Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-09-18
Kate AID ROADS
0ELAY BECAUSE
PRICE TOO HIGH
,..rd Of Supervisors Inquire Into Rea-
~ fer Failure Of Highway Com
mission 10 Work Here.
,orBtr TO Re SPENT IN YEAR
,l;e,ed That with More Mileage To
r. Improved Retter Figures Can BE
obtained From Contractors.


WHY ha>a "'. H'"' '-u 'o""S "Sell
sa.lt ln hoIN iSi"A" county inns
tssr
That Is me a"'Nt''u N'-1H super
rsar PAU a"0NoI'H' Nttal Tow
$40 asked itt COUNTY "oa." "Heh !.
-sanvened tA.9 Al"4 iiiiS. re pointed
a. jh3t tAe 'o-4tE "au com pine" Win
se pToFiS 'tii~ 81 'Ae IS "a " a"d hau
Appropriated the SUM Vi 9o'->9 10 ne
.,ed for me 'Ht ldlHS "- tI' proved
Yasds, cond,,.oa"" Gu me @'7'T 1ut
rshing .Ne amount 'u' '"'l hot n
" had nee" done lo""+u starting the
GERS -,
II NAle' a.- -
Tsg comm 77.e" eppGle- ~ ~
gravel ana ."H ."" - us ms nc nc,
tr.cE ana concrete "e u9'I' Ne S'a'eo,
i believe 5..a. -...''' - Pi1n'N eoou
saougA ana "'" my
- the S'Ate 40 'NT me ."''Vi '"I ms
county NAG 7Ps'+"V".
Bids 10" High.
Supervisor William Elliott explained
sst she trouble had been that all Of
ae estimates ou the TWO pieces OF road
selected ~ ~ improved his year. at
WsfertoUu aud 1T Milan. had been too
.gb He denied tuat the state highway
commission had refused 20 use gravel
arsted I'D the piss. near both the high
saws 10 be improved He stated that
tits wears money would not he lost but
nat since The county had complied
sith the Tiea law and made us appro-
rra,ioDs, that the sum could I've placed
a,la that Of next years allotment. Civ
Ing this county something over $4,000
spend for hard roads. lie was
q the opinion that with the large area
20 be improved. that perhaps lower
Squire for the WCrE could he secured.
The opinion WIS expressed by SUI
peryisor NJ O. Griswold of this city
that neither the board nor the public
generally was s'5iie'eh.lE informed on
lae Iodu t"e9,io" -, IN 1oi'it 0i'il ~
% any pIoposil'oi tpoAilE 10" u M
pT0Femenl OF me hl-A" ways anu mace
motion iha' me CHAIRMAN appolhI d
committee o' 'h''e q" III est iSdte the
natter an" report me JeCeilI Der
meeting feeoiii'iiH iiiihs gus pest ma II
tal pidh 70 'e io.io ' eu oH- M iIIoSt
seT l.eaois z p X oa'' ioi M 'oulI-
~ n lliI'-.,i' ~, " = -
FHeA oii'5t 'lsL' ny i,''lS. Nol'ile
explained That ii" thought the good
''oi' '.p-' ''7"' ~ ~ q 9pSN "a !
0.uFt W 'o7..eS io' - E7'.'- a.
tiAoeu az elo' n anu ""tisH iiio-
uoh N 'hat thFL' lHal " AZ carried.
on motion 9i supervisor TfiS"oid
!Ae h2r'd ordered 'ual me pf"poSitlon
''f jaA h'' Z" eEoesl three nuns. i"r
+ COUNTY tAnei'u''SiS sahaioTiulh, 10
80 on ma ballot af he November cleo
l.oh \ petition signed by over nun
area 'aHpaErrs requesting that the
pfopas''.oh ne pun ND 10 me people
mn il'A WIN I'M BOARD some NOM MS
ago as me peu''on haa the requlslle
.lL-bET III signatures. u was nahda-
tors upon the board 30 place the ques-
On on ne ballot.
Bowling Gets Constable.
Bowling township. after getting
along for - years without . constable.
al last mas one The board this morn
lng appointed ~ j. Hutchinson. pres
emf Justice Of the peace Supervisor
NadsWorth said that the law provided
tlat the present incumbent should
Eere until his successor is elected and
qualified. bu; for nearly half a cen
fury no enc has filled The office. but the
residents no" believe they need a CON
stable
a communication was read from the
Lawrence county board of Supervisors
10 favor Of the establishment OF q penal