The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-12-30
Nahzt Nebiker EiJI Proposes ia lass.
zion OF New tssrs Surface .
Rosss out os KeaSak
North sns West.
ONE ENDS AT FRANKLIN


The Ria drawn by Representative
Franks NehiEer OF Burlington, for s
good roads law for Iowa, meets the
gdesa very prevalent here that this
stsas shonia Follow The Illinois plan
OF ger1ang hard roads, but keokUk
and Lee county people are puzzled by
The way ii locates reads here
The bEl OF Mr. NehaRer 1lE1s ssr-
xgalsen usain highways wh&cA are 10
ne built by the state. Numbers 6, s
and NO pass tnrough Lee ceuarT,
Number Is Ihs present lake shore
benasxard TO Moutrose froz keok1k
and 1hencs the regular road through
Fort Madison to Burlington From
there it runs ON north along the river
through Musca1inss, Davenport, Gin
tnn, Dubuque to Mcsregor-
Thus road, properly located AID
built wonld be one of the psry finest
scenic highways IN America, coaEar-
ing tavoratag with those over the
Rocky mountains and superior to
those along the Andsoa-
Eys1ensiy Nc. Well Disested.
Rnad No. s. of the Neoaker It'll. IS
the present regular automobile route
from Ke.akak through Do1as1sol and
the present MEaubauas1e trail through
bloomfield and Ell the county seats
of the southern tier Of coantaes 10
sidney. IN Page county, lew miles
from the Missouri river ri Nebraska
CITY inst why il does not corfs1ut
lbnse few miles 10 one OF the lrla-
r5rsal EEIs~Rys into the state al The
Nebraska City crossing OF the Mis-
souri river and at the same time give
good roads for the people living TO
the Hes1 Of Sidney, Is FOL apparent.
Rr1 the puzzle heVsa bouts is road
No. 10 ot the Neblker bin TINS Is
he present Fed Ral r8H1e in The
main. frurn The north line OF Iowa
down through Cedar Rapids. Iowa
Civy and MI Pleasant But lis south
err terminus ia The bill is Franklin
Route No 6, like the WaEhallsas
lrzia. runs up the present Red Bal
route apparently through D0unelssoo-
and route No 10 comes down from
Mt Pleasant and stops al FraaEla7
which lis about three miles east OF
The present Red Ball route and I've
or SIX miles from Dounellsoa- This
leaves the big north and south new
road end AZ Franklin
FrCxt6eS Ter (omE73AS8ri
Now, Franklin is most Interest
ing place 10 visit and Tell worth
The attention Of tourists as vel as
of shoppers But just why trans
state hard road should end there a
few miles from any other hard ruad
n the p7an is hard 10 understand
Ii IS thought here, that the road from
St. Paul should be extended 10 coz
meet with route No. s somewhere aoc
thus lead into Keokuk-
The Nshfksr bill provides for =
commission to take full charge OF The
financing and building Of the seven
teen hard state roads 1t would have
an engineer and would establish the
plan Of getting the money. which
might be from automobile licenses. or
part by TAXATION
The state is TO sssue bonds 10 raise
the noner for the construction. and
these bonds are 10 be paid within
twenty rszrs by the incolns arranged
fer By the commission
All Hard Surface Roads
The Nebiker bin stipulates that the
highways built shall De durable,
hzrd-Euyfaeed roadways which viii,
IN the Judgment Of the highway CON
mission and its chief engineer, re-
main in good condition. with low
reasonably maintenance scos-, until
after ali the state bonds hare
rnarured.- The measure provided thai
present pareraeats which are In good