Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1914-08-20
Ironton City Officials Inspect
Street Work.
from The Farmington News.)

Mayor Robert A. Rasche, Aldermen
Edward Dinger, L. A. Mckee and
Chas. Tual and VIM. Trauernicht,
president of the Arcadia Valley Com
mercial Club, were here on Monday
inspecting the work that has been
done on the streets of Pennington
during the past year and also some
of the better improved roads of the
county. Recently Ironton voted a
bond issue of $4,000 for the purpose
of building new streets. The city Of
ficials felt that they wanted to secure
with the expenditure of this money
the very best possible results for the
people of Ironton. After inspecting
the improved streets of Pennington
and some of the best roads in the
county they decided that they had
seen no road material they considered
the equal of the gravel to be found in
unlimited quantity in Stout's creek
within their city limits, except the
famous Iron Mountain chats. These
chats are the best road materials in
State, unquestionably, but Mr.. Smol-
linger is reserving them for use on
the roads in this county and particular
ly on the Bismarck and Iron Mount
ain road. Mr.. Trauernicht said they
could get gravel placed on their
streets. for 40 cents a yard. Think OF
that! st. Francois county would soon
have complete system of improved
gravel turnpikes and Pennington
would have fourteen miles of fine
streets in very few years if we could
get such material at this price. Here
we have to pay upward of $1.0O a
yard for gravel that is easily one-half
dirt and sand. And. besides the gravel
is of poor quality. We have found
that crushed rock is. by far the best
material and the cheapest in the end,
though very costly in the beginning.
The Arcadia Valley visitors say that
they are not only going to build some
good streets in Ironton and Arcadia
soon, but that by another year they
hope to place oil on them and in this
way eliminate the dust nuisance.
Mayor Rasche created quite little
attention here on naccount of his great
size physically as well as pleasing
address personally. He told a news
reporter that he weighted 407 pounds,
but had not found his excessive
weight burdensome even during the
very hot weather of the past few
months. To us that was certainly
some recommendation of the Valley
as a summer resort.
Mayor Rasche is said to be pro-
gressive city official. Ironton is a
staid, old fashioned town, but under
the leadership of such men as Mayor
Rasche and his associates on the city
council and the prince of boosters,
VIM. Trauernicht, the principal Val
ley town is now lighted with cleo
tricity, has miles Of fine granitoid
sidewalks and will soon have as good
streets as can be found in most towns
many times her size.
To News representative who visit
ed Ironton this week, the most press
ing need of the town seemed to be a
general cleanup Of front and back
yards, repairing Of of buildings and
fencing and liberal supply OF fresh
paint to both public and private build
ings. Few towns on this continent
are surrounded by such magnificent
mountain beauty as the Arcadia Val
Iley. For town so blessed to possess
so many ill-kept buildings seems to
be ingratitude that is inexcusable,
There is one place in the Valley that
should be taken as an excellent ex-
ample Of neatness and order, and that
is the Arcadia Catholic School. One
will have to search far and long to
find a neater, more sanitary looking
and more beautiful spot than is ap-
parent from a passing inspection o.
this school located at the south end oi
the beautiful Arcadia Valley.