The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1920-01-05
Vote Hearty Endorsement at
Meeting Held Sunday After
Hearing Donovan
AUTO OWNERS WILL
PAY THE BONDS
County Levies Will Pay for All
Local improvements in
Building Latterals

Donovan, representative of the Min
nesota Highway Improvement asso-
citation, the Bemidji Labor league
voted to heartily endorse the Bah
cock plan, which is otherwise known
as Amendment No. l., at the meeting
held by that organization Sunday
afternoon at 2 o'clock in the rooms
of the Bemidji Civic and Commerce
association in the City building.
Mr.. Donovan explained, in detail.
the benefits to be derived by all
classes of people from the passage
of Amendment No. /, or the "Bab-
cock good roads plan." The adop-
ton of the pending constitutional
Amendment No. establishes in Min
nesota state trunk highway sYs.
tenn, of approximately 1000 miles of
main roads, which reaches into every
section of the state, the highwa rs to
be constructed and maintain ed as
pesats. ps1,is highways by the state + Min
Auto. WiIlH-P.y Boz ia.-
The construction and t he n,ainte-
nance of the roads in this system
is to be financed by . bond issue
which is to be retired by the pro
ceeds from an increaF ed tax on all
motor vehicles oper ating Under IL
cense from Ems stat Z. No oonds are
issued 1y tne amen lment ! ,ut the pas
sage Arrows 81 !ne Itate " ;gislature to
ISSUE issue ana a. SCI; ';.s Tn bond Of the ST.
w'sh'n WIFI aaine,an ;ne Ill" 1t Of 100000
sbaiI a there r hc year and at ="
'''t' ;m honIs r'is's ~ ~ NOR :. than ST. T..
y, anau " >tstap ding. .oSSot' 3" %
will be | ,ee Y lis higE
fee fee on ~ .ecs sary m <tssv svsten. ,,,,;
sss sssa! s. Ivy ee ss g $5;sS5 5;35 1 is:s' sS.
tay Ap' "a ~ >1rd to be issued in snc y,
;o. ~ Cannot be retired by th
"'o4 Oh motor vehicles. vi
Local Find. for "F..d.r.."
AL way system. all of the local funds
the:, state aid, county and townsh;
H. ner tev't are left intact to be used b,
sr TIE local authorities in building tn!
urh local or feeder roads. This woult
etc. mean that in ten years the countie,
r. and townships Of the state woul@
is nave local road building fund suf
nc1ent to build 21,8 $50 miles of prav.
riot eled road at an average cost of 81. .OOO
his per- mile. 1t is estimated that 1t
re- Will take period of ten years to
ore complete the trunk highway system.
The extra taxation on the owners
or motor vehicles will be repaid to
Ine owners in the lower cost of m
ES keep caused by the new system Of
good roads, since it is estimated bv
experts that there is saving of >
W.. cen1s mile in costs of operating on
'ye the paved roads. va
will 1000 Mile Trunk System.
m The passage of Constitutional
me- Amendment No. will give Mime
:, sofa 1000 mile trunk highway svs-
me tenn to care for inter-countv and
ed statewide traffic. It will remove from
Ill the counties and townships the bur
y a aen of building and maintaining
W these expensive highways It will re,
Tn lease enough local funds to enable
ct Ine counties and townships to build
TO 2l,950 miles of graveled roads in
ty ten years, if these funds are con-
y centrated on this work. It will give
IL minnesota the most wonderful road
System possessed by any state in
VS. the Union without increasing the gen.
eral taxes eo"
Mr. Donovan is pleased with the
stand taken by the Bemidji Labor
league and wishes everyone to know
p that just such cooperation is ner1Ted1
throughout the entire state to assure
the passage Of the amendment. H..
: vail address the Bemidji Civic and
r Commerce association at the noon
s day luncheon in the association rooms
on Wednesday, January z, at which
time he urges all to be present that
ne may explain to them the need for,
the passage Of the Babcock plan,