The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-08-04
Shawnee County Receives a
Total of 1926, 200.
Definite Action on New Road
To Be Taken Soon.
GOES THRU RICH TERRITORY
Is Big Step Toward Opening Up
Southwest Territory.
Total Cost of TOpeka-DOver
Road To Be 100000.

Included in the federal air road al
lotments passed by the Kansas state
highway commission today was an al
lotment of 1926, 900 for Improvements
and hardsurfacing work on the South
west Trail highway from Topeka to
Dover, a distance of twenty miles.
during the next two years. 1t is spe-
Gifted that the road shall be built of
concrete or macadam.
The allowances by the state high
way commission for the road are:
$4,000 appropriation for 1922 for
grading and culverts; S145,000 during
1928 for surfacing and bridges and
$4,000 for 1924 for surfacing.
County to Take Action Soon.
1t was indicated this afternoon that
definite action toward the construc-
ton of the road will be taken in the
very near future. 1t will be a great
step toward opening up the great
southwest territory thru to Wichita
and Hutchinson and will mean that
most of the traffic from those rich
sections will be diverted thru Topeka.
1t will give Shawnee counuty a total
of 10 miles of paved road crossing
the county from north to south and
east to west. 1t will mean a heavy in
crease in tourist traffic and probable
increases in tourist camping grounds
here will be necessary.
~ OOS1 SOOO5VOOs
The total cost of the Topeka to
Dover road is estimated at about
100000, of which 100000 will be
paid by federal aid and automobile
tax, leaving 100000 to be divided up
-one-half to be paid by the county,
one-fourth by the townships and one
fourth by the benefit districts over a
period of twenty years if desired.
A. A. Rogers, chairman of the board
of county commissioners, today ex-
nraSSad him self strongly favor nf
the project. A majority of the board
members are said to favor it and quick
action looking toward CONTRACTS for
the paving is believed certain
Three Bridges to Build.
There are three bridges on this road
which must be built at all events. If
the road is constructed, the federal
government will pay Tor one-half the,
cost of these, bridges. Chairman
Rodgers is for taking advantage of
this chance to get the bridges con-
structed at one-haf the cost to the.
county which it would otherwise be.
The federal government will also al
low federal aid in the construction of
the road to the amount of $4,000 Il
mile. From the automobile tax fund
the state will pay $4,000 a mile, max
ing total of 100000 a. mile of the
cost of which the county will be re-
lieved. The average cost of roads
over the state has been running from
$4,000 to $4,000 a mile.
Aid to Other Counties.
A total of more than half a million
dollars in federal aid was allotted to-
day by the state highway commission
Besides the allotments to Shawnee
county were the following:
Harper County-$105. 00G for seven
miles concrete road. Three and one
half miles on Harper-Anthony road
south of Harper and 3 Il miles on At
tica-Harper road east of Attica-
Linn County-$37,5 500 for bridges
on 7.2S miles north and west of La
Cygne and $21,S41 for grading and
culverts, same road.
Allen County@SS1.61O for IL miles
concrete lola Humboldt road.
The commission also granted de-
ficfency appropriation of $26S-01 to
Brown county. and $11,11O to Wyan-
dotte county.
The following grade crossing changes
were ordered:
Frisco, west Augusta, subway.
Santa Fe, west of Colony, Anderson
county. subway.
Two Missouri Pacific crossings near
Valeda relocated on highway pareI-
lels track.
Protection on one crossing east OF
Fowler, Meade county, by relocation
and removal of banks.