Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-04-13
NINE IOWA COUNTIES LISTED
AMONG PROGRESSIVE SEC.
TloNs OF STATE.
PLANNING COMPREHENSIVE
SYSTEM OF IMPROVEMENT
Emmett to Grade and Gravel Twenty
five Miles Of County Road System
This Season-Black Hawk Plans I'm
provement of Entire County System
at Expenditure of Nearly $5oo,000
pecial to Times Republican.

s. Les MONIES, ApIH lo.--A>lHS- to"o q
counties are now planning compre-
'hensive systems of road Improvement,
the Iowa highway commission service
bulletin reports. These counties are
Clay, Hardin, Cerro Gordo, Crawford,
Emmett, Marshall, Tama, Buena Vista
and Black Hawk. -
At meeting held at Mason City the
board of supervisors of Cerro Gordo
county was instructed to permanently
grade and gravel the entire county
road system in less than four years
and to issue bonds for the expense
over and above the current revenues.
The cheaper type Of gravel construc-
ton will be followed. The gravel will
be narrowed and disced but it will be
permitted to pack by traffic. There
are 40 miles in the Cerro Gordo
county road system. Donations to the
extent of $500 per mile will be solicited
and bonds will be issued to take up
all overdrafts.
Crawford county taxpayers, town
ship road officers and county offlcerS
met at Denison March II and in
structed the board Of supervisors to
build all bridges and culverts of per-
manent construction on the county
road system within two years and to
grade the 125 miles Of county road
system not now permanently graded
within a period of four years. 1t is
estimated by County Engineer Flshel
that this work will require issuing
500, 900 worth of bonds for road work
and an equal amount for the bridge
and culvert work. Twenty-Five miles
of the Crawford county road system
have already been: put to permanent
grade, the greater portion OF this be-
ing the route of the Lincoln Highway
across the county. Z. ri, g
Much Work in Emmet.
Emmett county supervisors have an
nounced their plan to grade ana
gravel twenty-five miles OF the county
road system during the present season!
They will issue bonds to take care OF
all overdrafts
Tama county taxpayers pet at
Tama on March IS, and instructed
their board. of supervisors to per-
manently sTades every mile ofSroad IN
the county system within three years.
The board was urged to gravel every
mile of road at as early a date as pos
sible preference being given totethose
miles along which the property own
ers would contribute $500. per mile II. IN
labor and money: The board was also
instructed to rebuild with concrete all
county bridges as fast as they had TO
be replaced, bonding the county Tor
all the money necessary over the cur
rent bridge revenues. ~
Supervisors of Buena Vista county
were instructed to grade and~ gravel
the entire county road system W1chln
three years at a meeting held Marcn
%. All bridges are to be-built OF per-
manentl construction. y /, ~
Black Hawk county supervisors nave
under way plans to improve the en-
tire system Of roads in that county at
an expense of $4,000. ~ is esti-
mated the work can be done IN three
or four working seasons. No definite
action committing the board to TINS
program has been passed.
Sac county taxpayers, at, a. meet
ing held March 2, authorized the board
to grade and gravel the entire county
road system. -
Nevada's commercial club is back OF
move to improve the six main roads
leading into the town.
|9E s.+45S Donations OF Gravel. ~
The Saylorville, Polk City and Mad
rid good roads association voted to
give 500 yards Of gravel for the i'm
provement OF the $Des Moines- Ma drid
road at Polk City. This makes a total
l,of $500 yards Of gravel contributed py
the association.
The Hamilton county board OF
supervisors has planned to gravel the
route of the Hawkeye Highway thru
the county This section Of the road
was all graded and drained Flast year
so that the road is said to be in
splendid condition to receive the
gravel surface. b aa.& : g.
The Ames -Des Moines road, con-
sidered the most heavily travelled north
and south road in the state, probably
will be graveled this season. This
thirty-six mile stretch will be given
gravel surface if the plans of the
farmers and property owners along
the road who are boosting the pro1ect
are carried out.