Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-08-18
ILLINOIS ROADS TO
RECEIVE TOTAL OF
$6,620,000
|. Y. TOWNS REJOICE
OFFICERS OF ILLINOIS VALLEY
WAY ASSOCIATION HAVE BEEN
WORKING ON PROJECT FOR
MONTHS-lARGEST PORTION.
COMES TO THE IVY WAY,

The l. V. Way. the automobile
highway laid out from Chicago to
Peoria and formerly opened by ex.
Gov. Dunno and the officers of the
Illinois Valley Way Association. is
one of five organized trails thru the
state of Illinois to receive government
and state aid in the construction of
permanent road.
The |. V. Way will receive thru
state and federal sources, $22l5.OCO.
This sum will be extended from
construction of a concrete highway
thru the Illinois valley from Chicago
to Peoria and Springfield. Officers
of the Illinois Valley Association have
been at work for months endeavor-
ing to secure federal aid in the con.
struction of this great highway. The
same officers were in Springfield when
the state good road bill was passed
and secured the Incorporation of the
!. " Way into the state system OF
improved roads as provided under
the proposed $60,O00,00O bond issue
This places the l. V. Way in posi-
tion to claim portion OF the federal
! allotment, and announcement comes
today that the |. v Way is to be one
of five roads to be improved thru
the state of Illinois.
Posts for the marking of the I. V.
Way have just been completed by OF
tawa contractors and are now being
shipped out to the various towns
along the route. And inside of an
other month the trails will be marked
from Peoria TO Chicago.
The officers of the !. w. Way are
as follows:
President r. Blackhall, Joliet.
First Vice President-W. G. Edens,
Chicago.
Second Vice President-E J. Case,
Peoria
Treasurer-Geo. Woodward, Joliet
Secretary Heiberg. Ottawa
Directors-Richard j. Finnegan.
Chicago Lem Northam, Joliet; DR..
w. f. Walsh, Morris; A. Richards, Of
tawa; c. w. Knapp, Spring Valley;
J. 0. Winship, Putnam; Floyd Monier,
Henry; Eugene Brown. Peoria; w
w. MARI, Springfield chief state high
way engineer.
/ The total allotment for roads in
Illinois is 81. 6.62O.OOO, the largest item
of which is s22l5,0OO, which goes to
the construction of the l. v Way.
Springfield, Ill., Aug 1S.-The funds
made available by equal appropria-
tions from the federal government
and the state of Illinois have been
definitely allotted by the department
of public works and buildings, act
ing in conjunction with the boards
Of highway advisers, as follows.
One million four hundred and thir'
teen thousand dollars to the National
/ olu ans IOdt, btSiu at AhV ih|
! diana state line and connecting Mar
shall Greenup, Ehngham, Vandalia,
Greenville, Colinsville and East st.
! Louis.
/ One million and twenty thousand
dollars to the Lincoln Highway, con-
Meeting Chicago, Wheaton, Geneva.
De kalb Rochelle, Dixon, Sterling.
Morrison and Fulton.
Two million two hundred and IF.
teen thousand dollars to the Chicago
Springfield road, connecting Chicago.
Joliet, Morris, Ottawa, La Sale. Pc
oria, Mason City and Springfield.
Nine hundred and tifty-elght thou
sand dollars to the Springfield East
st. Louis road. connecting Spring
field, Carlinville, Staunton, Edwards
Vile and East St Louis
Six hundred and fourteen thousand
dollars to the Dixie Highway, con
Meeting Chicago. Chicago Heights,
Mompncn WntSpka and DanVille.