Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-11-06
ROADS CAMPAIGN
GETS UNDER WAY
Paved Highway Gospel Spread
by Chamber Of Commerce
Speakers 81 Jenks.
BONDS SEEM TO BE IN FAVOR
f.. Bee Guthrey and Lewis
Cline Fire Opening Gun in
Fight for Election.

The campaign foI the bond i.sge
/ rs o..
Success c-oVned the opening Of the
? ''FaUgr riiEtIC" campaign on .4a
I 4l.75o.0GG issue for hard surfaced
. roads yesterday afternoon and last
night IN the short visit which the
committee II speaker sent out d..
the Chamber of Commerce made "a,
Slsnpool IN the afternoon and ~ he
meeting ~ jerks last nignt. the eu-
. courageIneut given Was 50 marked
That u j. the belief that these towns.
a. least viii roll ~ a good majority
Oh election day. November %.
A call for an afternoon meeting a.
GlenpCol had been made by the chs M
ter. tut the meeting had not been ad-
yerfised widely 20 10 was decided az
ter the committee had reached there.
% Wait Until Friday night AssLT-
ance was given that the speakers viii
he given ample ime OF the program
u the con Uun.tl literary society. 20
explain t> bond proposition.
Favor Proposition.
Citizens Of Glenpool. Ike those =
jerks seem heartily IN favor Of The
proposition. As one Of them said We
have cussed the bad roads so much
. LII0A II h0ulD not le consistent 10 be
against the bond issue"
The meeting al jerks. attended hy
q crowd Of representative citizens Of
the town and farmers nearby. was
strikinsly devoid of any unnecessar!es
ln the way Of speeches. T.. Bee Guth-
Tey, highway commissioner Of t..s
chamber. Lewis Cline. county CLERK.
ana George Reeves, county attorney,
went INTO the matter from the stand
point Of good business and they had
the crowd with them. These auditors
Of last night not only are going TO
vote for the issue, they are going 10
spend much time between now and
election day ia making converts to the
cause.
Mr.. Guthrey approached the sub jet,
first from the angle OF the money
that has been spent fruitlessly IN
Tulsa county in the attempt to build
a road system.
you are interested in a good road
down the river from Tulsa to your
city" said Mr. Guthrey "All Of you
have wished dozens OF times, no doubt,
that you had a road. which could be
Travelled in any weather. But here IS
"A fact that is staggering In its first
examination, but which can be proven,
we have spent enough money since
statehood Oh the roads of the state
without getting any lasting results to
pave every section line in the state.
Money Not Stolen.
This money has not been stolen,
II was spent as conSciontiously as
could be under .hc circumstances, but
Il was wasted ia experimenting. We
have reached the stage where the tay-
payer is no more willing to continue
patching dirt roads than he IS TO send
his children to "A log schoolhouse."
As to the cost OF the bonds, in the
interest and the retirement of the is
sue. on the present valuation. the
roads can be built with On aNpendi-
ttre not to exceed $50 for each
81 600 valuation each year, Mr.. Guth-
rev explained.
The question of the efficient eX-
pcnditure of the money. If the issue
carries. was settled by Mr.. Guthrey by
the statement that the chamber has
selected a committee OF business mer
TO advise with the county comInis-
siouors and that every precinct IN the
county will be Urged to name one man
to serve on this committee. The ad
minstratiCn Of the fund will ne di-
rectlV under the supervision of the
state highway engineer, the work Will
he dorc bv contract, with an expert
engineer advising with the contractors
and Keeping check that the roads are
built according to the specifications
for roads with a concrete base and an
asphalt top Tho roads viii be made
twenty feet wide at the places where
traffic Is greatest, ana l6 feet in
other places