The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1922-03-07
Cement BALLOT
TODAY on BONDS
FOR GOOD ROADS
township Proposes $4,000 sord
issue for Hard Surface Highway
from Grady County Line
on Westward. .. a
SUPPORTERS DECLARE
PROPOSAL WILL CARRY
'Vme Opposition Develops, eut
'0ossers Are Confident; May Get
Federal Aid; Would Con.
meet With chIckashs.


cement, Okla, March 7.-Cemsn,
~MaSn,p Is today In the midst OF 4
"o"u election. the purpose Of wh,on
" 10 hard surface a road r,rr,n-
approximately on a direct lima eos,
anu west through the township CON.
Meeting on the east with the cradv
county line and running west to IN.
western boundary OF tbe townss,s
IN tie election the voters ara hs'
"s asked to sanction the Issuance
o' $4,000 worth of bonds. which 4,
" estimated will build the air m,,as
OF road required. Whether thera
WIN DE any federal aid on the road
|" not at this time known. There
are no official guarantees thai anv
,.uerai money VIII be available ON
'h's road. but It is believed tha, a
proposition can be carried to com.
pletion whereby the Cement town.
snip money may be matched bv fed.
eral road fund cash.
independent Of County.
Many meetings of Cement boosters
have been held preparatory to the
holding of this election. The Cham.
ber OF Commerce OF this town has
been active In booming the PROPOSE
ton and officials OF the chamber
this morning were predicting that
the proposition for the bonds would
carry by two to one vote.
Chamber officers were pointing
out today, as they have been
through the campaign, that this
election is independent OF the pro-
posed $750.000 issue OF Caddo coun.
ty, which is being talked as a possI-
BILE question to be voted on at the
time the primary elections are held
next summer This Is a Cement
township proposition" they say.
Interest Running High.
As a result of the work done by
the Cement boosters, interest is
running high here today and ndica-
tions during the morning were limit a
heavy vote would be polled. There
is some opposition evident which
may develop stronger than has been
anticipated. However, rumors from
the ballot boxes this morning. were
that yes" vote of proportions was
being piled up.
The road proposed, would start
at the Grady county line, directly
east Of Cement, would connect the
town with the Grady line on the
regular Cement-Chickash road. 1t
would run over the famous Rock
Hill on which several thousands of
dollars have already been spent,
would run through Cement and with
only two or three jogs would hit
the east side Of Cement township.
Crushed Rock Base.
According to specifications. the
roadway is to be brought up to
grade. following which a road IS
feet wide would be covered with
crushed rock to depth Of 18 inches.
The plan, in the event the bonds
carry are approved, would be to put
rock crushers on the rock hill where
1t Is estimated enough rock is avail.
able to build road from Cement
to Chickasha without materially
shortening the supply, and from
that base carry on the operations:
The specifications call for the
building Of the needed concrete cul-
verts There would be, 1t is esti-
mated three or four OF these to be
built. Some have already been bnilt
by Caddo county and with probably
three or four more, the stretch OF
proposed road would be adequately
supplied with bridges.
Those in charge Of the PROPOSE
ton, make no secret Of the fact that
they are proposing this work in the
hope that Chickasha will meet Ce-
ment township at the county line
with a similar road connecting the
two towns.