The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-01-30
Petitions Out for North Shaw
nee Highway improvement.
To Hard Surface Road From
Soldier to County Line.
TO COST ABOUT $4,000 A MILE
Connect Topeka With st. Joe.
Valley Falls, HOlton.
Plan Concrete Penetration
Method in Construction Work.

Eleven miles more of hard-surface
road are being added to Shaw nee
county's program today by petitions in
North Central avenue road in Soldier
township. 1t is proposed that the road
extend from the Soldier creek bridge.
past the county poor farm to the north
line of Shawnee county, right thru
the center of Soldier township. con-
Meeting with roads leading northeast
to st. Joseph and Valley Falls and
west to Holton and Horton. The. inn
proyement can be made for about SEQ
600 a miles. it is estimated. The pro-
posed highway is about eleven miles
long.
1t is pointed out that Central ave-
nue., exactly in the center of Soldier
township, will be the main travelled
road to all points north. 1t will run
parallel to the Rochester road, lying
4 quarter of a mile west; and to the
Meriden road, a mile to the east. 1t
will pass within a quarter of q mile
of the county poor farm. Central ave
nue.. it is claimed. is the only road
running north which could be directly
connected with roads coming straight
west from Meriden which 1t will in
tersect at a point ten miles north OF
North Topeka
The circulation of petitions was be-
gun Wednesday afternoon. and is con-
tinuing today. The tax payers along
the line of the proposed new highway
are said to be heartily in favor of tho
improvement, and Kenneth Rauh.
county clerk, stated that ne had yet to
meet the first farmer in that vicinity
who did not endorse such a move.
Use Concrete Type.
The new road will probably be con-
fa Il
asphalt and the penetration" method
will be used. The penetration method
| consists of laying a bed of crushed
rock. over which the hot concrete is
spread with a hose and rolled as it
cools. This forces the cement into the
crevices of the rock. This was the
manner in which the city built the
| road extending from the west city
| limits to the State hospital grounds.
1t is estimated that the new road
( can be built for $4,000, which is ex-
l ceptionally cheap. 1t is pointed olf
/ that, beyond the poor farm. there are
| extensive rock lodges on both sides of
the proposed new highway its entiro
/ length. making it easy TO obtain plenty
| of material for the foundation without
| haviRg to haul it.
| If the penetration method is used il
will give the county an opportunity to
compare the effectiveness and econ
Z omy Of this method with that em7.
Z plOySu IN bulldlnS Ine East SIKH
street road to the west line of Doug
las county 1t is argued by some that
1.-The East Sixth road will not wear any
longer and that the proposed high
4 way after ten or twelve years of trav-
el. can again be paved at less cost
than under the other system.
Not n County Road.
The North Central Avenue road is
not a county road and will doubtless
require considerable preparation. al
tho there are only three hills of i'm =
portance to be encountered on the
way The estimated cost of $40. 900 n
mile is said to include the cost OF
! tiOD