The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-01-28
Fifty Million Dollar Highway Program
Would Give state Splendid
System in Five
Years.
TO PAY WITH BONDS
Routes and With keokuk Termi-
nails Running One North and
Other Toward
West

Within five years, Iowa would have
IA comprehensive system of hard-sure
faced roads under the provisions OF
! the good roads" bill introduced In
the state house of representatives by
Representative Frank G. Nebtker OF
Burlington, Des Moines county.
The measure proposes S50,000,0O0
state bond issue of 35a to 4 percent
bonds, based on the credit OF the
state. The financing and contracts
would be in the hands OF the state
highway commission The bonds
would be twenty-year serials. and
would not be sold in one block, but
would be marketed as funds We're
needed during the building work. De-
nominations would be $500 and null
,tiples of $500.
To provide for meeting the interest
on these bonds and ultimately taking
them up, Representative Nebiker pro-
poses a combination of direct taxa
ton and use of the motor vehicle
fund. The entire receipts from the
automobile licenses. it is proposed.
would be diverted from present uses
and applied on the payment OF IN
terest on the bonds and principal
when it falls due. When receipts
from this fund become insufficient to
meet current obligations, the secre-
tary of state would be authorized to
increase the registration fees twenty
five percent. When the fund thus
increased becomes too small. then
and not until then, direct annual
tax would be included in the leyles
Ito make up the deficit.
In order to be effective, the bill
would have to be validated by vote
of the people, after its passage by
the assembly.
The measure prescribes seventeen
routes, which would comprise the
statewide system. They would con-
meet the following communities:
1-McGregor. West Union. New
Hampton, Charles City, Mason City.
Algona, Spencer. Sanborn, Bogfen.
Rock Rapids.
Dubuque, Manchester. Indepen.
dence, Waterloo, Iowa Falls. Webster
City, Fort Dodge. Storm Lake, Chero-
Ikee, LeMars, Sioux City.
3-Clinton, Cedar Rapids, Marshall
town, Boone, Carroll. Denison, Sioux
City.
davenport. Iowa City, Marengo,
Newton, Des Moines, Guthrie Center,
5-Burlington, Mt. Pleasant, Fair
field. Ottumwa, Abba, Charlton, Osce-
ola, Creston, Red Oak. Council Bluffs.
6-Keokuk, Bloomfield. Corydon.
Leon, Mt. Ayr, Clarinda, Sydney.
7-Muscatine, Columbus Junction.
Washington, Sigonrney. Oskaloosa.
S-McGregor, Elkader, Waverly,
Hampton, Clarion, Humboldt, Poca-
pon+ac Storm Lake
9-McGregor, Dubuque, Clinton.
Davenport, Muscatine. Wapello, Bur
nngton. Fort Madison, keokuk.
10-Minnesota line north of Cresco,
Franklin, connecting Cresco, Rich
field, Oe1wein, Independence. Cedar
Rapids, Iowa City, Mt Pleasant.
Franklin.
Minnesota line north of North
wood, Northwood, Mason City, Hamp-
ton. Iowa Falls, Des Moines, Indian
ola, osceola, Leon, Missouri line.
-Minnesta line in Mitchell
county, Charles City, Waterloo. Viz
ton, Cedar Rapids.
13-Minnesota line at Kossuth
county, Algona, Humboldt, Fort
Dodge, Boone, Des Moines.
Minnesota state line near
Suirit Lake, Spencer, Storm Lake,
Sac City, Carroll.
15-Minnesota state line near the
Big Sioux river, to Missouri line, fol-
lowing the Missouri river and con-
Meeting Sioux City and Council
Bluffs.
16-Carroll, Templeton, Audubon.
Extra. Atlantic, Griswold. Red Oak.
Shenandoah, Missouri line.
17-Waterloo. Toledo, Montezuma.
Oskaloosa, Abba, Centervile, Mis-
souri, line.