The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1921-11-24

The county DOaTd To-Day ueHihCOAJ
accepted the plan of Highway Com
missioner HerzOg to vote a bond
issue of $165,O00 for the paving of
the Fox River road strip of the
Geneva road Immediately. The
funds for the other strip are to be
provided later No method has as
yet been chosen for distributing
the cost of the road.
The Geneva road is to be made
concrete thoroughfare running all the
way through Kenosha county. This
was settled on Tuesday afternoon when
the County Board by vote Of nine to
eight adopted a motion made by Super
visor Dowse that bonds be issued suf-
ficient to improve with concrete the
unimproved portions of the Geneva
road This provides both for the strip
five and half miles long running
through the town of Salem and strip
equally as long in town of Wheatland.
The vote on the measure was as
tonishing inasmuch as the majority of
the members Of the board from the
city, who had been expected to rally
to the plan, voted against the measure
while the county members aided in
passing it. The vote stood as follows:
Ayes: Supervisors Gull, Bacon, Spartz,
Dowse, Zerfas, Wicks, White, Becker
and Cook; Noes: Supervisors Barrows,
Luke, Priddis, Parks, Filbin, Elsen,
Roders and Sorrensen.
May Take it in Doses.
While the plan considered by the
board on Tuesday provided for the is
suance of the entire sum of bonds at
once, Highway Commissioner Herzog
appeared before the board today and
suggested that it "be done in Doses"
lie suggested that the Fox River VAL
ley strip be finished Immediately and
that bonds of approximately $165,000
be issued to carry on the work. Re-
garding the other strip he suggested
that the board should defer action
with the plan in mind of completing
it as soon as possible, probably with
in two years.
This method would distribute the
cost over little longer period of time
and according to Commissioner Herzog
would be much better plan of solving
the problem. Either plan would mean
the ultimate completion of the road in
a comparatively short time. Final ac-
ton on which plan will be adopted will
be taken on Saturday when the resolu-
tion is brought up for action.
Will Cost About SS15,OOO.
The completion of the road is ex-
Dected to cost in the neighborhood of
$4,000. Since the county cannot be
bonded by the action of the board for
a sum in excess of this amount with
out referring the issue to the people,
every effort will be made to keep the
cost within these limits. 1t is esti-
mated that the strip in the town of
Salem will cost about $165,000 0hile
the other strip will cost $150,000.
County Highway Commissioner Her
cog will proceed at once to the work
Of mapping out the new improvement
and hopes to get contracts let for the
work so that it will be completed in
the shortest possible time.
The completion of the Geneva road
is a dream which has long been hoped
for by the people both of Kenosha
and Kenosha county. Various civic
organizations of the city have sent
representatives to the board to urge
that favorable action be taken on
the measure.
Method Not Yet Clear.
While the action of the board settles
definitely that the work is to be done
at once, it does not establish just what
method will be used in issuing the
bonds and how the cost of the two
strips of road will be distributed
over this question the members of the
board were widely divided and spir-
tied debate arose Tuesday afternoon
in discussion of it.
The-new road law permits the county
board to assess the town through which
the road passes at the rate of 81 ,00C
mile directly against the town and
to secure the remainder from the
county at large. If this method is
used, the town of Salem would be as.
sessed $500 approximately for the
strip within its borders while the
county at large would pay approx,
mately $159000A In similar way, the
town of Wheatland would be assessed
approximately $4,000 while the county
at large would stand the remaining
$144,0O0 for the improvement.
Many Favor Old Method.
The county board may also adopt the
plan which was used in the construc.
ton of the other strips of the road nov
completed. This provided that The
town through which the road was built
should be assessed twenty-four pei