Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1919-04-02
COUNTY'S SHARE OF
FEDERAL ROADS NOT
in ADVERTISED LIST
ACTIONS OF COUNTY BOARD IN
TAMPERiNG WITH ROUTE is
BLAMED FOR STATE DEPART
MENTS DECISION TO START
WORK LSEWHERE.

Yesterday at Springfield the State
Highway Board called for bids on
two sections OF Federal Aid road in
Illinois. Neither La Sale County
nor any part OF the Chicago-East 81.
Louis route, were included in the pro
pOsal which indicates the state in
tends making an early start on roads
Iot included in the $6O,C0t,9V0 BOND
.ssue.
Local highway enthusiasts trace to
the recent action of the board OF SUI
pervisors the reason for La Sale
County and the remainder OF the Chi
cago Southwestern highway being
ignored in the Highway Boards plans
Tor getting construction underway
over two important divisions. The
supervisors trying TO override the
state and government, undertook, OF
their own yolition, to change the 10
cation Of the Federal Road thru La
Sale County. The State has givel
out ruling that the action OF the
supervisors will not he given any CON
sideration when time comes for get
ting the work under way. But the
squabble injected into the propos-
ton by the county board has given
enough of setback to place prospects
FOR any Federal road work thru here
IN the near future, in the distant and
unpromising future. When time
came to select routes for an immed-
late start the highway authorities at
the capital chose the Dixie and Lin
| DIN highways, tho both are of less
| Importance than the Chicago-St
| Louis link, which taps the most pop.
ulace sections of Illinois and will give
| benefits to the greater number OF
| people.
Call For Bids
Springfield H., April 2-First de
innate steps in the states 100000, 800
hard road building plan We're faTCn
today when the department of public
works asked for bids on approx
|nately l15 miles Of Federal aiC
highways in northern Illinois.
Action of the department is con
,idered in the nature of a SHOW
down inasmuch as it was STATED
hat the bids will he rejected unles,
hey are reasonable, They will BE-
opened here, April oath
The Contemplated Work.
Work contemplated and the approx
innate extent is as follows:
Lincoln Highway Dupage Count,
40 miles; Kane Is miles; DeKalb, Il
Dgle 3; Lee 10; Whiteside &.
Dixie Highway lroquois County
% miles; Kankakee, 25 miles.
The roads are to be cons tructed Of
cement, brick or bituminous con
tre,e and alternative bids are asked
On each Of these materials. The
| width will average between IL and
IS feet.
simultaneously with the sending
put Of the call Tor bids came advice
0 local dealers that reduction Of {
ents on a barrel had been agreed
| IN between manufacturers of cemen
and the war industries board The
1est quotation the state has beer
tble to get on cement heretofore, il
is said, is $l.S0 a barrel, wherea.
Governor Lowden has expressed the
belief that the state could manufac
ure the product at 81 a barrel.
The program of Federal aid roaC
construction ContemplatCs building
about 700 miles of highways. This j!
II addition to the $60,000,0G0 bono
project and building by counties Will
state aid under the provisions of tho
rice act.
1t is expected that bids will be ask
ed next week on considerable street
ches of county and state aid high
ways.