Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1919-09-24
GOOD ROADS MEETING FAvORS
BOND ISSUE TO COVER COM
PLETE SYSTEM OF COUNTY
BELT LINES.
COMMITTEE SUBMIT PLAN.
MATTER WILL BE HEARD BY co.
BOARD AT FALL SESSION.-DE-
TAILS OF FRIDAYS
GATHERING.
COMMITTEE SUBMIT PLAN.

"A meeting OF county road enthuSi-
asts last Friday evening with the pur-
pose OF meeting the legislative com
m1ttee on trunk line apportiOnment
developed rapidly into a booster club
for bond issue to pull Grant county
out OF the mud forever and a day. All
this evolved thru the magnetic and
forceful speech of A. r. Hurst. Chair
man of the State Highway Commits
sion.
Senator Clark of Galesville presid-
ed and the other committee members
were J. j. Ruka, Boscobel, f. S. Ku-
Datsk1, Milwaukee, and John G.. Chap
pelle, Ashland, sassemblymen and Sen
atOr Kuckuk, ShawanO. With them
were Prof. ]. G. D. Mack, State En-
gineer, Frank c. Cannon, the big
Bertha" of the road movement and
secretary of the Wisconsin Good
Roads Association, and J. H. Donag-
ney, State Maintenance Engineer.
Hurst opened the ball with a few
bouquets to the county followed by
Drlckbats. Hurst stated that the
county had road problem of mag
nitude with it's great areas of brok-
en- ground. He said that there. were
now on the state trunk highway sys-
tenn in the county more mileage shan
the federal government would de-
velop in fifteen years. No divine
power was coming in to Grant coun-
ty to build roads Hurst declared. and
II the people want good roads thru
out they must build them themselves
Hurst is for bonding now having the
good roads and paying for them in
lnstallments. He pointed out a num-
per OF Wisconsin counties that have
bonded az follows: Washington. two
million, Jefferson, two million. IA
clGe. ~, 100000, Wood, ST. 800 OO0S
Green, three million, Dodge. five mil
lion and Dane Ten Million!
Saying that state licenses are is
sued to 225,0O0 automobiles and
10000 trucks Hurst declared that a
saving of cent per mile thru good
roads would mean an annual saving
10 car owners of eight million dol
lars. This is based upon motor traf-
nc OF S0O,O00,000 miles per annum.
Good roads as a means to live
holding the children to the farm and
an absolute necessity meet the great
trafflc constantly developing. were
liz 1Aldlly di uuGuCS d0VanC-
cd. Hurst concluded by suggesting
a live million bond issue with a plan
to spend more money on good roads
in year than all other public i'm
provements combined He denounced
the present piecemeal method as flu
tile and ruinously expensive.
At the close Of the meeting Mr..
Hurst talked again saying that a per
manent road plan must benefit ey-
cry man in the county. He pointed
out that any system that does not put
the roads exactly where they belong
is ruinous A general plan only can
be announced to the people to vote
upon but all pledges must be strictly
adhered to. Of five million bond is
sue the first two millions should be
spent for grading and relocation. the
hard road improvements to come. lat
en-
County Chairman j. T. Bennett was
authorized to appoint q. committee
which will work out a plan to pre-
sent to the county board. This plan
will involve complete permanent
road system for the county outlin-