Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-06-08
OFFER %
Build GRAVEL ROAD
IOWA AND MARIETTA TOWNSHIP
MEN WOULD GRAVEL ROAD,
ALBION TO MARIETTA.
ASK COUNTY TO FINISH
ROAD, MARIETTA TO CITY
Supervisors Neither Accept Nor Turn
Down offsr-Want More Informal
ton, and Committee Agrees to Sup.
ply Details Of Cost-Motor Club
Represented and Offers 500.

half miles Of graveled road free We'd
nesday afternoon if the supervisors
would build four and one-half miles
more, The offer was not accepted
neither was it turned down. A COM
mittee representing Iowa and Marietta
townships and the Marshall County
Motor Club offered to build a per-
manent graveled road from Albion tc
Marietta, a distance Of two and one-
half miles, if the supervisors would
build a graveled road from this city
to Marietta, four and one-half miles
The road from Albion to Marietta is
a township road. From this city tC
Marietta the road is q county road.
Didn't the road convention vote not
to gravel the roads?" Supervisor
Lynch asked in parrying the offer, and
Supervisor Nichols later asked the
same question, then answered 1t with
this contradictory predictions:
'Why, if we gravel that road every
one else will want graveled roads. We
can't gravel all of them"
Both Supervisors Lynch and Nichols
temporarily at least turned the offer
The committee, which had not come
prepared with detailed plans, specifica-
tons or engineers estimate of the
cost, went away promising to come
back at the July meeting Of the board
with all these details.
Will Help With Cash.
The committee, which was composed
Of w. D. Presnall and ]. L. Ulery, OF
Iowa, and w. M. Moninger, G. e. Max
field, and John Timmons, of Marietta,
and George w. Darling, of the motor
club, intimated. that if the county
could not pay for all of the four and
one-half miles the committee would go
out and see how much they could get
subscribed in cash to help the county.
Darling suggested that the motor club
would probably be willing to donate to
the extent Of $500. 50
The committee was not prepared to
tell the board whether the state high
way commission would allow any per-
manent road built of gravel other than
highways specifications. The commit
tee agreed to find out. and to also
find out il the state highway commits
sion would require that all hills must
be cut to permanent grade.
Per Mile Cost to Be Small.
Supervisors and committeeman all
were agreed that probably no other
stretch Of road in the county could be
hard surfaced at so small cost per
mile. There is very little grading to
do. It is estimated the haul of gravel
would at no place be more than one
and one-half miles.
Supervisors Lynch and Nichols indi-
Gated that they did not want to go in
debt and issue bonds to pay the cost.
and that they doubted whether the
county could afford to build the road
with the road fund money.
j. L. Ulery stated the plan clearly.
I'VE want to know" said he, whether
this board will go with US or not, or
show a disposition to help. We feel
we have pretty good cause. We
can't do the job alone, but with help
from the board we can go ahead
Suggest Experimental Road.
1t was pointed out that with city
pavement on Summit street to the city
limits, and graveled county road to
Marietta and graveled township road
from there to Albion, the two towns
would have a passable road to this
city all the year around. In addition
the road would serve all the people
living in the northwestern part of the
county.
Darling suggested it as an expert
ment: I'D like to see it tried out.
Let the people try it; if they like it
they will want more of it, and it will
cost less to try it on this road than
any other" ~
The sentiment of the committee Is
that it is willing to go the limit of
the townships means to put this pro-
ject thru, even, perhaps, to the extent
of paying some Of the county's share
of the cost if the supervisors will
meet them part way.