The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1917-01-11

The towns of Bristol and Paris
climbed on the Good Roads, band wa
gon in great shape on Tuesday when
special elections we're held in both towns
TO decide on the issuance of bonds for
completing all the state highway work
provided on the Kenosha county plan
for these towns. Paris voted by q
vote Of 90 to % to issue bonds in the
sum of $27,150 and further issue Of
SlS,100 to take care of the state 3 share
B the work in that township and oBris-
to by vote of GO to IS voted town
bonds to the amount of $42,S25 and the
auxiliary bond issue for state money
amounting to 500 $50
County Must DO It's Share.
Under the law the county is now en-
titled to issue bonds to provide for it s
share of the work on the roads in the
Awc towns and the question of These
ia issues will come up at the January
citing of the county board which o.
ON next Tuesday. 1t is forecasted
lt the fight for good roads in the two
MS is won as the county board VIII
4Gcubtedly vote the bond issues and
obably without division of the board.
This win mean a county issue of $69,9F5.
Tt is expected that the bonds will be
issued to bear the date of Oct. /, 1917.
This will make the money available for
the completion of all work planned by
the two towns by the summer of 1918.
She total amount to be spent in the
town of Paris will be $72, 450 and in the
town of Bristol it will be $114,200. In
Paris the amount of the expenditure is
divided as follows: From the town and
county, $27,150, and from the state,
$lS,100. In Bristol the township bonds
will total $42,825, an equal amount will
b. issued by the county and the state
share will be $2S,550.
q'he action of the two towns will place
Kenosha at the very head of the process
sion Of Wisconsin counties in the road
movement. AS Pleasant Prairie has al
ready voted bonds to clean up all the
road work this viii make three towns
in Il & county in which the complete per-
manent road system has been provided
f,r.
Beats Legislative Action.
The success of the bond isues in the
two towns on Tuesday gives the assur-
aHce that the improvement in this coun-
ty will not be interfered with by pro-
posed legislative action to take from
the towns the right to issue township
bonds for road building 1t is thought
certain that law restricting bond is
sues to the counties where the county
unit has been adopted will be passed
by the legislature but this legislation
will not affect the action of the two
Kenosha county towns. 1t was hoped
that Somers would also vote on the
Sroblem of good roads before the legis-
Rture met but Somers failed to take
dvantage of the conditions under the
wv law.
The vote at the election in both Of
e towns was representative vote
Id there We're no sore heads after the
ectlon who threatened to contest. The
mount of bonds demanded from the
unty by the two towns can be taken
ire of by the county board without
admitting the matter for a referendum
Is with these bonds the county viii not
exceed the amount of bond issues per-
.mitted under the state law County
oard mebers and this includes mem
pefs from the city, have declared that
I'd towns should be treated alike and
he fact that the board voted the Pleas
at Prairie bonds is the assurance that
sese new issues will be provided for
Great Benefit to General Public.
lhe proposed plan for road improve
hit in the two towns will be of great
3efit to every user of the roads of
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