The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1919-09-26
ROAD BUILDING MOVE
MENT IN MISSOURI

The road building movement in Mis-
souri, under the new law is producing
encouraging results. The State High
way Board, at it's meeting Sept. 8,
approved fourteen road projects to be
constructed at total estimated cost
of $3,026,231.17. These projects EN-
brace 11S miles of road. Eight miles
of it are to be of brick and the balance
of gravel, concrete and bituminous
macadam. Not mile of dirt road
was asked for.
Since the new law went into effect
the State Highway Board has APP
proved projects for PIT miles of road,
all Of it of hard surface type. The TO-
tai cost of this mileage to counties,
State and Federal government will be
$5,014 ,4G5. With counties and road
districts steadily voting bonds, this is
but start and applications for ap-
prevail of projects will begin to pour
in rapidly from now on.
The people Of Missouri want dura-
bic roads and are now in mood to
pay for them. The Parkville Special
Road District is going to build S.22
miles Of brick road from the east line
of Platte county to the north line of
the Parkville Special Road District.
The estimated cost for the construc-
ton of this mileage is Sage, A85.57.
This is the Jefferson Highway and is
the main road from Kansas City to
St. Joseph. Road boosters in that
part of the State are working hard
for brick pavement the entire length
of the road. A start has been made
on the st. Joseph end already, about
eleven miles of brick being financed
from st. Joseph to Faucet.
The other projects approved by the
Board are as follows: 1890 miles of
gravel road in Polk county, from Boil
war south to the Greene county line,
to cost $58,295; $50 of gravel road in
Christian county. from Greene county
line to Sellmore Special Road District,
at total cost of $35, 3S2.60; 3 miles Of
gravel road in Pemiscot county, north
and south from Hayti, at S51 ,32424;
$50 miles of gravel road in Pemiscot
county, south from Hayti on the
Kings Highway, at ISL ,32l24; $50
miles of gravel in Pemiscot county,
! from Charlottesville to Hayti, at S42,-
$40; 10 miles of gravel in New Madrid
county, from New Madrid to Portage
Vile, at $l50000; lilo miles in Nor
gan county, from Moniteau county
| line to Versailles, at $4i,124.; i.12
miles of gravel in Higgins township,
Gentry county, Stanberry. Albany
road, at $84,47G; SIT miles of gravel
both ways from Stanberry on the King
City Stanberry- Albany road in Gentry
county, at $186,314.
The Board appropriated 1864 Of
State and Federal aid to the ).6j mile
project for a btuminous macadam
road across Bethany township in Har-
rison county. This project was start
ed under the old law and was unsuc-
cessfully advertised for bids one time.
The estimated cost of this road is
| S1S4,710.
The project for the construction of
1925 miles of concrete road in Mis-
sissippi county from Charleston to
Birds Point, approved at a previous
meeting of the Board, failed to at
tract bidders for it's construction
The county court and the board added
| $4,000 to the original estimate Of
| S444,467,14 and the revised project
will be advertised again.
The project for the construction of
three miles of bitumiuous macadam
from Lone Jack to the johnson county
line in Jackson county failed to at
tract bidders, and the board and the
county court of Jackson county added
$4,000 to the original estimate of
S72, 1864, and it will be readvertised.