Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-04-17
Trustees Will Sign Document
to That Effect, to Be For
warded to Capital
TO INSURE COMPLETE SERVICE
Trustees of Every Township Will Affix
Their Signatures to the General
Pledge, Agreeing to Maintain Best
Roads Possible if Complete Rural
Mail Service Is Established.


county. as a result of the meeting held
last Saturday and the conference with
Special Agent John I. Boylan, are go
ing to pledge to the government gen.
eral Improvement and maintenance OF
public highways, in order that the re-
partment may issue the final orders for
the establishment of a complete rural
mail service for the county.
Marshall county is taking lead in
the good roads movement, and judging
from the election at the state meeting,
brought to close in Des Moines on
Thursday, when Hon. Merritt Greene
was named president of the association.
the standing of the county is recognized
by the state. In addition to the honor
conferred upon the county thru Mr..
Greene's selection as president. Super
visor c. +. Arney was chosen as one of
the Fifth district delegates to the ma
tional good roads convention at st.
Louis.
The township trustees of the county
over their own signatures, to A. w.
Machen, general superintendent of the
rural free delivery system. at Washing
ton. Copies of the pledge have been
sent to each township, with instruc-
tons to sign and return at once to
Chairman G. F. Kirby, of the commit
tee appointed to draw UP resolutions,
and they will then be forwarded to
Washington. The agreement of the
trustees is as follows:
I'VE are advised that special agent
of the rural free delivery service, under
orders from the postofiice department,
has been making Investigations looking
to the establishments of a complete
system of rural free delivery for Mar
shall county, Iowa.
I'VE are further advised that the con-
ditions are favorable for the establish
ment of the service, but mat on account
of the defective, and at times, impassa-
BILE, condition of the highways, the said
special agent refused to submit fa-
vorable report recommending the in,
stallation of the service.
I'VE recognize that 1t is impossible
to have good rural service without
good roads. and as guarantee of good
faith we, the undersigned. constituting
the board OF trustees OF :
township, said county and state, on be-
half of the farmers benefited, and in
our official capacity as said board of
do hereby pledge and agree,
that in the event a complete county ru-t
raj service is recommended and estab-
lished in Marshall county, Iowa, to use
due diligence to improve and maintain
the highways on which routes may be
located in the best condition possible,
so far as the revenues levied and col
ected for such purposes will permit.
ITO expedite the establishment of
county service, and make the
best roads possible for present use, and
ay the foundations for gravel, macad-
am or other hard road material in the
future first, attention will be given to
proper drainage by tile, and otherwise,
10 rid the highways of surface water;
then necessary grading will be done,
with the construction and repair of
5ridges and culverts; and to reduce the
drifting OF snow to the minimum we
will insist that the law Of Iowa provid-
ng for the removal of brush and nox-
Gus weeds from the highways shall be
strictly enforced.
1.-The desire being in all things, as
in this agreement, to provide
and maintain passable highways fortthe
rural letter carriers in the best county
If the peerless state in the nation"