
/ years on the bond plan. The two SUI s
i Iperyisors now vote to refuse all re-
quests to grade the county roads.
I FFTY-TifHEE MILES IN TAMA.s
Ef Board Of Supsrvisors instructs County