Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-07-15
ROAD MONEY GONE;
NOTHING TO SHOW

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! S194,95794 that they have expended
and contracted for, when they only
had s5l.616.74 to start with They
viii have to take sI43,34t2O out Of
the new levy right off the reel!
The sum OF Sl9i,95794 Tor good
roads since January l. and what Is
thero to show for II?
Thcy built seven miles OF dirt roads
around Lou Norths farm four miles
south Of Tulsa. They built two miles
Of road leading Ip to the farm or
Colonel Suppes. another commission
er. They have put IN number OF
small concrete culverts on different
roads and this work alone of all they
have done Is about the only accom-
plishment In which extravaganza and
mercenary motives do not seem To
have entered
Wonderful Foresight
They are now building the road ana
approaches 10 the point on the Ar
kansas river where the Sand Springs
bridge tx to be installed there at "A
cost of $4,000. This project can not
possibly be completed for "A year yet
The road they are building can not be
used and neither can the approaches
until the bridge is opened to traffic.
North must want to be sure Charles
Page is dccOmm odatcd before the last
dollar OF the new levy is spent In ad-
vance! Building u road "A year before
II can possibly be used! quite a road
builder, this man North!
The previous commissioners con
tracted for hard surface road from
West Tulsa "a miles toward Sapulpa.
with IA view To eventually hooking II
up with similar road IN Creek coun-
" that would afford continuous
paved highway system between Tulsa
and Sapulpa The portion of this road
now in use liz the best road In the
county. The "a miles will soon he
completed. North has announced that
they will not contract for u continue
ton OF this splendid highway to the
Creek county linel
Tho hard surface roads that are
now contemplated and about which
North has made SO much fuss consist
of seven miles of rock road directly
contiguous to North's farm and IA
similar highway from Tulsa to Sand
Springs That is all, Maybe the
money will not last long enough for
even that At the very best that Is
all they hope TO do in road work dur
ing tho balance of their administra-
tion. And the new levy viii turn
$3.50. O0O more into the road fund cot-
fcrs The profies for these rock
roads were completed by the former
county engineer before he was de-
posed. However, they have not been
filed with the state highway depart
mCnt. and until that IL done the
money for this work will not be avail
able, as that is the provision OF the
state law.
Martin Only Tool.
North is the road king of the
county He seems TO be the sole
dictator of these enormous funhs.
Rob Martin OF Sperry Repub-
lican. IL APPARENTLY only IA tool
that all OF the roads that have been or
are going to be built are for North's
farm but nothing Absolutely moth
ing-has gone Martins way He
lives at Sperry. II is common talk
around the courthouse that Martin IL
the goat"
Colonel Suppes IL probably the in
telectual superior OF either North or
Martin and generally conceded to be
good business man and honest. but
he has cvinced little If any personal
interest In the road program and
rarely shows up at the commissioners
meetings. He seems perfectly willing
to let North engineer the band wagon.
simply because North is willing to 90
II and Suppes does not have the time
on account of personal business.
Want To Dust Them.
Local taxpayers are talking or ap-
pealine to the attorney general with
a view to starting custer proceedings.
He can do this under the same law
that he Is now trying to oust Sheriff
Mccullough.
IL is claimed by many that North
Is making all this noise about auditing
the books OF the previous commits
sioners solely 10 detract attention from
himself and his associates Certainly
II Is quite evident. even to school
boy In his teens, that someone else
besides the former administration
needs investigating.
When one coutemplates the facts
II is not altogether too far-fetched
20 ask that the lunacy commission
take hand.