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Newspaper
Anita Record
Location
Anita, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 14, 1927
Page
8
Voters decide on a 1,000,000 bond to improve Cass County primary roads on July 26. The plan would authorize a 5 mill tax only if needed, with funds from state and federal aid and existing taxes, aiming to retire bonds in 15 years. It argues bonds won’t raise taxes and highlights faster road work, dust reduction, and fewer fatal accidents.
Analysis argues that under a proposed 1 million bond for road work, a 5 mill levy against land would cost an average 160 acre owner 9c per acre, while current auto taxes total 23.40. If auto taxes are repealed, levy costs drop to 14.40 for the landowner, a 9 dollar saving, but observers claim auto taxes will stay. The auditor’s figures show real estate value per acre at 72.38 with taxable value one fourth.
The highway commission must allot about 143000 yearly to Cass county for principal and interest on road bonds after maintenance. The primary road fund totals around 15300000, with about 1000000 yearly set aside to refund counties. Cass county, covering 564 square miles of Iowa’s 56147, would get roughly 143000.
County leaders urge approving road bonds to replace mud streets with paved routes, arguing bonds won’t raise taxes and would save millions in car operation. They cite 5 000 miles per car yearly and 2.6 cents per mile saving, forecasting large gains for Cass County motorists.
The program envisions about seventy four miles of primary road upgrades in Cass County within years of bond sales. It includes grading No 32 to the Pottawattamie line and paving across Cass, plus graveling Nos 71 from Montgomery to Audubon and Nos 24 and 100 joining 71 as temporary surfacing until paving can be funded.
Cass county residents question state road funding as they pay about 112000 in motor license and gas taxes yearly. They ask who benefits and why 45 counties have issued bonds to build roads while Cass waits, wondering if they should ride on hard roads now or continue paying for others’ improvements.
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