The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1916-11-28
Advocates Of Hard Surface Roads for
Grady County Win Fight at
Meeting
WILL START PETITION
FOR SPECIAL ELECTION
Must Get Is Percent Of Voters TO Sign;
Estimated Cost is $7,4OO
Per Mile

TO start petitions at once. request
ing the county commissioners to call
an election for the purpoe of voting
upon county bond issue Of $1,000, 900
for hard surface roads, was the decis-
ion reached at the meeting of good
roads boosters at the city hall Monday
evening.
Rush Springs had the largest delega.
tion at the meeting and several other
townships in the southern part of the
county were represented. All the
southern contingent were strong for
hard-surface roads and with the aid Of
several citizens of like sentiments
from Chickasha, they won their fight
by vote of 90 to IT, Barker Riddle
Of Rush Springs made the motion and
it was seconded by Henry Mileur. Pre-
vious to the adoption of this motion,
the proposal of c. M Lents of Mime
kah that the Legislature be asked to
change the law so that it would be
possible to vote bonds for dirt roads
was voted down.
Under the motion Of Mr.. Riddle. the
chairman of the meeting, DIR. r. J. Cor
don, Of Ninnekah, appointed Messrs.
Riddle, Mileur and J. e. schow as
members oe the couseittee 20 prepare
petitions and circulate the same It
was brought out that Is per cent CT
the voters. must sign the petitions be-
fore an election can be called that s.
per cent Of the voters must participate
in the election and that majority of
those voting is required to carry the
election.
At the request of committee ap-
pointed at a previous meeting, County
Engineer e. e. Colby made a report
giving an estimate on the cost of hard
surfacing roads He stated that his
figures were based upon a careful
study of 81 miles of road north and
south through the county. He esti-
mated that grading would average /
s54O per mile bridges $435 per mile,
limestone $5O16 per mile and that
hauling. spreading, engineers fees
and other items would bring the en-
tire cost up to s7400 per mile For the
1875 miles of road contemplated, in
cluding one north and south and three |
east and west the approximate cost
would be $925,00O Mr.. Colby stated
that he had been liberal in his esti-
mates for some of the items and he
thought the amount mentioned would
be adequate.
At the opening Of the meeting DR..
Gordon outlined the situation, stating
that, if county. bonds we're to be voted,
it could only be for hard surface roads.
Henry Mileur Immediately took the
floor and made a spirited speech in
favor of bonds and hard-surface roads.
C. M. Hollingsworth, of Chickasha,
said it was no use to talk about such
roads at the present time. Il am for
good roads," he said, "but it is foolish
to talk about a million dollar bond IS
sue. The people of Chickasha will not
consent to it and if it we're voted it
would impose the greatest hardship
upon the owners of farms. I believe
we ought to build first class sand and
clay roads, such as were advocated at
the Ozark Trails convention, going to
as little expense as possible"
Mr. Riddle Of Rush Springs said he
was satisfied the people of Grady
county would vote the bonds even if
some Of the voters in Chickasha op-
posed them. "If there ever was a time
for us TO vote bonds it is now" said
he. @The Ozark Trail is only side
issue compared with our problem of
getting roads that will benefit the en-
tire county"
Henry Dubose took the view that
macadam was the best kind of road to
build Let us build good roads and
then the Ozark Trail can come or not
as the promoters please" said he. ].
e. schow was for the bonds, saying,
1--WE might just as well build perma-
nent roads while we are at it," Dr.
Tye thought good dirt roads should