Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1916-10-13
BOND FOR GOOD ROADS.

VTNHE Commissioners of Iron County
a. should take immediate steps to
submit the proposition of bonding the
county for the purpose of improving
all the principal roads of this county
to the people for their approval or
rejection. True, this matter was up
for consideration a few yers ago, and
at that time was voted down; but
since then tn people have found
out lot about good roads, and have
come to look at the question quite diff
ferently.
Money spent wisely in permanent
improvement of our highways is As
wisely invested as it is possible to
expend it. There is nothing that we
know of that brings, as great benefit
to the whole of the people as good
roads There is not a single person
in the community who does not re
ceive some benefit, and it Is the one
thing that is needed to put our county
in the front ranks of the state.
Before southern Utah solves the
transportation problem we must eth
err have railroad or surface the ma
jority Of our roads with some suitable
road material, with which our section
of the country abounds. We have been
watching and waiting (like Demo
craft for the railroad for forty years,
and it is not here yet. We may wait
and watch for number of years yet
before it gets here, but the people
have the matter Of good roads within
their grasp, and are masters Of thu
situation If they will only take hold OF
the proposition unitedly. With good
surfaced roads threading the county
along all the principal thoroughfares
and giving connection with the Sail
Lake Route at Lund, we need not care
whether we have a railroad or not
We believe, in fact, that for genera
purposes, with an all winter road, the
automobile and auto truck will be ia,
more satisfactory, and make the peo
pie more independent
But we must surface the roads, for
with dirt or mud roads only we never
know when we are going to be isolated
from the rest Of the world, and hamp-
cred and Inconvenience in obtaining
freight and other supplies.
Surfacing roads, of course, cost
considerable money, but it lasts, anC
If undertaken on the proper basis anC
with suitable equipment, it will not b
so slow nor so costly as some people
imagine, Large auto trucks, will
perhaps trailers attached, is the eco
nomical way Of hauling the shale o.
other surfacing material and of course
suitable conveniences for loading tn
vehicles would need to be provided.
Iron county should bond for 800,
100000, for the improvement Of IL
roads. Sounds big, doesn't it? Well
it isn't, for such purpose. If Lo
Angeles county, California, can BON
for over $4,000, 900, for good roads
which we are informed is fact, lrol
county should not hesitate at littl
bond of 100000. In the first place
the bulk Of the money would be spen
right here and would find it's way on
among the people of the county; il
the next place, lot Of state and fed
eral money can be brought here an
expended if we comply with certail
requirements in the raising of none.
within the county; and in the thir'
place, the people will get every dolla
of the money back with big interes
before they have to raise the fund
to pay off the bonds.
From every point of view, the bond
ing for good roads is sound bushes
policy, and one that we cannot affor'
to pass up.
We fully believe that the people o
the county would vote almost unani
mously for the bonding of the count!
for the improvement of its roads.