The Scio tribune., April 22, 1915, Image 2

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GET BUSY CITY COUNCIL
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charier be so amend««! that this de­
fect shall be removed
Our council
can take the proper step» to do this
and it is most essential that ail arts
of our city council «hall have the
authority of law ta-hind it. But let
us get busy and if we are wrong.
get right.
Our neighlsirmg towns of Jeffcr-
son and Stay ton are improving their
streets, building sewers, etc am I
are growing in nm«*i|*jiwi*. Scm
has as creditable building« as eithef
and should have as good Streets.
While The Tribune would not
favor a large lM«nd««i debt, it does
favor such improvements that our
streets should be «lually a» credit­
able a* <>ur Country road« «ml that
sewers »hall be construct« d through
the central portion of town, in order
that the health of our citixens mav
be preserved
II is th«« duty <»f a
city council to look after th««e mat­
ters. so we again «ay
get busy.**
gentlemen.
M’CUSKER WOULD
CONTINUE WAR TAX
FOR GOOD ROADS
It Mintiia Tai Witt Etra*«
PaaccM
ll'ontinucd from |>ng«* 11
vision of the government, but taking
it out of th«- hand« of congre«si am!
therefore out of politic», ami putting
it under the department of agri-
culture
"This particular plan will take
care of a numiicr of the probtoms
that arc now vexing the public.
"In th«« first place the roads
should he built so far a» practicable
from th«* material found in such
state
"This will give the effect of devel­
oping that [articular industry and
toav mg th«* money in the state,
thereby giving a double Is-nefit
Again, it would to a great extent
lift th«* burden of direct taxation
from th«* few who c*«ntribute to the
building of roa«is and place it on th«*
«boulder« of the people as a wh<de.
who derive the benefits therefrom.
VOLUNTEER ROAD WORK
Everybody n*c«»gniz«*s the fact
that our Mam bu«in<iM street tn
Several years sgo when tax |«a>vm
Scio was in a disgraceful condition
last winter and that, without im­ were »up|Mwd io work out their i
provement. it will I»« in a more own road tax. the system was found
wretched condition next winter Th«- so unsatisfactory that th«* people
mud, which has made the str««et Ihemaelv«*» became <li»guste«l with,
most uncomfortable to say the least, it and vot««d that the r«*ad tat xh-«uld
!
during th«« [>ast winter, ha» been al­ i tie («aid to the tax collector, the
lowed tn dry up. tn make dust dur­ •arm* ha any other tax
"Th«* government will also derive
This change wa« mad«* b«*cau»«* of
ing the lummcr. Thus the street
a
lienefit,
a» it m*c«>»aarily must have
is not tn I m * pl«*a«ant at any time of the tact that men would not work
l«Mt
roads
a« the development of
the year. The crosswalks, in order on the roads when they had anything
the
imreel
post
is certain, which, in
tn enahl«* pedwtrian» to cyoss th«* else to do and. al*>>. that when men
turn
again
develop«
the rural dis- .
street in winter without wading did prelen«! to work Oft th«* road«, a
t
riels.
It
is
also
certain
that som«* I
mud. make ao abrupt raises in the i convenient «had«* tree or fence corn­
time
we
will
need
military
road» in
street level a» to cause, n«>t the lw*t er occupied moat of th«*ir time.
Now it Is prop»«-<i that our lax the event of invasion, and if these
of feeling on th«* part of teamster»
and automobile drivers towards our levy for road purp«»m-» be reduced road« ar«« built to carry f»0 ton i
city an«! the council which ha« it« and that road improvement »hall be trucks, we will have buildcd wisely j
"It is the duty of the government .
ma«i«* largely through
volunteer
wellfare in charge.
to construct, or aasist in the con-1
laisir.
If
men
would
not
work
in
­
Now while conshlerable expenai*
j struction of trunk line* in each stat«*'
will lie involved tn bring Main street dustriously under th«* «»Id plan, when
for th«* extension «if th«* parcel p«>st.
tn th«* established grade. Th«* Tri- i they were obligated tn do so by law.
as
th«* roads are used by the govern '
bun«« believes a vast majority of our i it is not reasonable to suppose they
ment
as much a» by any one else,
citizens ar«* willing to bear the ex- i would do so voluntarily. Some men
consequently
there is more than ■
pence. Nor would it boeconomy t<>: would do good work. doubtelessly'.
i
moral
obligation
on its part to assist
cover the street with crush«*! rock | and more than would be their just
in
thi«
work
It
resolves I tar If into
until th<* Ntieet is brought to grade. | proportion. .Others would not work
a
great
interlocking
«rheme demon- j
Then whatever work^s done will hr at all and moat men would desire to
»trating
that
upon
the success of
a step towards permanent improve­ work when it least interfered with
one
de|M*n«ls
largely
the
success of j
their private affair«
Hence, under
ment
all.
thereby
»hifting
to
the
govern- 1
The time is now fully ripe when th«* volunteer plan, then* would Is*
i ment th«* responsibility for the nur-
this work should lie undertaken. little harmony of action and unifor­ I cess of its citizen«.
Many of our work [»‘«•pie are out of mity in road building.
"Another great problem that con-1
No plan, however, will give u»
employment and there does not seem
fronts it« now is how l«*st lo take
to lie much work in sight for them real good roa<i« until there is money
care of the unemployed. If thia:
to d«i. during th«* pr«nent season. enough at han«l to let road building
plan i« carried out. a million men
This fact in addition tn the further by contract to men who thoroughly
could lie given employment ami i
fact that nearly every one deal res understand« the business an«i under
what is now found neersaarv to be
the improvement to he made should the «u(M*rvi«ion of a coni|s*t«*nt road
given a» charity and from which rm
spur our city council tn action and, engineer. Our present method or
return» are had. to a certain extent.
at least, place matter« ao far a« the volunt«*rr method a» proposed,
de*ra«les and humiliates men. could
councilmanic action can. to com* i« th«* moat extravagant plan we
be given to them in wages so as to
mrnci' th«» improvement as ««m ax could have and fails to give us road«
save their self reaped and make
possible. But to allow th«* entire which will wtand the traffic.
them law abiding citizens
In mv
year to [ mum without making any
With th«* traffic we hail fifteen or
opinion it ia the duty of the govern­
step« in thia direction, stamps our . twenty years veara ago, our present
ment to take care of its own people
council as either incapable or. ax plan of building roads »vnittl suffi­
first, remembering the old adage, j
having a disposition to block the cient. But with the traffic mor«*
'chanty iiegins at home.’ ”
further progrwai of our town.
than doubled and more or I«*»« heavy
Whil«*
recommending
Senator (
The Tribune is well aware that hauling tn the winter time, a differ­ Bourne's plan that the government
when you touch the pocket book. you ent type of road is demanded.
sell to the public 50 year 3 per cent
touch the people in a very tender
bond« and loan to the states at 4 ,
•pot. Th**y obj«x*t to liemg too
Germany «erm« to lie making ex­ per eent. Mr. Mct'usker says; "This
heavily taxed
But they all de«irr traordinary effort through her pule is the best plan ao far suggest««!,
goo«| streets and got»! roads and are lie men to convince the world that but it mean« that each state must
willing to tax themselves to build «he 1« not fighting a war of conquest [ hum laws enabling it to take advan­
them, providing the burden ia so hut is «imply defending her homes tage of this, and and as nearly every
distributed that It will not bear too and government from the »poilera »tale ha« made appropriations for
h«Nivily
Other towns, having no Seeing that «he wax in the liest pos­ i good road« and communities have
more wealth than Scio, establish sible condition of preimretlnewi. that > taxed themselves for same, hv the
grad«*«, improve their streets, build »he ha« overrun and destroyed Bel­ time your bill tieconies a law the
•ewers, etc ami consider the im­ gium; that her armiea maintain fear is that the reaction may have
provement as money well expan«tod. battle line« on foreign soil and that taken place and the people abaolu
Scio is. fortunately so situated, the nation« sh«* is fighting were, Lely refuse to consider anything
that the cost of placing our streets practically, unprepared when the that has a suspicion of tax attached
on grade an«l building sewers, will war began, it will he a difficult to it.”
be comparatively light as compared matter to convinted an unprejudiced
Mr McCusker argues against the
mind that she is the innocent defen­ prem-nt system of road construction
with most other towns.
expensive and wasteful, and
Our present council can make It­ der and is deserving at world
urges that more regard be pai«i to
self popular if it will but take the sym pathy
preliminary steps nrreiwary. looking
permanency that will sustain I he
If you want any of the daily auto truck traffic
towards the* improvements.
It is
By reason of
said our city charter is ao defective papers. The Tribune will K«*t them poor roads the public ia today, he
that we could not make improve­ for you at Bargain hay rate«, pro­ says, paying the enormous sum of
ments of this class, should anyone viding you pay for The Tribune one ||no.000.000 per year In mud tax.
object. If so. it to essential that the year in advance
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