Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1921-04-11
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IOWA HIGHWAYS
Extensive Road Building
Campaigns are Contem-
plated in Several
Counties.
BEGIN PRIMARY WORK
Many Counties Have let
Contracts for Enter
prises.

prises.
Des Moines, April 11.-Work on Iowa
highways has been going on for the
past week or more and with the con-
tinuation of mild weather each day
brings the report of some new project
under way.
Extensive road building programs are
contemplated in many counties. and
most of them have either begun the
actual primary work or have let con-
tracts for enterprises on which the pre-
l;minary operations are soon to be
started.
In Fayette county work has begun
ON grading ind draining 36 miles Of
Highway leading into Oelwein. The
total cost will be approximately $780,
Geo. Plans are being made to drain
and grade the remaining 5S1a miles of
primary road in 1929
Fourteen miles Of highway from
Alton west through Creston in Union
county, and GO bridges and culverts Oh
the same primary road are included in
Il grading project to be finished before
Nov. Is.
Grading twelve miles of the river-tO-
river road from a point one mile east
OF Moscow to the Johnson county line
will be completed by July /. according
to the contract. Bridges and culverts
along this road will cost $4,000. The
grading will cost about $4,000.
Work Resumed.
Work Oh the Muscatine.N Nichols high
way has been resumed. About nine
miles of the grading remains to be done
by July 1, and includes the raising of
a two-mile stretch several feet. Con-
structiOn of number of concrete cul-
verts in Fulton township, Muscatine
county. has also been resumed.
Work on the military road leading
west from Dubuque is expected to he
finished early in the season. A large
viaduct will be built at Rock Dale
just south of Dubuque. according u
plans.
Completion of six miles of construc-
ton on the primary road between Coon
Rapids and Bayard. in Carroll and
Guthrie counties, respectively. will
open a 9O-mile stretch of first class
highway between Des Moines and
Manning. Forty culverts and bridges
are to be built along the road between
Manning and Coon Rapids at cost Of
slightly more than $4,000.
The Chickasaw county board of
supervisors has let contract for grad
ing and thing seven miles Of road be-
tween New Hampton and Charles City.
Another stretch Of road leading north
from New Hampton is to be completed
this spring and will connect with the
main highway at Davis Corners. Also
a contract was let for the construction
Of new bridge over the Cedar river
at Nashua. The bridge is to cost $44,-
566 and is to be completed by Oct. LIST.
Howard county has contracted for
the grading and thing of IL miles Of
highway, and completion Of crawling
on another stretch Of II miles. The
total will be $6S.493 for the 22 miles
The first project is from Davis Cor
ners to Riceville, and the latter from
Cresco to Davis Corners.
Contract for grading and thing ten
miles of primary road from Usage to
ST Ansgar has been let by the county
board. The work is to be finished by
Sept. 1. and is to cost $76,553.93.
81 Miles Primary Road:
Thirty-two miles Of primary road
are to be graveled, graded and tiled in
Dallas county at cost of $1O4, 21O.
The work includes roads from Yankee
to the Polk county line, from Adel
north to the Boone county line, from
Perry east to n point north Of Gardi-
ner and connecting with the Abel road,
from Bouton to Woodland.
The Page county board of supervisors
has voted to construct federal road
across the county from Shenandoah
east to the county line. where the .
highway joins similar project of
Taylor county.
Allamakee county has contracted for
grading and draining the 31s mile
stretch running northwest from Post
vile, and the road from Waukon to the
county farm. The completion date in
the contract is November LIST. D
POttawattamie county has determin
cd to issue 100000 in bonds to take
care Of outstanding road and bridge
warrants.
Calhoun county supervisors recently
sold 100000 in funding bonds to take