The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1919-07-09
Why OPPOSE BETTER ROADS;
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such improvements or the maintenance
thereof, and for the redemption OF
any bonds issued thereon as herein
provided. For the purposes Of admin
istration, the apportionment to any
county may be made up partly from
the federal afds rDad allotments.'"' And
section 81 Provides, Board Of, super
visors has8thr6e soptions as to proce-
dure-May or on petition shal submit
question Of hard surfacing to vote of
election. Each coiihty, acting through
| it's board oof'supervisors, shall have
three options In the expenditure of its
allotmentsg from the primary road
fund.- Fist, It may elect to complete
the grading and drainage OF any part
foE.all Of sthsa primary roads within the
county before laying any hard surfac-
ing; or second, it. may hard surface
in any one year such portion of the
roads in the primary system in it's
county as may be met by its allotted
portion of the primary road fund for
said year, plus any balance remaining
to its credit from previous allotments,
plus the special assessments on abut.
ting and adjacent real estate as here
matter provided; or it may proceed
in any one year with draining and
grading on one or more divisions of
the primary System and with hard sur
facing or other divisions of said sys-
tenn Third, At may proceed with said
hard surfacing in more rapid man.
ner when authorized to do so by the
voters of the county as hereinafter set
Forth, provided no hard SFsurfacing
shall be constructed on any division
}pfS the primary roads until the drain
| age and grading of said division shall
Ihave been fully completed. ~
The law provides that, "the board
Of supervisors shall not proceed with
hard surfacing of roads until such
work. shall be, authorized by a major
ity vote of the electors of such county
at a general election, or special cleo
ton, called for that purpose" A large
majority OF the counties of Iowa that
have voted upon the proposal to hard
surface the primary roads have voted
favorably and in most cases have car
ried bond issues Herewith. Those re-
suits Indicate strength in the law and
a determination on the part Of the
progressive counties OF Iowa to build
real roads. rs ..
This county has about $200,u.O Of
primary road fund available. Only
about fifty or sixty thousand dollars
Of that will be needed to complete
the earth work on the primary road
system. What shall we do with the
rest and with the succeeding allot-
ments? sts .ts.-r-. +. .-..., ,~1.s
:. In the past two or three years, con-
gress has made two appropriations Of
70, and 200 million each for highway
Improvements subject to a.: number.
of rules and regulations. The people
Of Crawford county contribute to the
federal funds,o in various ways, and
thereby help to provide sone-half of
the primary; road fund regardless Of
whether 81, not we build any pavement,
and automobile owners will be requir:
ed to pay, the same registration fees
which help to provide, the other half
Of the primary road fund whether or
not, Crawford county builds any dur.
able roads, and we can not use any of
our allotment on roads other than the
primary road system, 20. r.. Is.
When the people OF, this county CON
tribute to the federal and state funds,
which willie pay three.fourths of the
cost of hard suffaoing roads in other
counties that vote favorably, can the
voters of this, county afford to defeat
a proposal to get paved roads with the
rest of the progressive counties?
| If we defeat. the proposal. to build
better roads, do we not deny our
selves of the very thing we help to
pay rs per cent of the cost of in 9TH
err counties not any more progressive
than Crawford