Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1918-01-18

prOVement, this being Speclfed by
the commissioners in the resolution
formally calling the special election.
and only sufficient bonds will be
issued to pay the county's portion Of
the cost. The commissioners are
limited in this way by the statutes,
which provide that funds raised by .
bond issue can be used only for the
purpose specified in the call for the
election.
Details OF Situation. s
Decision by the commissioners to
call the special election was reached
after several weeks consideration Oc
the situation. It was agreed that the
pavement Of the highway is essential,
that the county should avail itself Of
the $4,000 offered by the govern
ment but has not sufficient moqustp
do 20 unless bond issue Is author
iSed. and that, on account Of DIM
Guilty as to detours II the paving II
done two or three miles at : time
every year. the whole strstcn should
be hard-surfaced ct one time.
II the commissioners should ap-
propriate $4,000 from the road ana
bridge funds this year 70 the taxpey-
ers would get the benefit OF the gov
ernment's offer, and pave the high
way as far as st. Clair, the road ana
bridge work in all other parts Of the
county would be crippled. It Is point
ed out.
Furthermore, when the paving OF
the section between st. Clair and the
county line at the NisQually river II
undertaken under this plan next year
or the year after, the trafic would
not get the benefit Of the stretch pre-
Fviously paved but would have to ~
detoured over the old Nisqually hiu
road while the work was In progress
For these reasons the commission
ers proposed the bond issue and or
dered the special election. The regu-
lar general election rules will govern.
only registered voters being permit
ted to vote, and three-hfths major
ity Of those voting will be necessary
to approve the issue.
Sans Issues Statement.
Following the announcement Of
the special election, Commissioner J..
C. Sans issued statement heartily
endorsing the proposed issue, point
ing out that the hard-surfacing would
eliminate present expense Of $500
a mile for maintaining the gravel
road which. under the present heavy
traffic. "does not keep 1t in proper
shape" and II the work is done now
the county would have ready ''for
use next fall a paved road from
Olympia to Tacoma with the new con-
crete bridge over the Nisqually river.
for which the state has just let the
contract"
He proceeded to point out that the
county is now free from both bonded
and warrant debt, that the bonds will
be a 10-year issue at interest mot to
exceed 6 per cent" that the $4,000
offered by the government sis more
than one-third Of the amount the tag
payers will contribute under the bond
issue plan," and that II the work is
not done now 'it will require at least
Ave years to finish it" by the method
of building a short stretch every
year, "and during that period the
road will be closed more than half
the time and the taxpayers might
have to bear the entire expense OF
paving.
"In my opinion 1t will be the best
investment the citizens of Thurston
county can make to approve the
100000 bond issue at this time,"
Commissioner Sans continued. ''It
means in short that Camp Lewis with
its 10000 Inhabitants will be moved
into Thurston county. This will ben
eft not only the citizens Of the mu-