The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1922-03-08
CEMENT CARRIES
TOWNSHIP PLANS
FOR GOOD ROADS
Proposal for $4,000 Bond Issue for
Cement Township Goes Over
Nearly Seven to One; In.
sures Hard 9urfselng.
LEADERS DECLARE WILL
ASK GRADY COOPERATE
27t Votes Cast for Proposal With
20 Against; All Sections Of Town
ship Strong for Plan: 10
Pioneer Movement.
Especial to The Express.)


Of Cement township yesterday went
TO the polls and by a count OF near
ly seven to one. approved the prop.
oaitIon Of Issuing $4,000 worth OF
bonds for the purpose of hard sur
facing a stretch OF six miles OF
road running east and west through
the township.
The count made last night showed |
that 2il votes had been cast. 27i
being for the proposition and 40 /
against Il. THIS was somewhat OF q /
surprise as the supporters OF the /
proposition had expected to carry /
the election by about two to one.
The county showed that nearly |
without exception. the voters even /
in the remote corners OF the town.
ship were strong supporters of the
movement The people in Cement
figured that there would be some
opposition develop in the south part
Of the township. because of the fact
that the proposed road IL TO run
near the north end. This was not
the case as some Of the strongest
supporters proved TO be in the ex.
treme southern end OF the town
ship.
Is Pioneer Movement.
Cement people are anticipating
little delay In the issuance and sale
OF the bonds and the starting of
actual work on the road. 1t was
stated at Chamber OF Commerce
headquarters here this morning that
there are more than half dozen
offers 10 buy the bonds now on
file. The bonds. carrying six per
cent interest, will be issued as soon
as possible and It is believed that
immediately upon approval, they
will be sold and bids for the actual
work called for.
BY voting these bonds for hard I
surfacing the proposed stretch of I
road, the people of Cement have {
qualified as the pioneers in the
matter of hard surfacing roads in
t1is section of the state The road
will start at the Grady county line,
just east of Cement and will extend
to the western boundary of the
township.
Link In Short Route.
zone of the purposes that prompt
ed the starting of this movement"
said F. l.. Martin of the Exchange
State bank here today, was to make
this link in the shortest route
from Oklahoma City to Medicine {
Park and the southwest We feel
that with Cement having taken this
initial step, other townships and
possibly counties will fall in line
with the result that a good road,
and eventually hard surfaced one,
will be built from the capital di- !
rectly into the southwestern part
of the state and on southwest"
That Chickasha and Grady county
will be asked to take some steps to |
meet the road Improvement started
by Cement township, was the indi- 1
cation voiced by W. A. Grundy,
president of the Cement Chamber Of
Commerce. I
an order to put another stretch |
of the Oklahoma City-Southwestern {
road in good shape, we are going
to ask Chickasha and Grady county t
or townships through which the road {
would pass, to take immediate ac-
ton to improve the road from !
Chickasha to Cement" said Mr. I
Grundy. He continued: 'If this
road is we'll graded and then drag i
ged regularly, it can be made good
road and will serve for the immedi $
ate future to link with the hard
surfaced road through Cement town
ship when that is completed. We
are going right ahead with proceed
ings and will start on this job at
the earliest moment possible"
McKan Is Enthusiastic.
A. G. McKain, former president of
the Cement Chamber of Commerce
and who has been one of the tireless
workers for the proposition, is en-
thused over the prospects which
the action Of the voters yesterday
will bring to light.
81 have never felt at all uneasy
over the outcome Of this project 8
said Mr.. McKain. II believe that I
by their ballot yesterday, the people t
of Cement township have started |
hard surfacing campaign in this .
part Of the state which will be far
reaching and which will result in a {
yeritable network Of roads in south
western Oklahoma"
In addition to the men mentioned,
F. t. Henderson and C. w. Hughes
were among the many tireless work
ers for the proposition. Il