The Marietta journal. (Marietta, Ga.) 1918-1944, 1919-05-09
COMMITTEE REPORTS ON
COBB COUNTY ROADS TO
ROAD MEETING TUESDAY
County Highway Association
Is Provided For
Committee Recommended Half Mil
lion Dollar Bond Issue to Match
Like Sum From Government For
Use on Roads Named in Report.


So small was the gathering, and so
little the enthusiasm manifested IN
the good roads mass meeting at the
Court House on Tuesday that we are
at a loss to form an intelligent opin-
ion of the real attitude of the mass
of the pepole of the county toward
good roads.
Expressions from some not IN the
meeting indicated that a jealosy OF
one section against the other would
be so strong as to defeat all efforts
at real road improvement in the
county, including of course a bond
issue.
That Cobb is losing time and is
going to lose much more before she
gets roads seemed clear to even
causal observer.
The committee appointed at the
April meeting which has been work
ing with the county commissioners,
made a report and recommendation
which are given below and which was
adopted by the meeting without OBJ
lection from single person present.
There were present some very ear
nest and interested citizens who Of
fered words of advice and encourage
ment. also some visitors from Atlanta,
who were kind enough to offer some
information about bonds, road con-
tracts and other subjects of interest.
The Eaeeting after adopting the re-
port of the committee elected Mr.
J. P. Cheney as chairman of the
County Highway Association, which
was provided for in the resolution and
gave him authority to name a vice
president from each militia district
in the county also secretary.
Mr.. Cheney stated that he would
not now announce these, but would
try to secure from each district men
who would assist in the work, and
that another meeting would be called
later.
The committee which formulated
the report was composed of j. +.
Cheney, Roy S. Mather, D. Mid
dlebrooks, C. C. Foster, |. c. Power
and w. M. Webb, and Mr.. Cheney as
the chairman presided over the meet
ing.
For the convenience of our readers,
we have published in heavy type on
another page the roads and estimated
cost of improvements as adopted by
Tho~n amend
ment to the original resolution which
we have incorporated in the list, TAX
ing care of two mile gap in the Lost
Mountain road.
eve recommend the issuance of
s5OO,OOO.OO in bonds, to run for a
period of -- years, with maxi
mum interest rate of go, and that
the same be sold by the County Com
missioners as the money may be need
ed in the building of the said roads;
and we recommend that an election
be held for the purpose of voting on
the said bonds and special bond COM
missioners, as hereinafter referred to,
on August End, 1919.
'The County Commissioners will
have charge of validating the bonds
and selling the same, and they are
to turn over the proceeds thereof to
a bond commission, to be expended
as hereinafter set out; and the county
commissioners pledge to the people
that they have designated the roads,
and classified the roads to be made
as set out in Exhibit A, and that these
roads shall be the ones said money
will be spend upon.
eve recommend that special Act
be passed by the Legislature provld-
ing for a bond commission to be COM
posed of five commissioners, one from
each road ward in the County, to be
elected in the same manner as our
present Board of Commissioners, and
that their terms of Office shall begin
upon their election and qualification,
is to be in the same way as our county
Commissioners and that their terms
of Office shall be as follows: three OF
the said bond commissioners shall be
elected for a period of -- years,
and two shall be lected for a period
of years; and when their
terms O foffice shall expire their sue
cessors shall be elected for term of
years; and their compensa-
ton shall be the same as that of the
County Commissioners. 1t shall be
? the duty of the bond commissioners
to take charge of the money derived
from the sale of the said bonds and
to expend the same upon said roads
as is set out in Exhibit A, and all
roads to be built by contract let to
the lowest and best bidder, the con-
tracts to be let in the same manner
as that of bridges under the present
law. They shall spend said money
or1v az set out in Exhibit A. In other
words. the percentages used shall be
governed by the amount set out for
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