Washington County News | 1939-03-16 | Page 1 | Commissioner Announces Purchase of Equipment

Commissioner Announces Purchase of Equipment Newell R. Frei, chairman of the Board of County Commissioners, reports the purchase, last Monday, of a new piece of highway equipment. equip-ment. This is a tractor and bulldozer bull-dozer combination which will aid materially along with the other equipment on hand in the construction con-struction and improvement of a number of county roads. This new piece of equipment will cost the county $5,200.00, but it is felt this cost will be more than offset in a relatively short time in the returns that will come to the county from license plate appro-priationments, appro-priationments, through the increase in-crease and improvement of county roads. Commissioner Frei explains that the reason why this county receives re-ceives such a small amount from the license plate tax at this time (Continued on page ten) County Buys Equipment (Continued from first page) is because of the lack of county roads. The reason we have so few miles of county highways in top shape is also explained, he says, in the lack of sufficient equipment. equip-ment. This new purchase is expected ex-pected to arrive by the end of this week and as rapidly as is possible improvements will be made and the roads opened up that will facilitate travel, marketing market-ing and other necessary advantages.