Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1901-09-03
STONE HIGHWAYS.
When Completed a Maeadam Road
Seven Miles Long Will Extend Out
From Davenport.

Davenport Times.l
To the people sitting ON their door
steps on Main street last evening at 6
O'Clock there was nothing particularly
unusual about the appearance of the
| three-seated carriage with five. men in it
except that they We're covered with a
white dust, but the party had been out
viewing the most improved methods of
road building and the only up-to-date
county plant in use for the purpose west
| of Chicago. Chairman j. w. Ballard of
the county board of supervisors was the
Ientertainer and the representatives of
the daily newspapers of the city made
up the party which was invited to in
l spect the gravel road the county is
building and to tell the people of Scott
how and where their money is being eX-
Ipended.
The party drove northward along the
Harrison street road There the ma
cadam road bed is struck, and when the
present work is completed. stretch of
seven miles will extend from the city
northward to point one mile beyond
Green Tree Inn. The dust is not pleas
ant these days, and the effects of the
lack of rain could be noted on every
dust of the way to the roadside trees
and the rows Of corn with here and there
big lazy ear that Topped over sure
sign that the crop will be of some value
after ALL The walnut trees along the
road at the Hillsdale farm indicated
that walnuts will be about the price Of
gold nuggets this fail, and the apple
trees in the orchards offered few temp
~
sin.
The strip of macadam road, which has
been in place for some years. extends
from the city to the vicinity of the Van
Tuyl residence. From there to a point
beyond the Garuth school house the road
has been graded for the reception of the
first course of stone. but the new stone
bed is not reached till the John H. Gar
ner farm is reached The original mac
adam road reaches from the city three
and one half miles out. Then follows a
strip of one and one-half miles yet to be
improved. About two miles of road has
been prepared by those who are now
working on the job and the remainder
Of the way out to the end of the gravel
road has been thrown open to the public
use.
The first stop was made at Gamers
home. There the steam roller and stone
crusher We're at work. and there, too,
We're the members of the road commit
tee OF the board of supervisors. n. A.
Wulff. the chairman of the committee,
s. A. Wilson and Peter Schwarz, the
members of the committee, We're there
inspecting and directing the work. They
gave the party hearty welcome SUI
pervisor Wulff came aboard the carry
all and acted as pilot to show the way
to the end Of the improved road. Mr..
Schwarz and Mr.. Wilson followed in a
carriage. The party proceeded to the
Green Tree Inn to see the sights along
the way and to give the horses drink
of water at the inn During this drive
Mr.. Wulf explained the method Of road
building.
This road-bed as you see It here
said Mr.. Wulff, pointing to portion OF
the road which had been completed ana
on which copious rains: had fallen, shows
how hard this road bed gets after the
rains have fallen. The gravel ON the
top packs and seems to cement together