Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1913-05-14
THE COUNTY ROADS
ARE ESTABLISHED
Board of Supervisors Designates
County System Under New
Law.
TO BUILD AND
MAINTAIN PRINCIPAL ROADS.
Outline of New Road Building and
Maintaining System and Amount
of Money to be Spent in
This County.

At the meeting of the Board of
Supervisors held last week, the
County Roads of Winneshiek coun-
ty were established, under the new
state highway law, which provides
that within thirty days after it's pas
sage the board of supervisors shall
elect county engineer and as soon
thereafter as practicable designate
and select as county roads from the
highways of the county fifteen per
cent of the total mileage, main trav-
eled roads, connecting principal mar
ket places and connecting with coun-
ty roads in adjoining counties, which
roads are to be built and maintained
by the board of supervisors direct,
and paid for out of the county funds
raised for such purposes.
The board elected Will Nj. Lee as
County Engineer some weeks ago,
and at it's meeting last week selected
the system of county roads, notice Of
which will be given and opportunity
for objection made before final ap-
proval, which date will be May 26th.
We will attempt to designate as
briefly as possible the new county
road system, being in each case the
main travelled road between the
points named:
Decorah to Nassett, through sand
road south of Freeport.
Decorah to Frankville, Castalia
and southeast to county line, with
branch east to Allamakee county line
one mile south of Glenwood-Frank-
vile dividing line.
l.. DEBORAH to Ossian, branching
south from above main road at Sec
tion %, Decorah township, and go
ing south past the Rev. Koren church
on Washington Prairie, southeast
from Ossian to county line on Ell
dorado road.
Decorah to Calmar, Ossian and
Castalia and east to county line, via
present main travelled road.
Calmar to Festina and county line
on Eldorado road.
Calmar to Fort Atkinson, Jackson
Junction, thence south, west and
northwest to county lines.
Calmar to Conover, Spillville and
west to county line.
NSpillville north through Ridgeway
to north line of Section 26, Orleans
township, and west to county line.
Decorah west to Ridgeway, south
road, thence northwest to county line
at Section 80, Orleans township.
State line between Sections 10
and IL, Fremont township, south to
Section 26, southwest to Kendallville,
southwest to county line at Section
Is, Orleans township.
Decorah northwest to Section "a,
Bluffton township, via new Dolan
road, or transmission line" road.
Decorah northwest to Bluffton.
thence northeast to Burr Oak road,
one mile south of Burr Oak.
Decorah northwest to Burr Oak
and north to state line.
Decorah northeast to Locust,
thence north to state line; Locust
northeast through Hesper to state
line; Locust east and north to High
landville.
Decorah to Gripman schoolhouse,
northeast up Matter hill and to Sat-
tire.
In the distribution of the county
road system the districts are divid-
ed as follows:
First District, p. F. Meyer super
visor, AZ miles.
Second District, G. A. Meyer su-
pervisor, A miles.
Third district, Claude Morton SUI
peTNl lSOT, 10 HlleS.
Fourth District, Alvin Pfister su-
pervisor, 46 miles.
Fifth district, X. w. Knutson SUI
pervisor, 2S miles.
The law provides that these "coun-
ty roads shall be built and main
tanned by the board of supervisors,
and the remainder of the roads OF
the county, known as township
roads" by the township trustees. 1t
is hoped that this system will result
in these roads being so far as possible
made permanent roads, good all the
year round.
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