Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-01-26
FARMERSPUSHINC
GOOD ROADS PLAN
"a Meet Saturday to Consider Exten.
sion OF State Highway Improve
ments to Andalusia.
.r,,s MUCH TO ROCK ISLAND
VIII Give Excellent Th0r0ughiare
From Second Avenue Through
Country Townships.

Farmers Of Black Hawk and Anda-
,psia townships have organized to i'm
nroye roads so that during the COM
ING wear a good highway will be pro-
yided frCn the business section of
Rock Island to Andalusia
Cooperating with the highway COM
,,issioners Of the two townships. the
farmers plan to build a gravel road
srom the end OF the contemplated
sts,e aid road, two miles west of Mi
ian 10 Andalusia. The state road will
he finished this season and it is en-
drely likely that the Ninth and
Twelfth street paving projects in this
citv will be completed by fall also.
This will mean that from Second ave-
rue TO Audalusia an improved high
vay will be afforded.
Al the AndaluSia town hall Satur-
dav afternoon a second meeting to
further the project will be held. Yes
terday the commissioners of the two
townships held a joint meeting and
took steps to cooperate with the Or
ganization of farmers and Andalusia
residents. The Black Hawk commits
sioners have given assurance that
they will furnish gravel for the i'm
provement. There is a possibility that
the road commissioners of Black
Hawk, Andalusia and Edgington or
some other township in the lower end
Of the county will join in purchase OF
road-making machinery. Plan is to
buy a roller. None of the townships
now owns any modern machinery. By
owning the machinery jointly the cost
would not be a burden, and this plan
would insure better roads in a larger
district
Work Is Pledged.
At gathering of residents of Anda-
lusia township and owners OF prop
erty along the Andalusia road recent
ly, definite steps toward Improvement
of the highway were taken. In less
than a half hour 40 days work with
teams had been promised and 20 days
Of labor in shoveling had been pledg-
ed. The pledges are steadily grow
ing, and a committee which was
named to seek contributions from
citizens not present at the meeting re-
ports fine success. The committee in
cludes Ben Nitz, Albert Blaser, Albert
Guyer and John Einfeldt.
Interest in the proposition is not
confined to Andalusia Several resi-
dents OF Edgington have pledged work
on the road, and one man three and
one-half miles the other side Of Edg-
ington has volunteered to furnish a
team for several days.
In addition to the teams and labor
pledged funds are to be sought to in
sure the maintenance of the highway
through the summer. Rock Island
business men will be asked to con-
tribute small amounts toward the pro-
iect As a committee TO interview
Rock Island interests the farmers
named Albert HOfer and W. E. Par
menter of Andalusia township and
William Hoffman and F. A Wood Of
Black Hawk township.
Not only are the men interested IL
the project, but the ladies, too, mean
10 take an active hand in the work
They will organize to provide hot
meals for the workers. Headquarters
are to be established at one Of George
Wagner's farms, and there the ladies
viii establish a cOmmissary and sup.
ply the men with meals during the
days the road work is in progress.
Plan is 70 start work as soon as the
weather conditions are favorable and
10 teams will be kept on the Job til
'he entire highway has been covered
with gravel Most of the work will be
IN Black Hawk township, for the high
way west Of the line dividing Anda-
lusla and Black Hawk is in generally
good condition. In Black Hawk the
road is low and in very bad shape
The volunteers will carry their WORK
10 the point where the state aid road
ends.
Is Dollar Argument.
Ihere has been lot of talk abou
good roads in the lower end of the
county; now we are going to work.
SAD one leader in the movement today
We believe this work will bring An
edlusia 90 per cent nearer Rock Is
'ahQ' We mean to provide a roat
mat will serve Us 365 days a year
I've lived in Andalusia township {
s0ou many years, and that highwa,
NJ" Is 900 per cent better than it wa.