The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1921-07-08
WOULD SUBMIT
BOND ISSUE TO
VOTE OF PEOPLE
JUDGE WHITTHORNE REPLIES TO
RECENT SPEECH OF CHAIR
MAN w. w. HOUSE.
PRESENTS PLAN FOR HIGHWAYS
In Lieu Of Spending 100000 on Forty
Three Miles Whtthorne Proposes
to Expend Thatfsum on All the Main
Highways. sst a..

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Replying to the recent severe crit,
cism madeseof his course by Chair
man w. w. House, of the state high
way commission; Judge Whitthorne
this morning issued the following
statement:
Il notice by the press that the chair
man of the state highway department
is reported to have said that do not
wish on that | am unwilling to submit
to the vote of the people of Maury
county the matter of the issuance of
highway bonds in Maury county
"In reply | have to say that it is
known of everyone in Maury' county
that | have always and at all times
insisted that this whole matter be sub
mitted to the votes of the people of
Maury county. 1t is true that | do not
think it fair that after Maury county
has made an agreement to spend $4,.
100000 per mile for forty-three miles of
road, that we then. in addition to that
sum, issue bonds for $300,00000 more
for the same forty-three miles of road.
Will Mr.. House and his friends agree
to join me next Monday in requesting
the quarterly court to submit this mat.
ter to vote of the people of Maury
county? will join him in so doing.
II am heartily in favor of the fol
lowing plan: that in lieu of the plan
of giving this extra S300,000.00 to the
forty-three miles, that we submit the
question ofwhether we issue this $500
100000 more. bonds. to- the people Of
Maury county, and that the proceeds
f, of this bond issue shall. be used in
building good ebert or gravel high
way over the following roads: The
Santa Fe pike to Santa Fe, distance
Of approximately twelve miles; the
Bear Creek pike to Pottsville, a dis
lance of twelve miles; the Lewisburg
pike to Silver Creek, a distance of
twelve miles: the Mooresville pike via
Columbia to the Marshall county line,
distance of about fifteen miles. the
Comprehensive pike to the Giles coun.
ty line, distance of about thirteen
miles; and the Wiliamsport pike from
the Hickman county line to the foot
of the Harlan Hill or some other point
on said road between Sawdust and the
Harlan Hill, aud opening road across
to the Hampshire pike, Assistance of
approximately ten miles, This would
give us $5,500.QQ a mile and build US
roads which would be Of advantage to
all the people of Maury county, and
to the city of Columbia, and again, it
would not be putting all of our money
on a Comparatiyely.few miles of road
the majority of which is parallelled
by the railroads, and it would not
make such y heavy burden upon the
people OF napry county at this time,
and it would give the people them
selves the right to say whether they
wanted to assume this debt.
"Such a resolution will be introduc-
ed by Esquire English on r~Xt Monday
and hope that all the people of the
county will consider this matter and
take an interest in the same and be
present.
"And in conjunction with this above 1
resolution Squire English viii intro |
duce a companion resolution which | I
am heartily in favor of. and desire the