Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-06-03
MANY PETITIONS
FOR ROAD CHANGES
SUPERVISORS AGREE TO THREE
cHANGEs-coMMlssioN WILL
DECIDE OTHERS.
soARo's DECISION GOES
TO COMMISSION SOON
Petitions FiIod For Albion to- lisossab
Road. Two Roads IN Marietta Town.
ship, Two Changes in Marion Town.
ship Roads and othsrs-stats Gen.
ter and Lamoiils Urge Claims.

! Zen pet1t1OnS, ASKING tnat an eQua
number Of changes be made IN the
roads designated by the supervisors tc
be county roads, were filed and argued
before the board at the hearing which
I ended late Monday afternoon. Three OF
the changes asked for, In which there
is no contest. we're agreed to today by
the supervisors All of the rest OF the
seven petitions VIII have to be decided
by the state highway commission.
The supervisors will probably finish
their work of selecting roads, as far as
the law allows them, some time this
week. Then the entire system Of county
roads will be referred to the highway
commission. Before forwarding its de-
cisions and selections to the commits
sion the supervisors will go over some
! of the roads about which they are un-
decided.
Changes to Be N sds.
The changes agreed to by the board
include two in Marion township. one
of them being the Green Mountain
road. and a connecting road for Ban
| gor. All these changes were petitioned
for Monday.
The supervisors will designate the
left road after crossing the Chicago
Great Western east OF the city as the
Green Mountain road. instead of the
| right hand road. which was at frs,
| selected
! The East Main street road, which
was designated as a county road thru
| Marion township to the Tama county
| line. is to be cut out OF the list. In Its
place an east and west road will be
| selected. three miles north of the East
Main street. beginning at Rice's corner
on the Green Mountain road. half d
mile south of the town. and extending
| east to the Tama county line. where
it connects with a Tama county road
The Bangor road Is two miles OF
road that will connect Bangor with the
Indian bridge road over q road two
miles long that runs along Mormon
ridge.
Seven More Petitions.
The road hearing did not become real
interesting until the afternoon session
when groups OF farmers came from al
directions. Each group had some es.
pecial interest In some particular road
| Almost 100 attended the hearing. which
!
limit for fling petitions.
In addition to the Marietta Hart
land road that the supervisors desig.
mated and the one proposed in petit
! ton. which asked that the Marietta
! township road be moved to the north
ern part Of the township, still another
petition was filed for an east and west
road thru this township. This second
| petition asked that the road a mile
north of the Marietta Hartland road
and paraleling the latter road. be des-
| ignated instead of the Marietta Hart
Land road. This road. as petitioned for
would connect with the State Center
to- Clemens road.
Bevins Grove Wants Change.
| A petition coming from Liberty
township asked that the east and west
road west and north of Bevins Grove
to the Story county line be changed to
go west only half mile, then north
to the Hardin county line.
AS was expected the Albion-Lis
comb men appeared with long petit
ton asking that the Albion to- Liscomt
road along the NJ. & st. L. right-of-
way be designated as the road con-
Meeting the two towns.
! Two other petitions came from Iowa
township. One group OF petitioners
asked that the road north out OF AL
| bion and then west to the Indian
bridge road be designated instead OF
the road running a northwesterly d.
rection by the c. E. Arney farm. The
Arney road was objected to because
! of numerous turns. Arncy was on hanc
with Il petition defending his road. AL
tho admitting the curves it was dc.