Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-09-15
COUNTY ACCEPTS
STATE AID FUNDS
sam Of s6,2S5 wiz Be Received Under
Provisions Of the Tjce Law
Fer Road Work.
HIGHWAYS INSTALLED PLEASE
Supervisor James McQuaid Makes
Plea for Next improvement to
Be Made at Milan.

/ step IN advancing the local good roads
! propaganda this morning, when the
1 board Of supervisors voted unanimous
/ Is to accept the sum Of $62S5, which
I is this county's allotment OF the state
/ aid road fund for this year
I The acceptance OF this money means
that the county must appropriate al
/ ike sum, giving total of $12.570,
/ which will be spent the coming year
/ on permanent highways in this coun-
! ty. When the matter was first brought
4 up this morning, Supervisor c l.
I Kerns, Moline. asked what satisfac-
/ ton the two pieces Of state aid road
] which have been installed in this
/ county were giving. one has been
/ put in at Taylor Ridge and the other
/ in Yuma township.
Supervisor William Elliott, Buffalo
Prairie. declared the Taylor Ridge
/ road was so satisfactory that the only
/ complaint that had been made against
it was that it was not long enough.
He said the farmers using the road
were more than pleased with it. and
Supervisor NJ a. Titterington. Edg-
fngton, substantiated him. Supervisor
/ John WeckeI, Moline. stated that he
had been over the yuma road at the
time Of the county fair at Josltn
/ few weeks ago and said it did not ap-
( pear TO be showing any signs Of wear. +
Milan Wants Road.
Supervisor James McQuaid. Black
Hawk, made a plea that the next hard /
road that is installed be put in south .
Of the Milan bridges. Supervisor FL I
lott argued that the roads already +.
built should be extended. He declar-.
ed that most of the farmers residing
I'm his township we're away from The
railroads and from 20 to 30 miles dis
tant from market and that he felt their
interests should be considered in des-
jgnaung the road to he improved. Su-
pervisor McQuaid insisted that the
trunk lines should be built first and
the branches afterward, and called att
tenti0n 10 the fact that the roads be-
tween here and Milan were the worst
in this section.
THE worst in the whole country"
corrected someone.
County Clerk Hubbard read two let
tiers from the state highway commits
sion iu which amendments made in
the Tice law were explained Under
the changes made. counties can select F.
the material to be used In building
state aid roads while formerly con
crete or brick had 20 be used The
state is also TO pay for the mainte-
nance of all state aid roads. except
earth highways. and will pay for the
initial oiliug of dirt roads
Ask Bridge Aid.
A communication was read from the
highway commissioners Of Canoe
Greek. asking that the county appr0-
pirate the sum of 81 500 for q bridge
on The Rock river route, which has
been designated as one Of the stare
aid roads. The communication stated !.
that parts of the road were low and /.
that it would be necessary to have It f.
graded, which work the township ex-
poets TO pay for, having voted bonds
to the extent Of S1,700 and raised
$917.54 by special tax for the pur-
pose.
Supervisor E. II. McMurphy explain +.
ed that this same request was made
at the last meeting of the county board .
and that at that time a resolution /
passed appropriating the sum Of ST..
0O0 and this county's realIotment of u
state aid funds. amounting to $3.50. for
the work
After the board adjournment. the
road and bridge committee. to whom
the matter was referred, found that
the supposed reaIlOtment had been
spent elsewhere, and therefore it was
necessary for the commissioners TO
renew their request Tor aid. It was
suggested that the bridge might be
built from the state aid funds which
are to be available soon. but passages
from q letter which had been received I
from the state highway commission
were read, showing that it was not
the intent Of the Tice law that state
aid funds be used for bridges, but tor
roads primarily, townships being ex-
pected to bear this expense. The re-
quest was referred to the road and
bridge committee.
A request was read from the Drury
township highway commissioners ask
ing iAdE OUG~GaIA OF EGe cost or a
bridge in that township be paid by the
county The estimated expenditure is
$1,440. The petition was referred to
the road and bridge committee.
Retain Engineer.
Two applications for the position OF
court house engineer We're received
George W Smith, incumbent, and
Hugh Clarke. By a vote OF q 10 s Mr..
Smith was retained and his salary
fixed at $1,000. which is the same as
last year
County Clerk Hubbard called atten-
ton to the fact there were three va
cancies in the list OF election officials
Of the county, one in the 18th district.
Rock Island; one in the goth district
Moline, and one in South Moline.
These will have to be filed at this
session.
The bid of the Canton Art Metal
company, Canton. Ohio. for metal fur