The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1919-03-07
PRECINCT THREE WANTS
PRORATA OF BOND FUNDS

: The road working situation IN
scurry county Is attracting almost a.
much notice Just now as the Of
, proposition. Since the voting of tho
4 100000 bond issue last December
The matter OF getting the funds in
shape purchasing tools. employing
an engineer and getting the road work
started has been series OF prob
lens confronting the commissioners
court IL was argued in the bond
election campaign that II the bonds
were voted and plans made to es-
tablish one or more national high
ways through the county. the H,A-
way commission would make lib
eral Appropriation. probably dollar
/ for dollar and thus provide work
for the Scurry county peon.e TO tide
them over the hard struggle follow
ing last years crop failure The
bonds carried by a large majority.
The bonds were sold and plans
were set 10 work TO start road build
ing. The Highway Commission
granted Highway No. from the
Nolan county line by Hermleigh
snyder and Dermott to the Gar2a
Hire and appropriated SS2,90O Il.
ward bulline he road. Since then
the Cent 90 Highway has been des
irnatcd from the Fisher county line
+ through snyder 90 he Borden count
lire and 10 is understood have agreed
TO put S5O.0oo OF Highway money in
90 that road Meanwhile the Commis-
sioners' court have figured that az
ter setting apart sufficient funds o.
meet the requirements of the High
way Commission there would De-
10000 Tor each Commissioner %
precinct 20 be spent ia building and
improving other county roads and
especially the rural mail routes in
The county
Pursuant thereto the people have
been working those roads until prac-
IDEALLY an he available FUNDS have
been used and it is found that there
Is not money enough 20 finish the
work
There was an Interesting meeting
held here in the county court room
Monday TO discuss the motter Several
mon we're heard 20 say they had got
t.u ln only three or four days on
tho road and they wanted 20 sd.
what could bee don, about it a. ts
known. neither OF the two National
hirhvays goes through precinct No
and the people OF that precinct
wore here Monday 20 discuss %
Tbere were more than hundred
citizens of that precinct al this meet
fur Horace Holley OF Ira was elect
sd chairman and John w. Hancoet
of Dunn was secretary of the meet
ing
chairman HoIey stated that the'
had met to discuss plans boy ~hici
r.cclnct 3 might get the benell's
of the bond funds He said th"I
had nearly all voted Tor the bonds hoi
inc TO have funds for furnishing IN
-eoplo employment. Re urged sooer
,opnd reasoning without too mUei
haste so that correc, solution o'
the matter might result from delIo
rrations.
! n Ellis said that he was ava.
from here at the time OF the 'is'
lion and read r the Snyder Signal
about the bono election and that tn'
home people would realize good
wares for road building and he cam
homo to work ON the roads. MY
Fus said that in his opinion tho
national highways would be no al
vantare. but IL the precincts throNSr
which thev are 10 run want them n
favors leaving it to them to pA
nm what the Highway Commtssio'
may require and let the people ol
nre.inct three have their prorata o.
the bond money to use in bui'aih'
the roads in their precinct. He thlnKs
prec net three pays more taxes tina
anyohcr precinct in the county an'
insists that they should have VIA
belongs to them.
J. w. McGuha spoke alone sim
liar lines. lie too. got his notion
from the Signal. and from Officials
that the road work would bring II
nancisl relief to the people and hf
travelled over the county to urge IN
people to vote the bonds. Other talf
we're made by Mr.. Taylor, Richard
son Warrington. Kemp. Comm!s
sioner Cuthbertson and others.
]. II. rllis moved the appointment
OF q committee of five to meet tae
court and demand that Precinct NO
3 be allowed its pro.ata of the bone