Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-12-26
SUPERVISORS, WITH ONLY MICH
OILS VOTING AGAINST 1T, ORDER
IAMolllE ROAD CHANGED.
JOHN HUFF ACCEPTS The
DAMAGES AS APPRAISED
LamoiIle Farmers and N~eishborhood
Now Free to Pave With Concrete
Mile of Highway as They Agreed it
the Road Were Changed - Work
Probably Will Be Done Next Spring.

\ mile of concrete-paved highway.
he first to be laid in the county, is
now assured. II will be laid by the
farmers of Lamoille and its vicinity.
With w. A. Nichols alone voting
| against il, the supervisors late Satur-
day afternoon ordered about three
quarters of q mile OF the old Lincoln
highway. just south of Lamoille, aban-
doned and the new road opened thru
the John Huff and 7. G. Wickersham
farms.
In exchange for abandoning the old
road. openipg the new. building one
| bridge in it. and paying damages to
Huff. the Lamoille farmers have agreed
il, writing 20 pave the road for a mile
| with concrete sixteen feet wide. The
township will grade the road, as 1t is
a township road and not a part of the
| county road system.
Nichol. Objects: Huff Prog ~ressive.
The question of the change OF the
road, in view of h offer to pave. had
| been before the board since early In
the fall. II was brought to a head by
a resolution Chairman Jones offered
Saturday. Supervisor Lynch seconded
the motion and voted for it, but Mich
OILS was opposed
The only Lamoille farmers present
were Wickersham and Huff. The lat
ter. altho he felt hat his damages
would exceed the award of the COM
missioners, would no longer offer OBJ
j%ections.
Il feel" he told the board. that the
damage | viii suffer will he more than
the comir;ssiouers have allowed me.
Rut ! do want to stand in the way
of farmers Of the neighborhood who
want the Improvement. so l will accept
the commissioners appraisen1ent.'
Will Cost County Less.
The majority of the board stood for
the Improvement because Of the triple
reasons that the new road will be a
better road than the old. even IL not
paved. the cost I o the county will be
less than to rebuild the bridges OF the
old road, and in addition the county
will get a mile Of pavement for nothing.
County Engineer Hickok filed a re-
port with the board that the cost or
rebuilding the old bridges OF the road.
which are in poor condition. would cost
SIS $500 and the cost Of the one new
bridge in the road would be $500. The
additional expense to the county for
opening the new road will be the dam
age of $500 to be paid HUFF. All the
rest Of the cost will be borne by the
township. The new road was esti-
mated to cost the county $4,000, COM
nared with $500 for the bridges in
the old road.
Will Be on Higher Ground,
The proposed route for the new road
is on much higher ground than the old,
which has been subject to flood from
Linn creek and overflow by surface
water. Starting. at a point half a mile
due south Of Lamoille, where the oun
ty and township road joins at a corner,
the proposed route for the new road
runs in a northwesterly direction to a
,oint about half a mile southwest of
Lamoille. where it runs into the old
road. The road will pass thru the
arnyard and iced lot of the Huff farm,
and will make 1t necessary to move
some Of his buildings. 1t then con-
tinues northwest thru the Wickersham
farm.
farmers nave hdISeu IhS "o'fSJ'
Over their signatures armer or the
neighborhood, led by S. W. Myers. have
agreed to pave the road. They nave a
gift of 5000 barrels of free cement
from the Lincoln Highway Association
as a starter. Added to this they have
subscribed $500 in cash. with the
promise Of enough more to finish the
Job. The pavement will probably start
at the east line Of the Huff farm and
run west for a mile 10 the old Lincoln
highway.
The supervisors will instruct the
county engineers office to prepare a
profile and cross section Of the road.
and get a plan for the bridge before
spring. so that the work can be COM
;nenced early in the year. Most OF the
grading work is at the bridge and this
grading can not be done until the
bridge is built.
Hard Surfaced Roads Gaining.
What is a decided forward step in
~bard-surfaced roads was accomplished
by the supervisors Saturday. In d
ton 10 passing the Lamoiis project.
! they earlier in the day promised to
grade and gravel the county's four
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