Free trader-journal and Ottawa fair dealer. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1920-1927, 1922-12-23
BUREAU CO. BOARD
ACCEPTS S IA 7 E'S
ROUTE FOR IVY WAY
FOUR YEARS DISPUTE WITH IL,
LIMOS HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT
ENDED sT ACTION OF soLoNs
AT PRINCETON.

Princeton, H.. Dec. 2S.-The dis
mute over the selection of the IVY
Way route from DePue to spring
VALLEY, which has held up compie'
zion of the federal aid highway De-
tween Chicago and st. Louis for az
most four wears, was settled when
final plans OF the state high"aS ue
partment for filling in the SIEVE"
milo gap were approved by the bu'
reau county board of supervisors
Nv. unanimous vote of the board
n resolution was adopted accepting
the route north OF DePue. as iaid OUT
NV the, state engineers, and author
fling the road and bridge committee
IN n,oueetl wirh ALI reasonable dis
match to acquire the necessary rlshi
of way.
Asa concession To the residents OF
Depue. who have fought with all
their might To have the hard road
built through the village. the county
board, instructed the road anu oriuse
committee. to make q request 20 me
state, highway department TO ouild
spur of 1000 feet from Smoky Hoi-
low to- the northwest corner oil the
Mineral Zinc eompanS's property
connecting the lower part of the WI
lage with the main highway.
State road officials appeared great
1v pleaseds at the settlement as the
gan, in. the Ivy Way between pePue
and Spring Valley has been a great
inconvenience to the whole state ana
has, caused thousand OF tourists en-
route between Chicago and st. Louis
10 90 miles out of their way. often
over bad and dangerous roads. IL
is the Only uncompleted stretcn In
the 400 miles traversed by the Chf
cago.St Louis hard road.
Information from Springfield is
that the state department viii pro-
coed at once to complete the maps
and plans and prepare plans and spe-
cificationsl for contractors SO that
work ON the heavy grading can De
begun as early as possible in the
Spring. 1t Is probable that before
the close OF next year the cement
work will be under contract, and
perhaps, completed, making a broad
smooth concrete highway all the way
from Lake Michigan to st. Louls,
withont a skip or gap in 1t any
where.
Deadlock Broken.
The decision OF the county board
came somewhat as a surprise and
broke what appeared likely to be
another deadlock. When the sur
vey map Of the new route was laid
before the county board wednesday
afternoon. strenuous objection was
raised by Supervisor George M.
Bryant OF DePue with the backing
of Supervisor Brown. chairman or
the road and bridge committee. both
OF whom declared the new route un-
satisfactory AT their suggestion the
board concluded to make a personal
inspection OF the proposed route ON
Thursday morning before taking up
the final discussion of the plans.
The New Route.
The route from DePue to Spring
Valley as provided for in the latest
plans OF the state highway depart
ment and approved by the county
board OF supervisors, starts at the
end of the present hard road west OF
Depue at Smiths corners. From
there it goes east past the tubercu.
losis sanitarium site. to Marbles Hol-
low, descends into Smoky Hollow and
then ascends the Gieste hill, passing
north Of the zinc company houses on
the bluff, and drops down into the
Niger Creek valley, passing through
the village limits OF DePue for a dis
Hapra, nf ahnat. "A lilo and tnraa.oJlnr
tiers. about 700 feet north of the zinc
plant fence at the nearest point. The
road will go to the north Of the
Keirl addition and pass under tbs
New York Central tracks about hall
h mile; north of the Howe station ane