Omaha daily bee., 1908-07-22
BETTER ROADS FOR IOWA
Meeting at Ames Bears Fruit in
Western Part Of State.
BILL DRAFTED BY COL. BAKER
county Supervisors of Harrison and
POttawRftamie Counties, as
Joint Drainage board,
order District.

Colonel W. f. Baker of the Board OF
County Supervisors at the good roads de
partment OF the Iowa State Agricultural
college at Ames drafted a wide tire bill
which will be introduced at the next ses-
sion OF the, Iowa general assembly. The
bill has been. submitted to Senator c. @.
Saunders, who has upQualifiedly approved
It and will introduce II In the. upper house.
The need OF such a bill was suggested at
the good roads convention in this city
last fall and Colonel baker was requested
TO draft the measure
The provisions. OF the bill are as follows:
Section Il That all persons who shall.
prior TO January 1. 1918. in good faith, use
on the public roads of this state only
wagons with tires not less than four
inches In width for hauling all loads trans
ported by them. exceeding one thousand
1000 pounds In weight, exclusive Of the
vehicle, shall upon complying with the
a rebate of one-fourth Of the assessed
highway tax which they have paid in
money OF labor for the year in which they
have used only vehicles. with such wide
tires for the conveying OF such loads; pro-
Vided, that such rebate shall not exceed
the sum OF go dollars for any year, for
Section 2 Any person complying with
the provisions of section one ~ OF this
affidavit to be filed with the township
clerk OF his township. that he has for
the last preceding calendar year used only
vehicles with tires not less than four
inches in width for hauling loads exceed
Ing one thousand Q,00O) pounds In weight,
exclusive Of the vehicle. on the public
highway Of this state, shall receive pay
nent out OF the road fund. by the town
ship trustees of the township in which
such person. resides of one-fourth of the
road tax assessed, levied and collected upon
the property of said person located within
such township. II the trustees find that the
of such affidavit are true. Such
N MaaanN .ah0l n A~Aal1 Co..
the sum OF five C5) dollars for any person
and shall not be paid for any years sub
sequont to 1872. All township trustees and
township clerks are hereby authorized to
administer the oath contemplated in this
act.
Section 8. After January 1. 1918. IL shall
be unlawful for any person to use on the
public highways of this state a wagon or
vehicle having tires less than four inches
IN width to convey loads which, exclusive
OF the vehicle, weigh more than one Q,0O0)
pounds. and any person who. after Janu-
airy /, 1918, uses on the public highways
than four Inches in width to Convey loads
which, exclusive Of the vehicle, weigh more
than one Q,O00) thousand pounds. shall be
deemed guilty of a miSdemeanor and upon
conviction thereof shall be fined not less
than five 66l dollars, nor more than one
hundred $500 dollars.
Section T. The. employment. of a sled hav-
ing a runner. the face Of which is less
than four inches in width. but used only
when the roads are covered with snow or
wv seAinll hOt- NC ASNAAlNd n NiOldllOIl OF
this act or prevent the payment OF the
rebate.
Joint Drainage Bill.
The supervisors of Harrison and
Pottawattamie countieAai in session in, this
city yesterday as n Joint drainage board.
decided to grant the petition for the es-
Establishment of a suhdrafnage district to
the main drainage district known as the
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS drainage district
No. /. r . tr, '
The proposed new ditch will commence
where the Boyer cutoff No. 2 taps the
Boyer river and will extend to a point
beyond EoVeland. The estimated cost OF
the construction of the ditch. which will
drain a large territory not reached by
the bitches now nearing completion, will
be slightly oyer $4,000,
The Joint board will meet at Logan
September 81 to hear objections and re-
ceive claims for damages. 1t was de-
cided TO establish this additional drain
age district on the report of the COM
misstoners. John s.. Hall representing
Harrison county and George NJ. Putnam
representing, Pottawattamie county, and
Engineer Seth Dean.
The contract for the extension of the
Boyer cutoff No, 3 was awarded to C. A.
Hoag on his bid of IAN cents per cubic
yard. W. A. Smith bid 1914 cents and
Smith g. Weatherly bid lax cents. This
eNtensionswfll only cost about 81,
The time for the completion OF the Will
low creek Nand the Boyer No. 2 bitches
was extended to August 20, to which date
the joint board adjourned to meet in this
city.