The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1922-08-11

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4 the State Y ffighwasy SsoSmrhissfoni
having approved tire REPORT Of its en-
:gineers marking out the routes for the
primary or prir cipa9 main highways
to besE6ns tructei j, in pursuance of the
PURPOSE contemplated by Thu SEQ, ,003,s-
900 bonded indebtedness voted BY the
people at the last general election, it
was Thought that wofk could be start
ed on this system at once. The routes
marked out meet with general approv-
al, but as in all large public ef.ters
prizes obstrdeti0nists are sure TO pop
1p Kefe and there The plain to ibegain
work. On the roads may be delayed, 9as
news comes from Jefferson City that
there is Illegal. Trouble ahead 3 Of the
State Highway Commission before it's
program is In order for the issuance
of $5, ,000,000 Of state t.bonds With
which to begin work on the system If
primary roads. & s,ss-i fiiiaff''ss'1I9f y
Injdncticn proceedings, il is said;
were to be started this week in the
Circuit Court of Cole county by State
Senator VIM. C. Irwin Of Jefferson
City to prevent rthe State Fund Com
fnissionefs from authorizing. the aisl
suanee and sale of the bonds. at Is
conBended by those in this movement
that the Commissioners violated " a
provision ofsthe State law In IocHting
these highways, which provides hsthat
they shall connect cefitefs 6f pobulao
tion,, in the State, and thus reach the
greatest iffniber'of people. Jefferson
City people are dispIeasea gbeeause
to engineers in selecting The route
from St. Louis TO Kansas City chose
the old trail north of the Missouri
river, through Galway county = In
stead of south OF The river through
the capital city. II E9fa Wt 9s& '',i
Little oraino' objection has been
raised to the other routes, ;and that
known as ''primary road No. from
Hannibal to st. Louis and from that
city on to Charlottesville, is we believe
generally satisfactory to this section,
and especially 80 TO the people Of st.
Francois county, as 1t will traverse
about 40 miles of this eb6Hty, passing
through Bonnie Terre,S Desioge, Fiat
River, Farming and EiBeftyvilie
and s'dfi to FfedericltoWff, ssPatton,
lSedg%ickvilse, Jackson, Char fees oran,i
SSikeston ana &fBthersvilles hrs sss'
y TKe.follbNtihss BRIEF, 'coFnpfTe4i tGs!.ll
B. Sifider ard Harry fDehmaH, and
presented ~ the Stsgsi9f 7ghWay. Ccifle
mis- 81 the eli),ih&efs
Selection Nofs route kt0.ts4 cent Ans "a
ibt ''6f sRaldabie 7fiforfnat tf0F abtft So
francis eodfityfhat it9is #ell tDIriiie
away and Keep fniptf4 gs.EtY
+. +: 4fs' Ffape5ts Comfy, ia5 .,,i. % |.
>, Tho people. OF st. FRANCOIS county
feel, rhpnoredu uthatsyour, engineers, aft
ter q atpersonal investigation Of al the
facts, have. recommended that, Whak,
they terplr Primary Road No, 4 pass
through, the center of the county. We
also feel. that the county has all the
requirements, !, as set out by the law
authorizing the. establishment of the
primary roads, and submit few Of
the reasons why we think the, ,engi.,
neers' :repart to your honorable body
should be, ,apRroged.sa1, na.s sni ~
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st. Francois, according to the 1920
census, had a population of 81 ,403.
Only aGksether county in Southeast
Misseg hSf 4 larger population. The
report Of the ,engineggives only two
centers- Of popuiatiH 1iT st, Francois
county above 25a HIGH is the mini
mum listed. n ese are Borne Terre
Nth 4slS, and srftsiinngtpn With 26S5.
Other lafge towns df s9thef proposed
road in ST. Francois tcountE are not
listed hsssgse shsS aEa iAEuEpOrateds {
sFhey aa%I A6loge WttllIIsE eesElat Rixa
Il withS800a and 1st 9 lsyilt, alaEly
While these figure "a sslNfSd x$ey
wre Conservative. sTYie f6sEFF passes
through five the eight municipal
townships oie county, the popula-
tion of whitHit 27 200 or almost 80
per cent -ofSthe total population Of the
county,. More than $4,000 of the 31,-
403 peopISain st. Francois county live
Yithf1 one mile of the proposed road
through the county. This is further,
fe SdR Rx m ! sho6v non
biS tiast toahsA ffr5uI d vhi. II lbII Ii& aabaa,
passes, as follows: BonrislFerre 1480S
Desloge 1O4O. Eat RixersS97 IN ElEinSI sjEI n
965, EsthaanHS u IiHsoA 963K AK
of these towns flaw HfgM Schools poff
the first rank and F'fse River is doing
Juner College work. In not one Of the
towns have the, public school, build
ihgs cost. aessf Than S166D8p rand In
some. of ataeubuildinEsf hass cost
aenble on tHeblesthat ams1nt.tafFom'
they view,p ,peint 9fs destiny Of popula-
ton, or serving the centers of popula-
ton the report 81 Che engineers gives,
the county lower rating,tbap itEaan-j
ifestly should have had1sg pn.las
.r,,.. Traffic Requirepentg uTp7
I he automobile registgatinp, ,of rSEr
Epaneois county shows that there are
ins,khe seeosinty 234S> carsuc 0ffy Ibfie'
stkSS SIk6unty (Cape GiEaNdsatf4G in
Missouri hashra 6gEaater
rjA1Ref iof cars. In adidtien t8sthe.,
and constant traffic of these
ESfJ There are numerous service car
hheS 9rRrsting daily between, the xae
rttuA towns of st. Francois county, at
80 oibetween adjoining counties sand
in This county, a5fas Ibetwee9f
points in, this county addISt:fiionissI
\ 'Si,s.' a,.,'s sIntersecting Roads. lTI
s.IT5ffs connecti6A we desire to call
Your attentissAto ne improved roads