Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-09-18
HIGHWAY TO CITY
TO Be IMPROVED
Action Of Board in Designating Milan
Road for State Aid Means Much
to Rock Island.
INFLUENCED BY ANIMATION
Paving Of Ninth and Twelfth Streets
Gives Supervisors Reason fo Con-
tinUe Work.

At last highways leading into the
/ city of Rock Island from the south aret
to be improved AS a result of the
action of the board Of supervisors
I yesterday afternoon, in designating the
( AndalUsia road running west from AIj-
liam as one of the highways TO be i'm
I proved next year under the provisions
I of the Tice law, the first start has been
made in that direction. Tho other
iroad to be improved is near Water
town, running east from the Turner
farm.
1 One Of the chief reasons that caused
1.-THE Milan road to be selected, in pre-
/ ference TO continuing the Taylor Ridge
/ r0ad. was the fact that tbe city Of Rock
+ Island, following the success of the
annexation plan, is TO pave both Ninth
land Twelfth streets, thereby showing
1 to the county board the sincerity oil
this city in advancing the permanent
highway plan.
Entitled to Road.
/ Supervisor NcQUade in talking to
the board yesterday emphasized the
fact that the board In the 6rst place
2
to be improved One at Taylor Ridge
one at Yuma and the third, Ninth
! street in this city. The two country
roads were installed bat Ninth street
was not improved With the auneXa-
zion of Sears to Rock Island, net only
Ninth but Twelfth street as web, is to
/ be paved. making permanent highways
of the two roads from the Milan
bridges into the city. Supervisor Nc
/ Quade argued that inasmuch as the
county was relieved from improving
( Ninth street. the board should desig-
nate some Milan road, leading TO this
city. as the next to receive state aid.
/ in order that the original plan of Civ
ing two roads to the country and one
to Rock Island might he carried Gus i'm
good faith.
The work which the city proposes to
do i'm fixing up the main roads over
which the people coming TO This city
must pass, was an incentive for the
board to continue the project. Am eff
tort VIII now be made 10 have saa Tis
Iaee of Milan and Black Hawk town
IshiB improve The roads between the
Milan bridges and so the point where
the state aid road viii be started.
. which is at the southwest corner of
the village limits. Under the proEi-
sious of the Tice law, roads owned 10y
/. city or village cannot be improved SO
that it viii be up TO the Milan people.
as matter of civic pride to take &C
ton looking toward beJterment 0l the
HIGHWAYS intervening between the
pavement at this end of the Milan
/ bridges and the new state aid road
The formal resolution ADOPTED by
i the board in designating the state aid
4 roads was as follows:
"Your committee re- whom was re-
fcrred the communication designating
4 the state aid highways submit the
following. That we designate the
highway beginning at bridge three
teuths of a mile west OF the east line
4 of section 20. township is north, range
4 1 east of the Fourth p. NJ. and running
4 in an easterly direction, being part of
route number 3,
Also the highway beginning at the
/ southwest corner of the village OF
Milan and running west towards An-
& daIuSla ana SCUM 10 j eS loI LeANSe7 Ht
] / ing a part of routes Q and 10. We
i would also recommend that the money
! available be proportional equally be
j tween the two highways"
Can Select Material,
The material to be used in improv-
4 ing the roads viii be entirely up to
/ the county board, under the amend
! ments 10 the Tice law. The roads des-
] ignated to he improved viii be certi-
fed to the state highway commission
which in turn viii submit specifca-
/ lions and figures for the various types
/ Of roads. When this work is cOmplet-
! ed, if it is before the December meet
q ing Of the board, a special meeting OF
i the supervisors viii be called to pass