The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1916-05-04
TOWNSTOACT ONDONDS SOON
Special Town Meetings to Be Called in
Pleasant Prairie and Somers to Vote
on Issues Totaling Close to 100000,
on May 27-See Work Completed.

The county board of Kenosha county
went on record on Saturday afternoon
as being in favor of the issue Of road
bonds to secure the completion Of the
state highways in the towns of Pleas
ant Prairie and Somers. The action
was informal, but it is understood that
it is to be taken as an "honor vote'
to direct the towns of Pleasant Prairie
and Somers in such future action as
they may take In regard to the issue
of road bonds to secure the immediate
permanent Improvement Of all state
highways in the two towns.
The proposition was not taken up
formally by the county board, but af-
ter the adjournment of the board the
matter was laid before the supervisors
by Supervisor George Leet of the town
of SOmers. He stated the proposition
and it was decided to take straw
vote as to the bond issue. 1t was
secret ballot and it is impossible to
tell how the members voted, but
the vote was nine to seven in favor
of the bond issues.
Following the action of the county
board the town boards of Pleasant
Prairie and Somers are planning to call
special town meetings to be held on
May 9th at which time the bond issue
win be submitted to the people Of these
two towns. If the towns act favorably
on the proposed issues it will be neces-
sary to call q special meeting of the
county board early in June in order to
permit the county board to take official
action to confirm the "straw' vote
taken on Saturday afternoon. The pro
posed bond issue for the town of
Pleasant Prairie will amount to prac-
ideally $125,000 and in Somers where
much permanent road work has been
done the amount of the issue will be in
the neighborhood Of $4,000. In both
towns it is planned to make the issue
of bonds sufficient to take care of the
permanent Improvement Of all the high
ways. This will include the Sheridan
Road. With an issue Of 100000 there
will be division. One-third must be
issued against the two towns, one-third
against the county and then the state
highway commission will give permits
sion to the towns to issue supplement
tai bonds in the amount that the towns
would receive from the state road fund
for this work. This may not amount
to one-third Of the total amount.
Whatever may remain to be paid after
the state estimate for supplemental
bonds is made must be issued Jointly
by the county and the towns one-half
to each unit
1t is said that if the bond issues
can be provided for that contracts for
concrete road to finish up the systems
in both of the towns can be let by the
first of July and that practically all of
the work can be completed before the
end of the year. The action of the
towns and county in issuing the bonds
will not become binding on either unit
in the. road building scheme until after
the action has been approved by the
state highway commission and this
commission has made the order for the
issue of the supplemental bonds.
The bonds will be paid off in a term
OF ten years and it is the argument of
the friends of the movement that the
amount saved by letting this work in
large contracts will more than pay the
interest on the bonds.
The movement is the biggest road
movement ever iuaugurated in South
ern Wisconsin and the people residing
In other counties are watching with
great deal of interest the manner in
which Kenosha works out the bond
problem.
Thus far the issuance of bonds has
not been suggested in other towns of
the county, but it is expected that af-
ter Pleasant Prairie and Somers work
out their road problem with the bond
issue plan that it will appeal strongly
TO the other towns in the county.
1t is said that large majority of the
people OF both Pleasant Prairie and
Somers are anxious to have the road
problem cleaned up at this time and
that they feel that the real way to
make a real clean up of the matter is
to issue bonds and build concrete
roads throughout the two towns.
The county board members seem to
be divided on the question, but it is
declared that further explanations of
the system are expected to bring
larger majority in favor of the bonds
when they are up for the official and
final action of the board.