The Raymer enterprise., 1922-01-05
DISTRICT ROAD BOSS
SCHEME IS ABANDONED

County Commissioner DC. Straight
sent out letters to IA road superyi-
sors In eastern Weld county, Thurs
day notifying them that he had de-
clded to abandon the system of dis
trict road supervision hich he
adopted year ago and that their
services will not be needed In 1929.
Because OF the constant complaints
from people Of the Pawnee district
that tax money raised there was not
used on roads Of the district,
Straight experimental with a group
OF district suerpervisors last year and
made an effort to distribute back to
each district large part Of the road
money raised In the district. This
experiment has not been very sue
cessful. While some overseers have
done excellent work. others have not
done 80 we'll and the team outfits
have not proved economical.
FrQM now ON road construction
will be In charge Of Milton Fuller Of
Buckingham. who will operate one
|of the big tractor outfits owned by
the county, In his letters, Straight
points out that road making is large
ly a matter Of engineering skill and
proper equipment and that he is
forced to adopt the most economical
methods Of construction. He esti-
mates that to build one mile of road
with horses costs as much as to build
four With the big tractor outfit.
The county's newest tractor out
fit has been assigned to the Pawnee
country and is now at Hereford. Al
soon as the weather opens up It will
grade the highway south Of Buck
ingham which will be the highway
headquarters for the eastern part Of
the county.-Greeley Tribune of Dec
ember 20.
One thing is cerain; II we have
not had the most economical expend-
iture Of our funds this year. we do
know that the part" Of the funds
We have contributed expended In this
part Of the count has given US by
far the best results we have ever
seen. How we must have been stung
before this!
We think the Tribune has misun-
derstood the name Of the man TO be
placed In charge OF the work. We
believe It should have been J. M. Mil
Ter. very competent road man.
We call attention to the fact that
the Tribune says "a large part" Of
our road money was to be used In
this section. No longer 10 they claim
that get what we pay, Just n large
part" We are glad for this much OF
concession but We would prefer to
see the statement even more explic-
It and the admission that "a large
part" (not the larger part this year,
went to ether parts of the county.
1t is probably the first year In the
history of the county that we have
had even a half OF our contribution
to the road fund put back onto our
own roads. Even this year II the
road and bridge funds were consol
dated and con sidered together 1: Is
probable that We would lack some
thing Of getting half CT our contri-
button to these funds put back into
this section.
We are just little of the opinion
that the move to do away with the
district road boss. is not 80 much for
economical work, as II Is to throw
all record Of expenditures into such
a 1umbled mess that we will be un-
able to find out with any certainty
what Is expended on our roads, and
then they can revive the old fake
that We are burden rather than an
asset. A few over here will jump up
and help to put It across.
We are inclined to the belief that
economy in road construction can be
shown In the new policy and that Is
the main object. However II our
officials are not afraid to have the
people Of this section know the truth
they will keep the record SO that II
may easily and readily be shown
Just how contributions from this sec.
tion compare with the sums expended
on this side Of the county. It ia a
vital matter to US that this be done
| It Is the boast OF Greeley men to-
day that county division can never
become an ACCOMPLISHED fact because
Greeley will spend the money to beat
US and cannot raise the funds needed
to watch that expenditure. That 10 nc
Idle boast. Past experience proves
they have ample reason for their faith
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