Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-09-28

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able that part of this is in city juris
diction.
| Report on Route No. 6.
This route begins delivery at the
corner of Miner and Mary streets, at
the Star school house, and from q
point about a block distant from this
corner the road trouble commences
For distance Of about one-fourth
mile this road is known as the coal
road, being used for hauling coal from
mines in this vicinity. In the Cowan
addition and on east part the Harve
Michael place are some bad holes, and
the road needs work of a more perma-
neEt nature, all the way to the town.
ship line.
Just east of the Center township line
at the Union coal mine, Is bad place
| in the road, the highway should be
widened at this point to permit pass.
ing of vehicles. The roadway is en-
tirely too narrow.
At point Just east of the r. L. Bad
gett farm house at the foot of the hill
is wash out, some bad holes at side
of roadway needing attention.
Just east of Phil Coys place (Taylor
Gephart FARM is another bad hole
probably due to improper ditching and
draining.
At the w. R. Gift farm there is a
hill just in front of Mr.. Gifts house
that could be remedied great deal by
cutting the top of the hill off and put.
ting 1t down in the hole as fill. This
hill must be very bad climbing for
teams during winter months.
A little beyond Mr.. Gifts house at
the John f. Nelson mail box, the cul-
vert condition Is faulty, being washed
down. the ditching and drainage being
in need Of attention. i.
At the Hollingsworth farm beyond
this, the side ditching is not properly
taken care of, to carry off the water,
in another mud hole.
On the Point Isabel road just be-
tween Rulings and Curry's farms
there are two bad holes caused by
washouts which should be fixed before
an accident happens on account of
them.
At the foot of the hill west of H. G.
Condon's is fill over stone culvert
with sand that is dangerous. The
roadbed at each side of the culvert Is
less than nine feet wide, and should
be widened out, to make safer pass
ing point. There is very deep creek
ravine at this point and 1t is at foot of
hill making it rather dangerous point
of meeting especially for team and
autos.
The bridge over Little Soap creek
near Seaburg brothers farm is in need
of attention as regards flooring and
approaches.
Between Heckart and w. H. George
farms on the hill and also between the
Mcfarland and Walter Orman farm
are two concrete fills and culvert pipes
across two sloughs that have been in
for more than year, and the ap-
proaches and sides have never been
filed in as yet. It is presumed that
the county put in this work and the
township has failed to do the filling.
The dirt for these fills, could be cut of
the top of the hills and greatly benefit
the rOadways.
The Bloomfield road Is In bad condi
ton near M. w. Brooks place, just
ditton for this road.
Hallberg's addition from BlOomnelo
road to Sheridan avenue, is In bad
condition being nothing but continu-
GUS mud hole, indicating no attention
has been given this road at any time.
Discontinuance of delivery of mail
would seem justifable owing to neg
lect of the roadway by residents
thereon.
On Mary street all the way through,
which is the eastern line Of the city
limits, separating the city and county,
the whole street Is badly in need Of
work, being succession of mud holes,
and should be taken UP with the city
authorities ALSO This street Is being
worked by Center township men just
west of Miner street, but is being neg
lected east of that corner.
One of the worst peices Of road on
this route is the roadway from Orman-
Vile to point beyond Nose Leonard's
house through the creek bed, as every
time the water gets up in the creek,
this road becomes impossible, and al
ter the water recedes, the roadway is
full of wash holes and gullies. Some
permanent improvement Is the only
remedy to apply in this case.