Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-06-16
SUPERVISORSASK
STATE TO SUBMIT
SURVEY OF ROADS
Comfy Board Votes TO Appropriate
500 for Detailed Reliable Infor-
nation On Highways.
TRAFFIC CENSUS Is INCLUDED
Indications Are That Big Bond Issue
VIII Again Re Sought ut Ne
yemher Election.

The good roads cause in Rock Is
land county received considerable i'm
petus as q result Of action taken at the
meeting Of the board of supervisors
Yesterday afternoon. at which time it
was voted TO have the state highway
commission prepare a traffic survey OF
The state aid roads in Rock Island
county. This will cost approximately
$500 but the members are finally COM
ing to the place where they desire to
secure definite information as to the
hest plan tn follow in the cnmprehen-
sive Improvement of the highways OF
the county and il is understood. on the
authority of one of the most influential
members of the hoard, that the data ID
be secured, IS preliminary to again
asking the board 10 place on the bal
lot at the November election. a large
bond issue for the Improvement Of all
the principal roads in the county.
Il is understood that the sentiment
of the board toward hard roads has
sumo a NA-thA t'A '4icllkt III llltt JdSsl
year or so. On the floor of the board
yesterday afternoon, Supervisor
Charles Burgoyne, Andalusia. who has
been one Of the leaders of the county
soloDs against hard suTfacing for
highways. announced that he had been
converted and that he now favored the
building Of permanent roads rather
than trying to improve earth roads and
the position of Supervisor BurgOyre
is said To he typical Of other prominent
men on the board.
Surman Starts 1t.
The session yesterday afternoon was
good roads meeting all the way
through and only lacked the presence
Of the irrepressible and irresistible A.
Z. Nissen to make ii complete. 1t all
came about through Supervisor Roy 5
Daley, Moline. asking H. L. Surma:t,
Moline. division engineer OF the state
highway commission in charge OF the
construction of state aid roads in Rock
Island county TO address the board OF
the subject of road work. MIR. Surman
explained in detail what the state high
way commission is seeking TO do in i'm
proving road conditions and told Of
the remarkable results which were OBJ
tanned in Dekalb county as a result
OF a traffic survey Of the county, which
was made by the commission. This
detailed map and statement showed
the CenteTs of property values. the
Centers OF population and traffic cen
suS figures taken on each state aid
road in the county between the hours
Of a. n. and p. N. showing in de-
tail the direction of the traffic, number
and kind OF vehicles and other facts.
which materially assisted the county
board OF Dekalb county in determin-
ing which roads We're used the most
and which should be improved first.
The plan followed there was to use
concrete on the sections which car
RED the heaviest traffic, with gravel
and macadam as the material for the
lesser used highways. a bond issue
Of nearly a half million dollars was
voted which it is figured will be sufic-
lent 70 improve all Of the state aid
roads IN the county. Mr.. SuTman
stated there were 1915 miles Of state
aid road in Rock Island county.
Asks for Survey.
Supervisor Daley then offered the
following resolution providing for
similar survey in Rock Island county:
Whereas. the sentiment Of the public
is favorable TO more extensive road i'm
provement in this county, and
Whereas, the board OF supervis-
ors has no data upon which 10 base
gT nj scientific
proyement Of state aid roads in Rock