The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1916-01-17


,prehensive and in minute detail, con-
tanning about fifty pages. It is brief
LED IN the following summary:
Fl. Madison, Iowa, ian. Is, 1916.
Honorable Board OF Supervisors, Lee
county, Iowa
Gentlemen: | have the honor to
convey to you the following summary
OF my annual report covering the
read and bridge work accomplished
during the period beginning Nevem.
Der !, 1914, and ending January l.,
1915.
Road Construction.
Road construction work was done
ION Mooar-Argyle road, Waubonsie trail
between Fort Madison and Donnell-
son, and between Primrose and Farm
,ington, and on the Blue Grass road
in Pleasant Ridge township. This
work consisted OF widening, straight
ening, growing and hill cutting.
The MooarArgyle read WAS 1895
miles In length, and was very narrow
along deep gullies. The alignment
was improved throughout the whole
length and narrow places filled out
~ Stot1uIlo Wl4lA. Olu CultcELS were
replaced with new ones Of proper size
and length. AS there are no steep
hills, no extensive cuts or fills were
necessary. The entire length OF road
was crowned to standard cross-sec-
ton. The total cost of the earthwork
was $2,64S.13, or an average of S242
per mile. The total COST OF culyerts,
Including one Ska concrete box Gull
vert. Is feet below the grade, was
s1,314.32.
Improving Trail.
The Waubonsie trail between Fort
Madison and Donnelison is 1893
miles in length. Eight miles OF this
road was merely trail and included
three steep hills, with deep gullies
On both sides, and some dangerous
stretches where the timber and brush
was SO thick that it made the turns
very dangerous for automobile travel
The alignment was improved through
out and owners OF AUDITING property
were ordered to set their fences back
to give right-of-way of forty feet
minimum width. The timber AMI
brush between the fence lines was
cleared and the stumps grubbad out
The narrow stretches were cut out or
filed to standard width. The entire
length OF road was crowned to stand
ard cross-section with the blade
grader outfit. All necessary drains
were placed and two old wooden
bridges were replaced with permanent
concrete culverts. One dangerous
wooden truss bridge was replaced with
a steel, pony-truss bridge on concrete
abutments. The total cost of clear
ing and earthwork was $1,992.3S, or
en- average OF st53 per mile. The total
cost OF small culverts and farm en-
trance culverts was s1,325.11. The
cost OF concrete culyerts was $3.50
81. The cost of steel bridge was ST.
1882.
Five miles OF Waubonsie trail, be-
tween Donnellson and Pennington.
was widened and graded to standard
cross-section with the blade grader,
at a cost of s20S per mile.
One and one-nalf miles Of the Blue
Grass road within Pleasant Ridge
township was graded to standard
cross-section with blade grader out
fit at cost Of $1,000 per mile.
Permanent Surface.
One mile of the Blue Grass road.
beginning at the city limits of Fort
Madison. was graded to standard
width and surfaced with six inches
of excellent road gravel at cost OF
1891. so.
Repairs.
The principal repair work consist
ed of the following: resurfacing one
thousand feet OF macadam pavement
on Fort Madison-Buriington road at
the Penitentiary Hill at a cost of
$4,000; resurfacing eleven hundred
feet of macadam paving on Fort Madi-
Point road. beginning at the
city limits OF Fort Madison. at cost
OF $1,000; resurfacing about four
miles of macadam paving on the keo.
kuk Northwest trail. beginning at the
city limits of Keokuls, at cost of 81
7G7.03; grading, removing slides,
opening bitches and patching macad-
am on the Keokuk- Montrose river roai
at a cost OF s2,269.67. or an average OF
s272.00 per mile; grading Blue Grass
road from Fort Madison to Denmark.
and the Denmark-Augusta road. eIev-
en- miles, at an average cost of $23.71
per mile.
The total repair cost was $7.614.49.
Road Maintenance.
The maintenance consisted OF drag
ging, filing holes and opening drains.