Williston graphic., 1919-03-13
GOOD ROAD MEETING
WAS HELD TUESDAY
GOOD ROADS MEETING HELD AT
COURT HOUSE MARCH IL
WELL REPRESENTED

The County Superintendent Of Pub
lie Highways, Mr.. A. F. Young, call
ed meeting March 11th for the pur-
pose of formulating plans and dis
cussing the various problems con-
nected with the good road movement.
Well Represented
Present at this meeting were the
Board of County Commissioners, Ivan
Metzger, Supt. TO County Highways,
and J. E. Kaulfuss, Asst. Chief En-
gineer of Bismarck, N. D. Thirty
two of the fifty three townships with
in the county were represented by
the chairman of the township board.
Mr.. Metzger acted as chairman.
He stated that it was not to be ex-
pected that good roads would be built
in all parts of the county in one, five
or ten years, but that it was the be-
ginning of good move and the main
object in view first was trunk line
roads, leading to towns where the
traffic is heaviest. He also explain
ed the old way of expending the
township road funds and that the dol
lar has been spent only 60 per cent
efficiently.
Mr.. J. E. kauluss, the assistant
Chief Engineer Of Bismarcw, gave a
very interesting and instructive talk
on practical road building and the diff
ferent ways in parts of the country
in financing the building of roads.
He stated that, Approximately $780,
600 of the Federal Aid Fund will be
available for Williams county dur
ing the next three years, providing
the county is willing to spend an
equal amount in conjunction with the
Federal Government. The Ecomic
school and social value of good roads
was brought out by him and statistics
showing where it cost Sic per ton
mile on poor road against 31c on a
good road.
Financial Condition
Mr. Aaen, the county auditor ex-
planned the financial condition of Will
liams county in regard to road and
bridge funls, and that there will be
available approximately 100000 of
which $4,000 will be spent on the
Federal Road Project, leading from
Williston to Ray, distance of thirty
miles. He stated that, "the town.
ships could levy ten mills or one per
cent, but the county was limited to
a five mill levy, and this year on ac-
county of the building of the Federal
Road, and purchasing of machinery,
the county will not be in as good a
position financially, to aid the town
ship as they will be succeeding years.
This movement taken by the coun-
ty commissioners, in building the
county roads with the county road
funds is entirely new for this section
of the country, but has been in prac-
tice in some of the adjoining counties
and excellent results obtained.
Instead of the old system by which
the grades, cuts and fills were let by
contract, the county now proposes to
complete it's own roads with it's own
machinery.
: Townships cooperating with the
county, will receive aid from the
county financially and the advice Of
the Superintendent office.
Townships under the contract sys-
tenn, may if they so wish, receive aid
from the county, but the work will
be under the supervision of the. Coun-
ty Superintendent.
After Mr.. Kaulfuss had finished
his illustrated lecture, in which he
showed about seventy different pic
lures in the making of macadam,
stone, clay, sand and gravel roads,
the meeting was opened for discus
sion by Mr.. Metzger, and the outline
of the years work will result there
from.