Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1919-02-17
GOVERNMENT ROAD WILL
FOLLOW BLUFF TO
SENECA
ENDS LONG DISPUTE
FINAL ETERMiNATiON OF CHi-
CAGO-ST. LOUIS LINK AND POR-
TON OF $6oCo0,oO0 BOND ISSUE
BRINGS CONTROVERSY OVER
ROUTES TO CLOSE.

With the formal announcement from
superintendent j. Il. Bradt Of the
state highway department OF the
routes determined uuon for the new
federal and state aid roads through
Ottawa, work upon which will prob
ably begin this spring, comes close
to any aspirations residents Of Brook.
field township may have had for ger
ting one or the other of the Highways
through their territory
Brooktield farmers, under the lead
ership OF Supervisor Dunno Of thai
township. made a stand before the su-
peryisors' committee Dec 20 and So
cured partial indorsement Of the ar
rangement from the county sOlona for
turning the Ivy Way south through
Marseilles. thence east on the south
side of the river to Seneca At Sen
eca, as pep this plan, the road would
then turn eastward along the north
bluff and thence out Of the county To
Morris.
A crimp was put in all this t2daF
with the receipt from Mr. Bradt Of r
detailed plan for constructing botf
the government road and the highway
under the $50 100000 bond issue The
route follows the blutt from ottawa
through MarseilIes and then on, still
along the bluff, to Seneca. whore il
skirts the northern boundaries Of tho
village and then on to Morris.
The government road, Mr. Bradt
announced. will be built along adopted
lines, beginning at La Sale, acros
the Shippingport bridge to the Dee
Park road, and thence east thrOugh
Starved Rock State Park and along
the southern shores of the Illinois t.
Ottawa. The road then picks mp al
The eastern limits of ottawa and along
the bluff
The state aid road will be built on
the north side of the river, fUllowip
the old La SalIC-OtlaWa highway or
top Of the Bluff. If money is provided
the half mile turn north and sout!
above Utica will be eliminated ant
the road diyorced 20 straightcn it ou'
along the south line of the sections
instead of on the north line. q.
originally adopted
East of Ottawa the two route.
merge into the government highway
which is a link in the improved road
to be built from Chicago through OF
tawa, La Sale, Peoria. Springfield f
East ISt Louis.
The text of Mr. Bradts report OF
the selected routes follows:
"Federal aid road between La Sail,
and Ottawa--l}unning from La Sale
southester.y, crossing the Shippings
port bridge, then easterly along state
aid route No. II to the intersection
of state aid route No. 4 with sta.e ak
route No 8, thence northeastern,
along state aid route No. s to tht
City of Ottawa.
Bond issue route No, Z, La Sale 4
Notwithstanding at the east cit,
limits of La Sale on state aid rout
No. 10 in La Sale County, thence fol
lowing state aid route No. 10 to tb
City of Ottawa, with the understand
ing that in case it is later fon,
feasible to build this road along tn
south lines of sections J. 2, 3, 4 and /,
T. S3 n, r. 2 F., 3 p. NJ, such loca
tion will be Followed instead Of follow
ing the present location of route Nc
10 along the east and west center lin
of said sections. Also beginning q
the east corporate limits Of the Cit
of Ottawa on state aid route No.
thence following state aid route No.
TO the north Cine OF section I, 7. 3
N, r. E., p NJ, thence in gei
eral easterly direction along the 81
called bluff road through sections
g. 10. II. II anl Is of T. SO n, Il.
E., 8 p. NJ, to the west corporal
limits of the City of Marseilles; ais
beginning at the east ciJy limits Z
the City of Marseilles. thence folloN
ing the so-called bluff road throug
sections IS. II. 90, q p. %, "A an
13 of T. 80 N, r. ) E. 3 P. NJ, al
sections Is, II and to the east sectic