Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1920-10-27
LOCAL ROADS TO.
BENEFIT BY PLAN
!, Marshall County viii Gain Road Funds
Through Adoption of Amendment No.
j, Official Figures Show.

Marshal county roads, like thoses in
many other counties, are: growing grad
ually poorer insspite M recent increases
in road taxes. fsss: z,: ~ -, ....~
Good Roads Amendment No. 1 is de-
signed to solve the problem of better
maintaining and improving roads with
out further increasing taxes or issuing
road bonds as is being done in. many
states The, plan will accomplish this,
it is explained, mainly by relieving the
counties. of the supkeeps of >nain high
ways and placing that heavy expense
:, on 1.-The motor traffic which is rapidly
increasing road requirements. Friends
of the plan present 1920 and 1921 COM
!. parsons furnished by the state high
way department in support Of their
claims.
Shows Local Gains
There are 1900 miles of public roads
in Marshall county. The road money
this year, includes $117,693 of county
and $46,71O of town taxes $1935O of
state and; $4,000 of federal aid, also
1892 900 Of bond revenue.
The grand total is $465,754 and APP
proximately 1884, 1872 of it is being spent
upon the trunk highways which are to
be taken over by the state. x -
Thus only $SO,972 now is being spent
on the local roads. Under Amendment
! No. 1, however, there will be available
!. next year about 1922, 069, against the
!. $80972, figure this year a. gain Of
.$141 ,088, without issuing any bonds.
H. 81, 100000 for Local Roads
;, 81 To the larger 1921 fund, county
j: will yield $3.50, 900, township taxes $47,-
aOOO,,ssand the state aid will add probably
:S19,35O as this year.. The county town
roads will measure 1921 miles, with
i trunk highways taken over by the
state r--:.e<.:..
Marshall county will. have gained
nearly $4,000 for use on the lateral
or farmer roads, without increases in
road taxes or issuing road bonds.
Altogether, Minnesota road funds
will aggregate $4,000: 600 next year.
against less than 81, 100000 this year.
and steadily increasing amounts VIII De
provided in succeeding years under the
proposed plan. The state viii nave
about $1O,OOOOO0 year for the trunk
roads and the counties and town more
than S15,OOO,OOO every year for local
roads exclusively. - .:.>
The benefits to- the, counties ana
towns at once are apparent, from the
big gain in funds actually available,
I friends of the proposal maintain, and
every road will be made a good road
!: in short order.
Increases Cash Gifts
ENGINEERS report that the state by
spending $1O,000000 year during the
next six years con properly grade, drain
and gravel the entire I, OOO-mile state
system and also hard-surface more
i than 1,5OO miles of those carrying the
heaviest traffic. 1t will be obliged first
to put and keep every mile of the sys-
TEN in good condition. and then. as
funds permit and according to- traffic
demands, to use the surplus each year
for permanent better1nents.
Marshall county already is receiving
500 1000 Of state and federal aid. Adj
svocates of Good Roads Amendment No.
4 claim that the new plan will on the
average double this gift from the out
side. They explain that the proposal
slooks too good to be true to some
citizens, but recall that the same ap-
piled to the Bob Dunn 1-mill tax
amendment. The fact is that all addi-
tional funds will come from higher
motor vehicle licenses and federal aid,
and that the automobile and truck
owners generally favor it. Questions
about Amendment No. 1 will be answer
ed in this paper if briefly and clearly
stated.
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