Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1921-07-18
ROAD PROGRAM
nearly Done
County Engineers Office Re-
ports That Work is
Approaching Com
pletion.
100000 IS SPENT
100000 IS SPENT
Amount Equally Divided Be-
tween Roads and
Bridges.

Bridges.
When all road improvements now
going on are completed, which should
lie within two weeks, 100000 will have
been spent on Hamilton county high.
ways during 1921, according to state
ment made yesterday at the county engi'
neer's Office. This sum is about equally
divided between roads and bridges. two
large spans and number of small cul-
verts being included in the latter pro
gram.
After the completion of the work now
under way and of two other jobs which
have been held up by litigation, the
county will undertake no further con-
struction of this kind of any magnitude
until the financial situation Of the coun-
try is relieved.
The road work which has recently
been completed includes a five mile
stretch north Of StanhOpe which has
been graded and gravelled and is now
in excellent condition. Six miles of the
StratfOrd- -Stanhope road have been
brought to grade but though the work is
finished the road is still soft. Seven
miles of the Randall and StanhOpe
read have been graded. Four miles of
tile have been laid along the Kamrar
road and tiling of the Ellsworth-W
liams road is almost done.
Work Still Being Done.
A certain amount of work remains to
he DONE Four miles of gravel just this
side of Kamrar should be on this week,
although the operations are being delay
ed by the hot weather which adds to
the difficulty of hauling. Four miles
about midway between Ellsworth and
Williams have been delayed, too, but
are now nearing completion. A low
place in the Grant highway just west
OF Highview will be filled in short
time
The state is repairing the primary
road leading through Blairsburg to the
county line and has completed the tiling
of this highway. Grading has been COM
pleted as far as Blairsburg but con-
siderable stretch must be worked before
the gang reaches the line.
Bridge work completed this year in
cludes two large structures between
kamrar and Ellsworth. One of these
is a span of 100 feet across the Skunk
river. The other, 80 feet long. is over
small creek which empties into the
river. More than a score of smaller
culverts have been built or repaired.
Engineers are awaiting orders to start
work on the Grant Highway west of this
city. Part of the road here will prob
ally be relocated and is scheduled to
come up at the next meeting OF the
board of supervisors.
The matter Of relocating the Webster
City Sta nhopc road has been made more
complex by action Of the State High
way Commission in sending a gang of
men here to make further changes In
the Webster City -Stanhope road. w.
i. Beard, district engineer for the COM
mission, was In this city yesterday and
inspected the work being done. In
addition to changes already proposed
and concerning which legal action is
now pending In district court, the gang
is making surveys which affect addi-
tional property and which. If accepted
hy the board Of supervisors. would en-
tail the building of a new structure re-
placing Millard's bridge and located sew
eral rods further to the east.
One proposed change would cut off a
large tract of the G. d. Carpenter farm.
The road would proceed in north
westernly direction across land owned
by Carpenter and John Stevens and
through Briggs woods, crossing the
river further upstream and joining
the present highway some distance
across the river.
Another proposed change would bring
the road into Webster City on Wilson
avenue instead of Superior street. The
present route makes an abrupt turn just
before crossing small bridge over the
creek This turn is made on hill.
By extending the road to Wilson ave
nue., the hill turn would Ike eliminated.
Doubt was expressed today If these
changes would be viewed favOrably by
the board Of supervisors which meets
again July IS.
In addition to the big jobs now going
OH, county truck provided by the
Highway Commission is kept constantly
busy hauling gravel to the surfacing