Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-02-19
STATE CONFERENCE RESOLVES
IN FAVOR OF se5. DAY-A-
YEAR ROADS.
COMMITTEE NAMED TO
CARRY ON CAMPAIGN
Work to Be Pushed in Every Section Of
State - Various Road Associations
United HarmoniousIy and Resolu-
tions Are Adopted Without Dissent
up to the People.

dunn on the issuance Of bonds, the
Iowa good roads conference appointed
an executive committee of five mem
bers, which is charged with the duty
of choosing representative men from
each county to boost for good roads
each community Of the state. This
committee consists of the following
men:
r. p. Bolton, secretary Of the Great
er Des Moines committee.
Frank C. Carson, Of Iowa City, who
presided over the roads conference.
w. G. Haskell, Of Cedar Rapids.
w. NJ. Kelley, Of Washington.
Senator John Foster, Of Guthrie
Center.
Various Groups United.
This committee unites the different
groups Of road boosters of the state.
Mr.. Haskell is one Of the leading fig
ures in the Greater Iowa Association
and Senator Foster Is a member Of
Governor Clarke's special road CON-
mission. Thru the agency Of this
will be established and it will be easier
common line of action. The chairman
of the organization committee, E. H.
Spaulding, Of Grinnell, informed the
convention that this committee was
purposely designed to bring all fac
tions into a common group.
incidentally, the members are from
communities thru which pass the Lin
coin Highway, the River to River
road, the Jefferson Highway the Great
White Way and the Red Bail route.
Resolved For Hard Roads.
Two sets Of resolutions were pre-
scented and adopted without opposi-
ton. one from the resolutions COM
mittee Of the conference, the other
from the Greater Des Moines COM
mittee, the Greater Iowa Association,
the Greater Davenport committee, and
the good roads committee Of the Iowa
Bankers Association.
w. G.. Raymond. dean Of the en-
cheering college of the State Univer-
sity OF Iowa. presented the report of
the resolutions committee which
briefly declared for good roads thru
county option.
Up to the People.
Tho RESOLUTION read as follows:
..Be it resolved, that the people OF
Iowa should be permitted to build for
themselves roads that will be disable
in all kinds of weather and that they
be permitted by law to initiate and to
determine by referendum the bond
ing Of their revenues for roads and
bridges as they are now permitted to
finance public buildings and other
large public works"
After the adoption Of the committee
resolution more extended resolution
signed by the Officers Of four state and
city booster associations was offered.
Secretary Wright Of the road confer
ence read the resolutions and they
were adopted.
For Hard Surfaced Roads.
The resolutions Of the four asso-
Citations Endorsed the same principle
Of county referendums proposed by
the committee resolutions, and went
slightly more into detail concerning
division Of the cost. expressing also a
sweeping declaration of the benefits
of hard surfaced roads. These reso-
buttons follow: .-..........
BE it resolver, by this Iowa state
wide good roads meeting. held this
18th day Of February, 1916, that we
adopt the following, as a statement OF
our beliefs and purposes:
Eve heartily approve the action OF
Governor Clarke in appointing COM
mission to place before the law maxi
ers of this state information and
recommendations as to amendments to
our statutes which will permit the
people Of Iowa to build as good roads
as the people Of any other state now
enjoy.
eve are confident that the tax
leyies in this state are now sufficient
to improve our highways with hard
surfaced material Of various kinds
without burdensome increase If they
could be conserved by more per-
manent types Of construction.
"For this purpose we urge that our
laws may be amended to permit the
people of our counties, of our town.
ships, and Of special districts to au-
thorize and+to demand the bonding Of
said districts to anticipate the road
and bridge revenues so as to dis
tribute the cost Of public works equit-
ably over the taxing periods during
which the improvements will reason
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ment Of highway is Of special benefit
to the property nearby and to the
towns which it serves, and we urge
that provision be made by special dis
tricts, or otherwise, for the assessment
of small part Of the cost upon the