The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-04-09
MenOken Township Jealous OF
Soldier Township Plans.
Latter Has Four Hard Surface
Roads Proposed.
COMMISSIONERS WANT WORK
They Insist West Tenth Street
Construction Be Begun.
Dover Highway Appears To Be
Lacking Interest.

Petitions for nine miles more of
hard surfaced road in Soldier town
ship have been filed with the county
commissioners. The proposed rad
would extend from the end of the
Shorey car line straight north to the
Jackson county line. distance of
nine miles.
The apparent rapid progress of Sol
der township in obtaining four new
hard surfaced highways thru that ter
ritory has aroused the ire of the tax
payers Of Menoken township. who de-
mand at least one road before the four
in the rival township are approved.
Menoken wants a road running north
and south thru the center of the
township, connecting on the south
with the Topeka-to-kiro road, which
will become u part of the Fort-to-
Fort highway.
Four Filed in week.
In the last few weeks four petit
tions for roads. in Soldier township
have been filed One of these-the
proved by the commissioners and the
matter checks UP to the state high
way commission. This is the only
proposed road, with the exception of
the East Sixth part of the Fort-to- Fort
highway and the West Tenth road.
NAAeAl was dPRIONG0 All yllIllG " SO
ahead with at once. The balance of
the petitions will have to be held over
for thirty days before the commits
sioners can advertise for bids, in case
they are approved, owing to the new
law past at thealast session of the leg
islature. The Central avenue road
will extend from the Soldier creek
bridge in North Topeka to the Jack,
son county line.
The second petition is for the Ro-
l.
toll highway, to begin at the .brickyard
bridge and run north to the county
line. The fourth petition is for the
Meriden road, to begin at the Lyman
school house and run northeast a dis
lance of nine miles to the Jackson
county line, ending two miles this side
of Meriden. These four roads are
within five miles of each other
The construction of the West Tenth
street road, which was approved more
than year ago, has not yet been he
gun, but the CONFERENCE.-The Union
Construction & Paving company of st.
Joseph-have been advised by the
county engineer that unless the work
is begun at once the county will build
the highway a the expense of the
bondsmen.
Material on East Sixth Street
The East Sixth street road, Shaw
nee's eastern part of the Fort-to- Fort
highway, has been surveyed and the
contractors are getting materials on
the ground ready to begin the con-
struction. Fred Luttjohann, of To-
peka, who was awarded the contract
for the construction of the four
bridges on this route, has all his ma
terial on the ground and is now en-
gagged in tearing out the first of the
old structures, over Deer creek.
The proposed Dover highway ap-
pears to be receiving but little inter-
est among the farmers in that vicinity.
which may result in considerable de-
lay. 1t seems that the good roads
movement in that territory is not re-
pushing Soldier to the front so
rapidly. -Menoken township, it is ex-
pected, will be the next township to
petition the commissioners for new
road. Silver Lake and Rossville town
ships are still minus proposed high
Way routes also