The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1919-04-24

roads II could reasonably expect dur
Ing the next seventeen years The
Senators and Representatives In the
Legislature from that section would
Immediately proceed TO oppose the ap
preparation OF any more money Ia
build roads In other parts o fthe State
and the locality having the next
strongest political pull with the locat.
Ing authority would secure the second
years appropriation and when that
money was spent and the road I'm that
locality built, the people In that sec.
ton could not expect the building of
any more roads there during the next
sixteen years. aud the same thing
would happen with the third years ap.
preparation and 80 on until before half
the system had been built there would
be majority Of the Senate and House
with the roads already built I'm their
counties and the Legislature would re-.
fuse to appropriate any more money TO
build roads In other sections OF the
state or to complete the system. It
would he unwilling to impose any
more taxes on tho constituents OF the
Senators and Representatives from the
counties In which the roads had al.
ready been constructed to build roads
for the rest of the State. The building
OF the system would therefore stop.
The rest OF the State would forever
continue to crawl through the mud
At tho best, what would be construct.
cd would be a mere patch work OF
roads scattered over the State In sec.
ttons having the strongest political
pull with the Legislature or the locat.
Ing authority. A bond issue could not
then be voted to complete the system
because those sections OF the State
which had gotten their roads would
not vote to bond themselves to build
roads for tho rest OF the people Of
the State. II is therefore impossible
to build a statewide system In any
other way than bond issue.
The proposed Amendment does not
fix the width of the roads nor the
apeci cations thereof. because II ia i'm.
practicable to do so. That Il purely
an engineering proposition. Whore
there Is a great amount OF travel and
tralhc, and the loading OF the road IL
heavy, the road should have heavy
construction and he of suff,cient
width to accommodate the travel
thereon. In localities where the vol.
ume OF travel and trafiic Is not q,
great, and tho loading OF the real ia
not so heavy, thcre Ia no need of such
heavy construction. nor OF buiiG ing thu
road so wide. The varying conditions
or the different sections OF the State
render II impracticable to fix a riGid
standard Of width or specifications. Il
is necessary to have some elasticity
In that respect and to place in tho
hands OF the Commission the deter.
mination OF what particular character
OF road and what particular width Of
road should be constructed In any
particular locality.
The counties are not required to
anything whatever toward
the construction OF this trunk line avs.
tenn nor is the adjacent property re.
auired to contribute anything. The
counties and adjacent property are left
Tree and unburdened so that they
may have the means and ability to
build hard surface lateral roads from
this trunk line system leading out into
the various sections not touched by
the trunk lines, to the end that all the
people OF the State may have access
to and enjoy the benefits and blessings
OF the system OF roads constructed by
the State.
Wherever the trunk line system ira.
verses the Incorporated limits OF n
town or city which has the power nm.
der the law to pave its streets. the
cost OF construction OF the road within
the corporate limits Of such town or
city can not be met out OF the State
bond issue, but II the city or town has
not such power the State builds tho
road through the city and paws the
entire cost of construction. Any other
plan would be unfair to the wide.
awake. progressive cities Of the State !
which have already paved their
streets.
II Will require certain amount Of I
cost TO build the state
'ystem OF roads whether they are built
IN the bond issue plan or some other
Plan There must be corps OF EN-,
,loyees to supervise the spending of
ne money and the building OF the
'oads IN whatever plan may be adopt.
'd' There must be clerks, stonogra.
'hers' engineers, inspectors and other
employees of the State and the coat
viii be the same under whateyer avs.