Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-01-17
Committee Takes Several
Guests to View Different
Highways Visited
TABULATIONS ARE
o,raso oAnE ON THE TRIP
olslH a,IeaS
Party Seeking to Improve
Country Roads Secures
Information of Value

A trip of inspection over the various
highways radiating from Ottumwa was
taken Thursday afternoon by the mem
bers Of the good roads committee oi
the Ottumwa Commercial association,
Congressman Kirkpatrick, members oi
the board Of supervisors, city and post
office officials.
The trip was made by the members
OF the committee and their invited
guests for the purpose of familiariZing
themselves with the various outlets
from the city Of Ottumwa to the sur.
rounding country. From the notes
taken and tabulations made the com.
mittee hopes to be able to arrive at
definite decision as to which routes
would seem the hest fitted and the
most feasible for the establishment OF
permanent highways. This is subject
to the findings to be made by Resident
Engineer Olson of the state highway
commission.
This proposition of the building OF
permanent highways is being taken up
by the members of the good roads com
mittee with the idea of demonstra-
tion or experiment on these few high.
ways leading out of Ottumwa II
these prove satisfactory and beneficial
to the users steps will be taken toward
the establishment of the same sort
over the other roads radiating from
the city
Different Routes Used.
-Four cars were used to carry the
members of the party on the inspection
tour and the first "trip taken was south.
The party left the Commercial assO-
citation rooms and followed the blue
grass road all the way. The route lies
over the Market street bridge ana oit
Chester avenue to Miner street, tlca
south on Miner to the Jefferson
school. AT the school building west,
erly direction was taken to point II
short distance beyond the Shaul GEM
etery,
Returning over the same route TO thes
corner OF Market and Main streets the
party turned east going straight down
East Main street to point siX.tenths
OF mile beyond the city limits or near
the second small turn in the Agency
right Of way before coming to tho
Sugar creek bridge,
The cars then turned and came back
to the city over the same route used in
going out The next direction taken
was north and North Court street was
the route used. The trip was taken
out to the Center school house and
then back over the same street to the
Commercial association rooms.
Tabulations Arc Made
The members Of the committee
made tabulations on each trip which
will aid them to make more practical
and efficient decision as to the inn
provements needed on the roads.
The distance from the end OF the
paving to the city limits and the dis
tance from the city limits to the point
at which the cars were turned and the
return trip started were all kept by
the committee. The number OF curves
in the road, the general slope of the
roadway and the number of certain
high and low places were noted
1t is the plan OF the committee tc
have a roadway which will be perma
nent in construction. one that will be
ready for use at any time of the yea
CT during any kind Of weather A
highway that will be of the greatest
-