Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1920-04-03
ARGUMENTS FOR AND AGAINST ROAD
BUILDING At PRESENT ARE HEARD
:. BY COUNTY, NO ACTION IS TAKEN

The commissioners court yosierda
morning heard arguments of a mum
Dor Of citizens for ana against m
p0stponment OF the cOnniy's ron
construction program. Among thOs
spenking for the continuation a
the program NJ once were !. T.. iii
", Y. Ware. e. ". Garner. T.. N. Twn,
dell. j ! Gordon. Fred hone aud "
w. Lynch, while those for the posl
ponmeni were w H. Fuqua. Ben n
stone. G NJ Mccullough. T.. "
Hardin aud 4, II Landcrgin.
Final action on the matter was de-
TERED by the commission. and an
other meeting was called for Thur
day morning NJ . o'clock. when II /
expected that j. y. Wit, Of Dallas.
member Of the firm Of Magic witt
Rollins. county engineers. viii h
present.
Mr.. fuQua declared that II may b
true that the eyes Of the world
were on Amarillo. but that We woul,
he "paited on tho back aud callo'
y good fellow" only ~ long as vi
succeed In case We fail. h. assert
cd. We either wero considered crook
or fools m /, comes 10 u choice.
he said, II would prefer TO be calle'
u crook for would have a chance Il
reform while there would be- It'll,
hope for the fool. within any com
munlty the size of Potter county q
Amarillo. YOU VIII possibly find io'
men who take the lead IN affairs.
M firm was the conviction of Nj
Fuaua against spending the funds Il
CONSTRUCT, the proposed system u
preaent that he told the commission
ora he would be- willing to raise IN
rate OF interest Que per cent ON tn
funds deposited In the First Nation
"A Bank rather than see the conslruc
ton program begun
Wants same tciinn.
"rlve commissioners IN PotIcl
county will decide the issue M u
whether 10 continue the rond-build
lng ponram, and ! sincerely hop'
that they will act Just as " th''
We're handling thir own money
The question ~ one largely o.
whether W. will get more Tor Ou'
money hy waiting three. siN or twelve
months or possibly longer before
spendlng money for rond maieflh's
~ believe that prices are ut th'il
peaks aud we should take advantage
Of "a declining market, which II shr'
A come. Don't be- IN q hurry Il
snend this money You find people
waiting for sales before purchasing
clothing, for irNancr Lee us do
iittle waiting,
Mr.. Fuaua went into the matter
from u financial standpoint ana snlo
that he personally probably woul'
not make US much money ~ he ON
erylse would II the constructor
program wen, forward lie said ina
tho Otter Of increased interest wonl'
coal him S,sOo = year uiorc " nee
essa,y. should the court accept th'
offer. He added that whenever W
made up his mind ~ Ia what wa
right he would rather haV" the sat
lslact,on Of standIng by his belie'
whatever the financial cost
irues Road liuil'ling.
n. r. Ware. president of tn" ANA
rlllo National Bank, said thnt W.
should 70 ahead with tho road build
ing program. The waiting tendency
was dcplorcd hy him. he dcclarlnl
that he had waited too Iona for many
GOOD things and the result was tha'
he was too old ever IN enjoy ih'
benefits OF them. Attention was call
cd 10 IN. fac, tina, u would aAhnhc,
The vain. OF property, Employment
OF home labor was usRed as mnch ~
posslble. and lcaylng Of the matter
10 the commissioners FOR decision
were advocated by Mr. Ware.
], E. I'M OF the Panhandle Lum
her Company said that Potter county
had been offered one Of the mos
favorable proposition of obtalnlnp
M any court IN the STATE. Freight
charges are the biz factor ne assert
cd. In obtaining gravel
SONG Materials May FALL
"In regard to the high prices Of
building high priced houses. SAFE
nv MI, YOU may find that sonl'
Of the costs may decline. bhl yo1
will find thai the materials III mod
crate priced houses have not au
yanccd In proportion 10 those Tor 'h'
more expensive types.
"whn Amnihllo needt II more
moderate priced homes To chapl'
the WORKING classes To either rent OF
avn ,heao houses. Extension N
these roads outside the city lim'''
would make available thousands o
desirable building sites whose cost
would he IN reach ~ every man AM
hermit them To build moderate pr''
ed houses.
"Rrnls are hlgh here IN part he
cause the buildlng of houses u ir
s,rlcted 10 an area that was alfeahl
eommenclng 10 be oyer-crowded
uoad hullding materials have no
commenced ~ Increase IN price u
somnnrlson with other commodities
Road construction would not be- "
somnstltlon with building iiyidrs no.
with the farmers heoause u calls toI
different class NJ labor
Fred Hone. contractor. declared
hls surprlne ~ any one urging della
m construction Of roads. lie said TIA
,hs unskilled labor In Amarillo wa
of the highest erade that there ha'
bcen IN ~ years and attributed u q