Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1919-04-11
RESCINDS ACTION OF
MARCH 26 FOR ONLY
ONE ROUTE
MEET HERE TODAY
PASS RESOLUTION AFTER TALK
BY UpERiNTENDEN BRADT
OF STATE HIGHWAY DEPART
MENT MORNING CONSUMED
BY DEBATES.

The county board this afternoon by
a vote OF - to 10 got itself out of a
bad tangle resulting from its actions
of March &c, when it voted to merge
the federal and bona issues roads be
tween Ottawa and La Sale into
route running north OF the Illinois
River, thereby running amuck OF well
defined plans laid down BY he state
highway department
After an ali-day session featured by
debates for and against north aud
south route connecting the two cities.
one federal aid and and the other a
bond issue, the solons this afternoon
decided to rescind the steps taken al
the previous special meeting and to
build both highways The steps were
taken after the state aid roads COM.
mittee submitted report signed by
all members favoring the construc-
tion of the two highways. The report
was In the form of resolution and
follows:
Your committee on state aid roads
would respectfully report that they
have examined the matter of the ac-
ton of the board of the adjourned
March session and recommend .hc
adoption of the following resolutions.
Whereas, The cities of Ottawa and
La Sale are on the route to be Sc
lected for the Chicago-St. Louis fed
era aid road; and,
Whereas Two funds, designated
below as (a) and (bD, are available
toward the construction of said road
in La Sale County; now. therefore
be it
Resolved That said two funds be
expended between Ottawa and La
Lalle on state aid routes Nos, s and
IL. locally known as the south road,
tho two funds being:
"(a) The sum of $1S7,625 raised by
La Gale County tax levy.
"fb) The federal aid and state ap.
propriations made for this work,
Resolved. That the action of the
board at said adjourned March ses-
sion of the board in cOnhic- with the
above resolutions be and the same is
hereby rescinded
Resolved, That the action OF the
board at said adjourned March ses.
sion recommending that the north
road, designated as state aid road No
TO- between Ottawa ond La Sale be
adopted as the federal aid road, and
the federal aid road and state bond
is hereby rescinded
Resolved, We recommend that for
state bond issue route No. be So
Jected state aid road No. 10. locally
known as the north road between OF
tawa and La Sale,
Resolved, That whereas, by the
above action, this board has declared
in favor of the federal aid road south
of the river and the bond issue road
north of the river betweent Ottawa
and La Sale.
Resolved, That we recommend that
the first bond issue road through La
Sale County be bond issue route No.
~ from me W lSCoHSlH SldJe llHt SOHlH II
through Dekalb, Ottawa and Streator.
prior to the building of the north
road between Ottawa and La Sale.
Resolved, That we recommend the
early building of bond issue road from
Mendoza south.
Resolved, That we recommend the
early building of a state aid road from
Seneca south through Brooktield and
north through Manlius.'
1t will be noted that the resolution
calls for the construction of the bond
issue roads leading north and south
from Ottawa before any work is done
upon the north river route. 1t also
provides for Improvement of roads in
Brookfeld, Manlius and Mendoza be-
fore any work is inaugurated on the
second Ottawa-La Sale highway
The ten supervisors who voted
against the resolution were Bell of
Hope, Callaghan of mission, Goedtner
of Mendoza, Hall of Streator Haw'ey,
Of Vermillion, Healy of Usage, Mar.
shall of Serena, Pool of Freedom,