Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1919-01-16
COUNTY CREDITS ARE
ISSUE IN ROAD PLANS
Eunds Esp,ndcd IN prr,nnnrm High
ways Should Is' 'rdi'rd :"
County Building Them.
BOND ISSUES ARE INVOLVED
TuIsn Count, .. NhDil, Inirr'Icd ~
What Plan ~ Nt,nn the
State Adopts

u W. Patton. county engineer "'
Tulsa county says that ~ '''lhH
the contracts fur beginning the w'l "
az hard -uffaclng the roads ~ w"
county out ~ the funds aNhllahl"
from the Si1S0 .0n0 bond Issue re-
Gently voted the county '"mlnr
siorera anticipated the rrnp"Hrh
bond i.,u. hy the state and that ~"
county would not he reimbursed f"i
tho work already done On the pr"
posed state highway For this r"n-
son no part ~ the TulHn ruunN tohds
which are though, VII b" in'ludrl
In the proposed state highway ~"
affected by the cunifncir hlt"'lF
lot. nor win they hr touched r"hh
ing the outcome ~ the ptnuuH"d
legislation
oklahoma should vote 100000 70
600 for the construction NJ u"rmh
nert roads fur the state WITHIN tho
next five wears IN the opiuinn nf
County Engineer Patton And h"
points out that N" only trouble with
the proposed Legislation In that II
may provide too little funds and
may derignni. too much mileage w."
mvs that II u bond Issue ~ th0. b.
o00 00O IN provided. then only 2,boO
miles of good roads should he prom.
ised, maintaining tha, at least $40. q.
600 To the mile should he available
Engineer Patton calls attention to
the danger Of promising the men out
In tho sparsely settled counties no
many miles of permanent roads In
order Ia carry the bond Issue, and
then failing 10 fuifili the promise /;
or Of falling 10 consUuct the Kind
of road that will he necessary In
some Of the counties where the irnf.
fic IL 40 great II either of these
contingencies happens. then n second
bond issue may he defeated. lie also
says that there H. little hope ~ tho
materials needed IN the construction
OF permanent highways being cheap.
er ~ any time within tho nsx' ~.
cade
ANY plan that viii not credit n
county for road funds expended In
permanent highways adop' ~ by the
state legislature will he fatal to tho
road movement IN Oklahoma" In the
opinion Of aeoretary Douglas Of the
cha her of commerce.
Colonel Douglas discussed the pro
gram outlined by Governor Robert
son Al Oklahoma City last Saturday,
whom he said that counties having
already constructed highways might
Just a. we'll forget II. and not ask
for reim bursement under the high.
way plan the legislature would en-.
Act"
The matter IL one that Tulsa
county In vitality interested IN. and
the subject will probably he handled
throush the advisory committee Of
the chamber Of commerce and tho
county commissioners. They will he
called on 10 solve the problem. IN.
asmuch n the expenditure of county
money on n road that would ordi.
Marty he built by the state--and
paid for by taxes ooiectrd from Tulsa
county citisens largely--makes n
new problem In the 1919 program OF
highway construction.
Tulsa county 10 represented In tho
matter Of good roads by %. Bce
0uthrey. highway commissioner for
the cha IN, her of commerce. who will
assist In getting the bond Issue en-,
acted into q legality. but he repre-
senta NJ this time the Oklahoma
Good Roads association. and has
been authorized TO raise q fund to
assist IN Retting the information to
the people. and II is believed that
one of tho things the association
will insist being written In the bill
In a measure that will credit pro-
sresaivs counties with what they
have accom- plishsd In roads. .
Creek county 10 also vitality inter
ested In the project. Rs II has links
built In what will surely he ono part
Of the proposed state system,
Another interesting item In the
hill for the $50 900 200 bond Issue was
the statement Of Governor Robert
son that cities ana towns would he
obliged to furnish their part of tho
paving, when tho state highway
passed through them. the state only
agreeing to pay for the work up TO
the city limits I'm avery raa