Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-01-17
EVERYBODY IS DOING IT.

hard surfaced road construction to be
undertaken in all parts Of the United
States makes Iowa look sick in COM
parison and yet Iowa stands third
among states in the amount of money
expended upon roads and bridges with
only twenty seventh place in results for
the money expended Iowa spends
each years tax money upon mud while
other states anticipate several years
taxes with bonds and build permanent
roads with some kind of a hard sur
face.
Bonds for roads which have actually
been authorized within the last few
weeks are:
At Bryan. Texas 100000 in road
bonds have been voted and approved.
At Globe, Arizona, $780, of bonds
have been sold for roads.
At Rogersville, Tennessee. s250.O0o
worth Of bonds have been sold for
roads. :
At Terra Alta, West Virginia, $685.
! 600 in bonds have been sold for con-
crete roads.
At Nogales, Arizona, $4,000 in
bonds have been sold.
At Grand Rapids, Michigan. $3.50. 900
in road bonds were sold to local
bank.
At Ell Paso. Texas, 5000, 900 in road
bonds have been voted and approved
by the attorney general of the state.
At Danvlle, Illinois. Joe Cannon's
county has voted $4,000 in bonds
for concrete roads and the courts have
upheld the legality of the issue.
But what has been done is not a be-
ginning when we see what is going to
be done
Al Barlow, Florida, a vote is to be
taken on 100000 in bonds for sand
asphalt roads in April.
At Carmi, Illinois, vote is to be
had on s25O,00O Of road bonds.
At Elgin, Illinois. an election will be
held in April to vote s1,5Oo,0OO in road
bonds.
At Gulfport. Mississippi. 100000 in
| bonds are soon TO be voted for roads
At Sedalia, Missouri an election is
to be held to vote $500, 600 in road bonds
in addition to 100000 voted in 1911.
At Athens, Texas, an election is to
be held in February to vote 5000 600 in
| road bonds.
At Lufkin. Texas, people will vote
Feb. % on 100000 in road bonds.
At Buckhannon, West Virginia, Jan
| % is the day set for voting s2250oO in
road bonds.
will be taken on s25O,000 of road
bonds.
! At Modesto, California, Stanislaus
county will issue s1,5OO,oOO in road
bonds and pave.
At Preston. Idaho, s150,oOO Is to be
voted in road bonds.
At Geneva, Illinois, Kane county viii
vote on 100000 in road bonds fol
paved roads.
AT Morrison. Illinois. vote will BIZ
counted on $125,0O0 Of road bonds.
At Port Gibson, Mississippi, 500, 00t
is to be voted for fifty miles Of gray.
eled roads.
At Poplar Bluff, Missouri, the voter!
must be shown as to 1915, 900 in bonds
for roads.
At Billings, Montana, bonds will h,
voted for $175,000 in graveled roads.
At Pulaski, Tennessee. people viii
vote upon 100000 in road bonds thi
month.
At Wheeling, West Virginia, tn
state board contemplates issuing 81,
100000 in state bonds for roads
At Sycamore, Illinois, the people ar
getting ready to vote 100000 in roa.
bonds
At Lewiston. Idaho, an election 4
set to vote s15o,0oo in road bonds.
At Harlan, Kentucky, Feb. IL Is tn
day for voting s250,00O in bonds TO
roads.
At Harrisonville, Missouri, $780,
in bonds Tor ruads is soon TO be voted
At Marshall Missouri, the peopl
Ivote Feb. - for s1,31O.Oc0 in bonds 70