Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1912-01-04
organizing the ottumwa-Des Moines

Iorganizing the Ottumwa-Des Moines
road. 5
The secretary of the Blue Grass
road is getting out letter to every
trustee and township clerk between
Council Bluffs and Burlington, and FIT.
Madison and Muscatine and also to
trustees and clerks between Ottumwa
and Des Moines, and urging the carry.
ing out Of the new drag law. The
county supervisors In most of the
counties also have agreed, on these
special roads, to put In permanent
bridges from now on. It is considered
that all such roads as these organized
to run through Ottumwa, gives this city
an added advantage.
$4,000 on Blue Grass.
There has been spent on the Blue
Grass hoad between Abba and Ottum-
va this year considerable over $4,000.
The Commercial association of this
city donated 800 of that amount to
encourage the people between here
and Blakesburg. Not less than $4,000
has been spent between Blakesburg
and Ottumwa. besides, the county
supervisors have put In two splendid
concrete bridges, and intend to put In
more during the coming year.
The board OF supervisors of this
county, Is making it rule to help with
these permanent bridges in the town
ships where they seem to be taking an
active interest themselves. The board
has put in about thirty permanent con-
crete bridges this year and it is their
policy to continue this work instead OF
|temporiziug with wooden bridges as
has been done In the past.
Great Prospects for 1912.
The good hoads committee has put
In a great deal of time in looking after
the roads, but feel well paid for its ef-
forts as the people of Ottumwa real
lie without question, that the roads in
this vicinity are much better than they
have been heretofore and as the new
road drag law Is an improvement over
anything that has been a law hereto.
fore, the committee feels that next
year the main Travelled roads all over
the country will be kept in better con-
dttion, as the law is mandatory and
makes it the duty of trustees In every
township to elect road superintend-
ent, who in turn, must make contracts
for every mile of main Travelled and
mail route road. 1t is hoped that the
trustees in Wapello county, almost
without exception, will see that the law
is carried out as contemplated and the
one mill levy which Is especially levied
for road dragging, will be used ex-
clus1vely in such work.
Officers Enthusiastic.
The county auditor and county
supervisors are enthusiastic in the
matter of good roads and the enforce.
ment Of this new law and intend calling
a meeting of the trustees during Janu-
airy to discuss more in detail, the pro-
visions OF this law and urge its en-
forcement In every township. Every
public officer in the county or in the
various townships who complies with
these laws should be encouraged IN
every way possible.
Donation Work in keokuk Township.
The residents Of Keokuk township
have given labor and cash toward good
roads as, follows: "
Sam Pedrick, day SO.
Homer West, day SO.
Joe Monroe, days Sc.
Henry Hite, days $21.
Frank Saylor (single) days 50.
Ben Black II days $3.50.
Gid Harness 1 day SO.
VIM. Shank IL days $3.50.
w. T. Turner u days $3.50
Jas. A. Young day So.
Mat Allcutt 1 day 50.
Harry Allcutt day So.
Will McCune 1 day So.
John Farm (single) day $3.50.
Mrs. Wiley $40.
Frank McCune u day $3.50.
Mr.. Winston / day SO. 49,
Hiram Baker u day $3.50.
Mr.. Duke 1 day So.
Marion Dunning " day $3.50.
Frank Saylor 81 days $40.
J. C. Bailey 2 days Sc.
Godfrey Saylor day So.
Richard Stevenson (single) days So.
VIM. Seaman (single) day $3.50.
Walter Crook 2 days S.
J. A. Larson (single) days So.
Frank Saylor day SO.
Fred Kerfoot 1 day SO.
Will Sedore days S..
Yves Buchanan 6k days SO.
Adolph Marchand TX days $3.50.
George wilkins Y day $3.50.
John White 2 days Sc.