Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1920-09-15
HOARD PROCEEDINGS.

Manchester. Iowa. August %. 1920
STATE OF IOWA. DELAWARE Co. SIS.
4 The Board Of Supervisors met as per
adJNlrnment, all members being r-es-
emit
A motion was made. seconded ano
. carried that the following resolution
be adopted:
WHEREAS: the Primary road sys-
TEN in Delaware County, Iowa. ems
braces a road described as commencing
at Manchester in said county. and run
ming thence north to Thorpe, thence
west one mile and north to the county
line to reach the town of Strawberry
Point In Clayton County Iowa, and
thence to Elkader the county seat OF
Clayton County. Iowa, and.
WHEREAS. the said road is the only
road in the Primary System between
the county seats of Delaware and Clay,
ton Counties, and,
WHEREAS. there is a shorter route
TO the said county seat of Clayton
County between Manchester and Elkad-
er through the. town OF Edgewood
which is on the line between Clayton
and Delaware Counties the course in
Delaware County being described as
commencing at the North Corporate
limits of Manchester and running north
to the forks in the road between Sec
tions 16-17 Township Eighty-nine 1897
Range Five 90 West of the 5th. p. NJ,
and running in northeasterly direcs
tion along the Manchester Oneida Ri. to
the line between Sections 8 & 10 of
aforesaid township and range, thence N
to the South West (SW.) corner of Sec
tion Twenty-Five (22) Township Ninety
600 Range Five (5) West of the 9Th
P. NJ, thence East one mile thence
North one and threeauarters Il 3-4)
miles thence South East (SE.) one
IA mil n
Edgewood.
WHEREAS the road to Strawberry
Point from Manchester will be very
little longer than as at present laid
out in the Primary Road system, ard
Whereas, the establishment OF "a
State Park at the Devils Back Bone in
Delaware County, will necessitate the
maintainance and construction of a
road to said park the most feasible
outlet at Dundee on the present Sec
ondary County Road System, which If
continued few miles north will also
afford road between Manchester aud
| Strawberry Point, which, will practic-
| ally parallel at few miles distance
only. the present road in the Primary
| Road System as laid out between Man
chester and Strawberry Point.
| NOW THEREFORE BE 1T RE-
| SOLVED. by the Board of Supervisors
of Delaware County. Iowa, that we
| recommend and request that that por-
| ton of the Primary Road in Delaware
| County be abandaned between Man
chester and Strawberry Point North or
| the Forkes in the road between Sec
tons II e 1s Township Eighty-nine
| (s9) Range Five 80. West of the 9Th.
| p NJ and be established and follow
| the route to Edgewood as described
above, also that a Secondary County
Road be established commencing at
J the North Corporation limits of the
town of Dundee thence East and North
| to Forestville, thence North to the
county line to provide an entrances to
| the Back Bone State Park from points
| North East and South.
A recommendation of the County
| Engineer to condemn a strip of land in
the North West Quarter tNW. Ia OF
the North West Quarter (NW. LAD of
Section Thirteen I3) Township Eigh-
Twilight $3.50 Range Five CD West of
the 5th p. NJ. to straighten the course
of the creek to protect the road and
Samuel .Beitz refusing to sell the land
at a reasonable price, a motion was
made seconded and carried that the
County Auditor be authorized to APP