Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-09-04

From the Improvement news hulie.
tins Of the two months OF July and
August alone there can be found in
formation enough as to the hard roads
which other states are building to
shame the people Of Iowa who are
spending more tax money every year
upon mud roads than the people OF any
other state pay for good roads except
ing those In the two states OF Cali
lorna and New York.
Considered state by state here Is the
record for two months:
In Alabama Baldwin county has con-
tracted for the grading Of ninety miles
of road at cost of 100000. There
were built In this state last year 343
miles of graveled roads which is twice
as much as were built in Iowa besides
Bio miles of sand clay and 1T miles
Of ebert.
III Arkansas two special road dis
tricts have bee formed near Pine Bluff
for the purpose Of building sixty miles
of macadam at cost Of 1920. 900. Ten
miles have been contracted for be-
tween Texarkana and Clarksville and
Silver county has sold $4,000 Of road
bonds for surfacing twenty eight miles
Of the Jefferson Highway.
In California Santa Clara county
has voted to spend 100000 for sur
faced roads this year.
In Colorado the Wolf Creek Pass
road has been finished after three
years work and an expenditure Of
$4,000. 1t crosses the continental
divide at an elevation of 1880 feet.
In Florida the Sarasota Venice spe.
cial road district will expend this year
$250,00 on hard roads and concrete
bridges Taylor county expects to vote
100000 in road bonds for eighty nine
miles Of brick and asphalt roads. Over
sS.00O00O worth of road bonds have
been voted by the various counties
within less than year and two-thirds
of that sum by counties traversed by
the Dixie Highway.
The vote in Polk county was two to
one for $1,5O0,000 Of road bonds. The
contracts had actually been let for
the roads subject to the voting Of
bonds so the voter new just what he
would get for the money.
In Illinois Palmyra township has
voted road bonds for eight miles OF
macadam at $4,000 per mile. Com
tracts have been let for ten and one
half miles of macadam near Linden
WOOD al S5i,50s. De KaiD county Is
completing eighteen miles Of con-
crete road. Cook county has issued
100000 in bonds for the paving Of
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Five and one half miles Of the 81 ,00o,-
600 paved road from Belleville to East
st. Louis viii be completed in Novem-
Der and already there has been an In
crease of 100 to 200 per cent in the
value OF property along this, road.
Warren county has decided to build
a mile and a half Of concrete on the
Lincoln Highway. Kankakee Is build
ing one mile of brick and one mile Of
At Minonk, Mr.. Stoddard Is
building three miles of brick road at
his own expense to benefit his farms.
In Indiana at Goshen attownshfp has
sold $s3,S00 Of bonds forgraveled roads
At Redkey Rlchland county has
for s144.O00 OF brick roads.
Delaware county has contracted for
l249.56s- worth Of hard roads Clay
township in Pike county voted $50 to
IA for rock roads and bonds. Howard
county now has 52Ss. miles Of road
grayeled outside Of the city Of Ko
korno which 10 within 100 miles sof all
the roads In the county, AT Vincennes
IA. 800 OF county bonds for. concrete
roads have been sold
In Kansas eleven miles Of rock road
are being built near ,Girard. Crawford
county has started to rock surface
eleven miles of the Jefferson Highway
which joins twenty nine miles of rock
road on this route across Bourbon
county.
In Kentucky ten miles Of gravel are
about completed between Russell