Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-11-15
IF SUPERVISORS WILL ORDER
ROAD CHANGED FARMERS
WILL PAVE MILE.
HEARING ON PROPOSED
CHANGE TO BE SATURDAY
Farmers, Who Have Petition For
Change of Lincoln Highway, Near
lamoille, Have Cement and 5000
offered For Paving Mile Of the New
Road.

! A movement to pave with concrete
mile Of country road, that is depend
ent upon favorable action by the board
| Of supervisors, has taken definite shape
| in the Lamoille nelghbornood Sub
script!ons for the cash required have
been made. Al a hearing to be held
| Saturday afternoon before the super
visors the question Of revision OF the
road, that the supervisors must auth>
oriZe, Will come up.
The LamoIIie farmers proposal Is that
If the county will abandon ABOUT three
quarters of mile Of the Lincoln High
way road justs outh of Lamoliie, ana
open new and straishtel road on
hlgn ground farther south, the La
noble farmers will pave mile OF the
road with sixteen foot wide concrete.
Have $500 Subscribed.
For the paving project the Lano!l!e
men have this subscribed: Three thou
sand barrels Of free cement from the
Lincoln Highway ASSOCIATION; So,2U0
III cash, and the promise of six mer
that they will subscribe any remain
ing deIicit required. >. W. Myers.
PRIME mover in the project, said today
that the offer OF cement still stands
good, as he Vas so assured by ". {.
Osterman, consul al large and other
officers Of The association %i.hin re-
cent months. Farmers .. the neigh
hnrhood who will aout the pavement
have subscribed sum- ranging from
$500 down for the work. .
What the Farmers Want.
The petition that has been uied by
thirtytwo OF these farmers, ana wnica
has been approved by County Engineer
Hickok, as commissioner. asks that the
township road, that is part or the Lin
coin Highway, from the point abou.
half mile Que south Of Lamollle.
where HE township read joins the
county road at the corner, be ADAM
doned 10 point about half mile
southwest of Lamoille. They ask that
starting at the latter point new road
be opened, running on higher ground.
and in a southeasterly direction, to the
corner south OF the Linn creek bridge.
where the township and county roads
join. as 49,
This change would remove the road
llOu ikc ~" SlVutiu fIlclSi Va A<AoA
creek, that is wet and poorly drained.
TO higher ground all south OF the creek.
Engineer, Estimates.
The board Of supervisors has the all
tentative Of ordering the road opened
and building the bridge or two required
and get mile Of pavement, or rebuild
three bridges OF the old road that are
about worn out and get no pavement.
Engineer Hickok has prepared esti-
mates for both plans which he is re-
vising and will be submitted Saturday.
He estimates the three-quarters OF I.
mile Of new road without pavement
will cost about $4,000 for bridges, grad
ing and land occupied The latter IS
figured al $500 an acre. To make the
present road permanent and possible
Of being drained II must be graded
high enough and new. bridges must Dc
built. The township would have to 90
the grading. but the county must buiid
| the bridges The cost for grading and
bridges the engineer has estimated at
| 81. 600, about 81, 500 Of which would De
for bridges.
Where Paving Will Start.
The petitioners propose to start the
pavement at ELMER the east Inc VI tnS
John Huff farm, or probably the cas-
| line of the T. G. Wtckersham 1arH
and extend it west one mile. The STU
alton is understood to be that IL HUH
will equal the subscription wicker
sham has made. and offered, the pave
ment will start at Huff's east line. bu'
| if Huff is unwilling to match Wicker
sham's subscription, then the pave
ment will probably start farther west
Wickersham has agreed to give 1900 !!
Huff will give an equal amount ano
the east end Of the pavement be theT
placed at Huffs east line, but II II
starts at Wickersham's east line Wick
ersham will give only $500.
Held as Robbery Suspect.