Emmons County record., 1922-11-02

Emmons County and in every other
County in the State in the last 10
years to have completed real Farm
Market system or in other words the
County Road System. Have we such
a system constructed and under main
tenance? No, and we never will have
if you and your knocking, kicking,
hypocritical, political friends have
practice what they preach.
The present County Board, at a
meeting this summer realized the
necessity Of such system and adopt
ed a resolution for the establishment
of County Road System which will
consist Of main road north and
south and east and west from each
town and market IN the County, a,
system which will bring good mar
'ket within the closest possible reach
of every farm in Emmons County.
The system is to be constructed and
maintained out of the County Road
and Bridge Fund and will consist Of
approximately 300 miles Of road.
# this had been started 10 years
ago it would now be complete and the
bulk of the money spent in the last
10 years would not have been wasted.
In addition to our County Road and
Bridge Fund Emznons County will
have approximately 100000. 90 re-
turned. to it by the State, for the con-
struction Of this System.
During the past the organized
townships have been contributing the
same tax to the County Road and
. Bridge Fund as the unorganized town.
ships, and practically all Of this
money has. been spent in the unor-
ganized districts, q very unfair pro-
position. The County Road System
will be constructed and maintained
by the County regardless Of whether
the townships are organized or not.
In organized townships this will
either reduce their. townships road
tax Of, give them fewer miles of road
to construct and maintain. and these
roads will not have to be built to
such standards as our State Or Coun-
ty Systems because of the lighter
traffic operating over them.
4 might say that this system is now
practically mapped, one mile has been
permanently constructed and is being
maintained, three and $one-half miles
are now under contract, twelve miles
have been surveyed and are ready for
the design and six miles more are
being surveyed at the present time;s
Pesides this the survey has been COM
pleted and the design partially so,
for the next ten miles of the State
Highway System from .Strasburg; to
Hull.
On the State Road work the Coun-
ty has not contributed one single
penny for engineering that has mott
been returned to it or will be in the
very near future.s
Every cu1vert pipe, which your
friends would like to have the voters
believe there is such an enormous
quantity: that I have ordered as in
structed by. the present Board was
done sosafteE I had personally gone
over the roadsswith the township
road overseers and decided upon the
exact lengthfahd size which was
necessary to remedy the defect. The
exact location of each and every one
Of these. is marked on township
plat in my office.
It is being reported for political
purposes and also as help to Hogue
and Backhaus in their effort to get
the taxpayers to kick in literally
with funds so that the Commissioners
scsn be prosecuted, that there are 18 |
,culvests lying unused on the road
east Of Linton; This, statement lei
another absolute lie as there were 1ei
culverts and short pieces ordered
for this township and there were 10
culverts and 2 short pieces paid for
by the County Commissioners.
Copies Of every culvert order placed
BY me are in my Office and the To- |
cation Of each culvert is marked on |
my township plat, and if the town
ship road overseer does not know
where they belong az your friends re-
port Of some, it is his own fault as