Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-07-31
SUPERVISORS AND IOWA TOWN.
SHIP ENTER INTO WRITTEN
CONTRACT TO BUILD HIGHWAY.
MARIETTA TOWNSHIP
is EXPECTED TO JOIN
Trustees From That Township Attend
Conference But Do Not Become
Party to, Asreement-Motor Club
Agrees to Donate $500 For the Six
and One half Miles.

Progress that gives every promise
now Of developing into Il movement to
build Il graveled road from this city to
Marietta and Albion was made at a
conference of the supervisors and trus-
tees of Marietta and Iowa township
and representative of the Marshall
town Motor Club. held Saturday after
noon. Out of the conference came an
agreement, signed by the supervisors
and Iowa township trustees to build the
road. The Marietta township trustees,
who were present, but did not sign, will
probably do so.
Still another development in connec-
ton with the same project was the
signing of an agreement for the coun-
ty to purchase a gravel deposit on the
James Andrews land, west of the city,
and fronting on the Summit street road
that is to be improved with gravel.
Motor Club Gives Aid.
Altho not a party to the agreement,
but nevertheless the initial force that
started it. was the Marshalltown Motor
Clubs offer of 800 for the improved
road. AS an oral agreement Of the
written contract the motor club will
pay the county $3.50 for loading gravel
for the townships sections of the road.
The club will pay each of the town.
ships 1925 for hauling and spreading
the gravel.
Terms Of Contract.
All of the three supervisors and Mar
tin Graham. Ford S. Thompson and Eli
Ulery, trustees of Iowa township, have
become parties to the contract. 1t is
yet to be signed by w. r. Moninger,
Warren Nichols and Eli Packer, Of
Marietta township.
The supervisors agree to grade and
gravel the road from the end of the
pavement in West Summit street to
Woodward's corner, just south of Mari
eta. a distance Of four and one-half
miles. The township agreed to grade
and gravel the township roads from
Woodward's corner to the limits of AL
bion, distance Of two miles.
County Furnishes Gravel.
The supervisors agree for the county
to furnish all the gravel, without cost
to the townships, and agree to loa ! the
gravel on wagons.
This provision covers the type OF
road to be built:
The road is to be brought to as near
| level as possible so that the gravel
| will form the crown and the graveing
| Is to be seven inches thick and ten feet
wide with trench or shoulder cons.ruc-
ton at the option Of the parties
whom the jurisdiction Of the road Is
with" ia
No 1.rif
townships agree to pay the county s25O
| for loading the gravel. This money IS
| furnished by the motor club.
| 1t is agreed that the work is to be
| begun as soon as possible and pur-
sued as rapidly as possible. County
Engineer Hickok is to have su3erV!.
sion of the work. =
| Buy Half Acre Of Gravel.
| A contract for the purchase of hall
| acre or more of land. at the option o!
the county, was signed by James An
drews and w. H. Jones, chairman o'
the supervisors. Saturday. The con-
tract provides specifically for half al
acre in the western part of Andrews
| land. The price agreed on is at the rat'
| of s4O0 an acre. but the board is no
| limited to half an acre but may ac
quire more at the same price. Atte'
| the county has taken cut the grave
the land reverts 10 Andrews. He is t
provide a right of-way to Sunni
street and the county is to fence III
| right of-way.
This is the first definite move by th'
| Supervisors to procure gravel deposits
| for the county roads The cOntrac
| provides that the supervisors are u
| get the gravel out by Nov. 10.