The Pulaskian. (Pulaski Heights [Little Rock], Ark.) 1915-1929, 1919-03-07
ROAD DISTRICTS
FOR PULASKI
SENATOR OWENS INTRODUCES
BILLS CREATING FIVE NEW
HIGHWAY MEASURES.

Good roads for Pulaski county have
been positively assured by the introduc-
ton recently by Senator Grover I. Owens,
senator for this county, of five bills pro-
viding for five separate road districts
for Pulaski.
The five districts created in these sep
arate bills are included in the large road
improvement project provided for in SEN
ote Bill No. 800.
The consolidated road bill provided for
the building of six roads; the Forest
Park road, Alexander pike to the Lonoke
county road, Arch street pike to Saline
county, the Fort Smith road, the Twelfth
street pike and the Pine Bluff road Sep
arate bills providing for the improvement
of the first five of these roads were IN
troduced. A bill providing for the crea-
ton of Pine Bluff road district is being
prepared.
&c Since there seems to be some obJec-
tions to Senate Bill No. 800, which has
been amended to reduce the taxation, and
which is awaiting passage in the house,
we were afraid the legislature might adj
iourn next week without any provision
being made for the Improvement of roads
in Pulaski county, said Senator Owens
last night. e9The separate bills were in
troduced as precaution.
Each road district bill introduced pro-
vides that the assessments shall be 10
cents per acre a year from the rural
land, 20 cents per lot for cities of the
second class and 30 cents per lot for cities
of the first class. Little Rock property
will be affected by all of the districts.
The total tax per year, in case all the dis
tricts are created, will be about $3.50 a
lot per year.
Bill No. $40, which was introduced
by Senator Owens provides for the con-
struction of road from Main and Mark
ham Streets by the way of Forest Park,
to the Perry county line Justin Mat
thews, c. p. Perrie and J. Z. England
Jr. are named commissioners in the bill,
which provides for district embracing
Little Rock and all quarter sections in the
county which lie with in three and one
half miles of the proposed highway. The
h, hull oh icEAl
to be retired within 30 years.
James P Faucette, A. M. Machin and
w d. Pope are named as commissioners
in the North Little Rock and Fort Smith
Highway District, created in Senate Bill
No. 566. This bill was read twice in the
Senate and made special order for third
reading. The proposed road would run
from the end of the present asphalt pave
ment at Twenty third and Main streets,
North Little Rock, through Levy to the
county line at the steel bridge over Pa
1arm creek. A loop road at point to be
constructed, branching off from the Fort
Smith road at a point to be selected by
the commissioners and running along the
present road by Crystal Hill and back to
point where it viii intersect the Fort
Smith road, south of Palarm creek, the in
tersection to be selected also by the COM
misionegs. The bill provides that in case
of vacancy ON the board the remaining
two may select a third to succeed to the
vacancy and that all shall receive a COM
pensation at the rate of SIS day while
engaged in the work of the district.
City streets affected in Bill 566 could
be widened by the commissioners to so
feet and the commissioners would be the
judges of damages, accruing to any prop
erty owner affected.