Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-02-27

| haven't seen the bill. which has been
presented at Des Moines but from what
| l can learn OF that bill there has been
| no provisions made in the repeal
| measure that the county engineer must
| certify that all work has gone in ac-
| cording to the plans. Under the present
! law he must do that and he is liable
/ upon his bond II this is not done or II
/ he errs in so certifying. AS far as the
| counties taking advantage of the ad-
Visory highway commission and using
IL. | do not believe that Will be the
| practice. You can find plenty OF super
visors today in Iowa who object 10 hav-
| ing the state highway commission die
tate TO them as they term IL. II the
highway laws of Iowa don't have teeth
| in them. the commission will not he
I used. our whole development OF road
work In Iowa. the entire evolution OF II,
has been one constant series OF expert
ments John Brown would he elected
as road supervisor and he would try
grading roads and building his culverts
one particular way. Next year Bin
Smith would ne elected and he would
Try another plan The mex, year Some
one else would Try another plan The
result WAS that there was no means Of
/ continuing our successes or recording
oar failures We were In she game po-
ei.on as o great manufacturing con-
c.erf. which was working without a cost
system.
Everything Now Recorded.
''I7nde. the present las every oper-
, alton IS recorded. every bridge plan
goes on record Twenty years from
nov you can 70 10 the auditors Office
and find WHO built q certain bridge. End
there the plar. That the hraege was built
from. wha; changes may have been
made IN the plans. Shat thc final cost
was and every ttern about that bridge
is there.
There IS another objection that j.
sometimes made TO the state highw sy
! commissioner and that Is the district
ienginee- Orten The supervisors hay"
! asked. What business has this district
engineer coming around 20 Us when
the bridge Is built a record ~ that
bridge and the cost is sled with the
state highway comrn4ssicn- II Louisa
county bridges should be costing 80 per
cent more than Muscatine county
( bridges under similar conditions i
would ~ -hat engineers business 10
/ IND The reason such discrepancies
were not uncommon three years ago
/ Highway Laws Successful.
road work the last two tears IN Iowa
than Was done In AIRY a~e years pre-
/ vious 10 tsat We are making rapid
f! headway in road building. Orr present
| er,a !reering cost whach Is sometimes
complained ~ is less than : per cent
1 81 tAe amount OF money spent. oriin-
arily in construction work engineering
/ cost IS rot less man 5 per cent. The
/ system that Iowa has adopted n he-
road WORK Is YER similar To tbs en-
cheering system that rag proved -
/ successful IN the upkeep and na.nte-
/ nance o. our great ulna lEae rail-
; ways
Bridges may cos, mora row thar
/ they did under che old system but
| It !s becaus. were not building the
same kind - bridges iaat We built IN
! der ne old system. Only this las;
/ summer some Of the iron t-tdges built
under the old system we're found 20
I 6s 50 light that during ..s,osi wat=ra
| the iron WORK Was toated down stream
| tfy The PLANK eooriag- Our bridges to-
| dav are o,il!t 20 carry I've load Of
/ ao- !ess than fifteen tonz, with a mini
/ rnz-r safety factor ot th-ee. which
| means ina. each bridge II Es, be strong
| er.oega % carr .,orty-Av< Tor. load
/
| bridges commonly bull. three years
ago. am satisfied with the genera,
! workings % our state highway law.
Some miner changes may De necessary
I The changes which aaTe been -sc-
I commended ny the state highsay COM
| mission VIII, : .h!ra. put tai-gs n
! splendid shape. r -he-e ls arT further
/ h:ga=ay legislation neede6 3, IL
! tsozc.7g proposition Tt.ca w.n allow
! COUNTLESS 70 oEi.6 hard 7oa1s 1aen taey
a-~ ra1.et- ard distribute me cost
+ t-rz5 q ser1od ~ years --a-st year n
( Louisa county re og:i, Z nile a-1 L
s aal. II concrete roat. The Longest 5.ecs
J u concrete -oad n me STATE Ne pggl.
= " p-4Ta:e s-oyc-.g.!on. II las:
/ yea-s levy a-1 ~ TIE patsor. d:
tnlx -ea-s legy. financed tzrI scr To-
( cal bans I. IL M 4 good o1z.-ezs
Syr.e-. 70 BUILD ex2eaz!Ya -9ats x.ta-
ard : gTgge- wasca ~lI rot psld
many niles ~ surface roads I. Iowa
J14. on tang more rn%a- ~ rner.-
-ic-ea We hare eao..a -oah material
N 3r@ca,i-.e Ls!&-1 . graz, -! ;as
-1ats IN eaz.errl IONA