The Columbia evening Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1920-1923, 1921-02-12

Sl,O99 TO DRAG
LOCAL ROADS
Boone County Was Also Award
ed Three Trucks and a
Holt Tractor by the
War Department.
SI5,752 FROM U. S. AID
One Mile of Projected 234 mile
Road West of Columbia
Compleled-To Resume
Work in Spring.

Boone County received Sl.098 during
1920 from state funds for road dragging
under the 100000 appropriation proyid-
ing for dragging Of about ll,500 inter
county seats roads. This made the coun-
y's total amount S4.586 received for this
work. In the distribution of road build
ing machinery belonging to the War De
parmeni. three trucks and Holt tractor
were awarded to this county. Two Nash
Quad 2tou trucks were received by ]. A.
Stewart: the Cenlralia Special Road Dis
trict received a Pierce-Arrow 2-ion truck
and the Midway special road district got
a Holl l5Ion caterpillar tractor. Six
hundred and twenty Of these trucks valued
al s2.587.2OO were distributed in the
state before December I.
In the projects listed as being under
construction, in the annual report Of the
state highway commission, is pa miles
Of l8-foot bituminous macadam pave
meat On the National Old Trails high
way west Of Columbia. A letting for
this project was held in July 1918, but
no bids were received. The Columbia
special road district entered into an agree
me1t with the state highway department
whereby the district was To construct the
project out Of its own funds. and re-
ceiye state and federal aid on the basis
# so per cent Of the engineers estimate
Of the cost. One mile Of this road has
been completed and the district is out of
funds to continue the work, but expects
20 begin again in the Spring Of 1921.
The special road districts voting bond
issues for road construction in Boone
County up TO December were; Harg, $40
0O0. and Midway. $4,000. Al this time
there had been the amazing sum of s2l,-
3g6.978 voted in ffp-nine counties There
were thirty-foUr countrywide and seven
special read district bond failures. One
bond issue for S325.OOO failed in ST. Gene
nieye County by seventy-iwo votes at one
election and by only one vote at another
time.
Construction conditions were abnormal
during the period just ending and no
satisfactory bids could be found on nine
teen projects where the funds had been
arranged for. Contracts were let in forty
four cases. enlailing an expenditure of
S6897.509.
Summarizing the amounts that Boone
County has received for work on high
Ways. We find the amount paid for state
road surveys in the county. S2.239; total
amount paid on road work in the county
by the stalS highway department. s25.-
2j5; total auto money paid BY the county
to the stale treasurer, S520l3; state and
federal aid cllotlcd county by the state
highway board, sl5,752
The state highway department will have
at lis command. 10 be spent within
period Of 3 years. about Sl3.50O,000, Of
which S7.2OO0O0 is appropriated to take
care Of the Sl.2OO-a-mile provision of the
law for not less than 50 miles of state
road in each county. The remaining S.
100000. or s5.0O0O00. will be used to
take care Of one-half Of the cost Of roads
above the SI.2OOa-mile and to provide
funds to match dollar for dollar on other
reads. not in the 6.OOO-mile system. that
the state highway department may ap-
p-oye.