The Marshall republican., 1911-06-02
To Select q
State Highway
Gov. Hadley Appoints Com
mittee TO Investigate

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p~woposition to build a state road
from st. Louis to Kansas City has
heen taken up by Gov. Hadley, and
today he appointed a committee
from the State Board OF Agricul-
lure to investigate the available
ny OF three proposed routes which
have been mapped out by the state
highway engineer, Curtis w. Hill
81 Columbia. To serve on this
committee the governor has APP
pointed Col. N. II. Gentry OF Sed-
ssis- Pred ID. Munson, OF osceola,
= ". Swink OF Pennington, Col.
". A. Dallmeyer OF Jefferson City,
George II. Sly OF Rockport, Chas.
Householder OF Auxvasse and Al
I'm NJ. Thompson OF Nashua.
The preliminary Investigations
will include, the governor says, an
inquiry into the advantages Of
fered by the different routes, with
reference TO the absence OF heavy
grades, the amount OF permanent
road work already done and the
Willingness OF the people along the
several routes TO make necessary
improvements so that the road
will he available for travel the
year around.
The three routes tentatively map
ped out by the state highway en-
ginecr, but subject to modifica-
dion, are designated the northern,
southern and central routes. The
length Of the proposed road IL
about 800 miles by all three routes.
The northern route be gins
NJ ST. Louis, passes through st.
Charles, In 81. Charles county Old
Monroe and Elsbcrry, In Lincoln
county, Louisiana and Bowling
Green. In Pike county; vandaiia
snd Mexico, In Audrain county
Ccntralia and Sturgeon, In Boone;
Moberly, In Randolph Keytesville
and Brunswick In Charlton; Car
roDion, In Carroll; Richmond In
Ray; Liberty, In Clay County, and
thence to Kansas City.
The southern route begins at
81. Louis and passes through Gray
snd Union Summit. In Franklin
county Drake and Mount Sterling
In Gasconade; Linn, In osage, cross
ing the Usage River ut Huber's
Perry; on to Jefferson City, In
Cole County; California and Tip
ton, In Moniteau; crossing the ex-
trcme southern part OF Cooper
county to Scdalia, In Pettis; on Co
wnrrcnsburg, In johnson County
Pleasant Hill, In Cass County
Greenwood and Leads, In Jackson
county, thence to Kansas City.
The Central route begins at ST.
Louis and passes through st.
Charles and Dardenne, In st.
Charles county; Warrenton, In War
ron county; High Hin and Dam,
vine- In Montgomery county Will
Hamburg and Fulton. In Galloway
county Columbia and R%ocheport,
In Boone county; crossing the
Missouri River ut Lisbon, to Mar
shall and Blackburn, In Saline
county; Higginsville and Odessa.
In Lafayette county; Oak Grove
and independence, in Jackson coun
~, thence to Kansas City. ,
Historical interest attaches to
two of the three proposed routes.
The southern route follows the
ooursc OF the old Military road
from st. Louis to jefferson City.
The central follows generally the
urs OF the old Boon's Lick and
the Santa Fe Trail, making o n
tinuous historical highway across
the state, II either Of these two
we're selected, the committee can
psake' the governor says, such
notifications and changes In the 1
mapped routes rs to take advan- 4,
t.ge OF permanent roads already ,
constructed. II Is estimated that A.,
Is per cent OF the Rooms Lick /
road and Santa Fe Trail Is now {
IN use as a public highway. I
Gov. Hadley is thoroughly In
terested in the success OF the move
nent, and hopes to have the ques I
ton OF the route decided early in I
August. The work OF grading will 4
Immediately follow, and the for \
opening, he says, will take
place the last week in September. |
should the committee decide upon c
the central route which proposes h
10 follow the urs of the Bon's q
Lick road and the Santa Ne Trail, h
arrangements will be made to hold
= public meeting for the unwilling \
sf the monument provided for in =
NE net OF the last General Assem- b
by. r.