Jo Daviess County Starts 



Road Improvement 



Program 



To Use Unemployed In Gravelling Dirt Farm to Market Roads 



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WHaY promises u> (ivM-Icip int.. ., 

 statf-widi- secoiKlaiy iomiI irii 

 provoiiK-iit projjruni on a c-.piint\ 

 wide basis was laiiikhcd ti\ the Jo 

 |)aviess County Buanl nT Supi'i visiu - 

 i«H-eiilly when they appr.psiil a j'lan !• 

 Iiaril surfai-e sonu' JI 4 miles uf (iin 

 mads in that coi;iit\ ai a mst .ipiinx; 

 iiiatiiig; S:ir)0.(Ml(i. 



I'lu' \\'liiti'si<lf ( <niiit> Ho;, 1.1 (iT Su 

 [nrvisiii's startc<l similar attimi the saiiu 

 week when it coiisidevoil a liall' millioii 

 dciilai- farni-to-marki't load iminovc- 

 ineiu priijifani. 



The JuDaviess ivjiliUy plan, ll is esti 

 mated, will (jrive labor and eniploymi'ii' 

 to an average of .S,S() men daily for nior«- 

 than a year. I'he l>laii lias l>Cft; ap 

 proved by the Illinois Ki>i(iKen<\ Kc 

 lief Commission as the first slip in a 

 proposed state-wide farm-to market load 

 lonstriK-tion program. 



Secondary road impio\ emiin tor work 

 relief has Ihcii advoiaif,! consistent l\ 

 by the Illinois .Vuriciilt oral A^s,>cj;,ti(r' 

 in plaee of the dole. 



The JoDaviess couiily plan will plai e 

 75 per rent of the farmer^ in thai coun 

 ty on a har<l road and every farmer ii 

 the eonnty within a mile of nne. aeeord- 

 iiifj to reports. .Money t'or lalmr total- 

 ing in excess r,f i<110.iHl»l has been al 

 loeale<l by the .<tatc i 'onimission to 

 carry on the work I'oi the fii-t four 

 months. 



Illinois Kelief t'ominission fiiiuis to 

 <-arry out the pioHiain liiiouyhoiu tin 

 state are expected to \„- -utipleiiionted 

 by Federal allotments. 



.As its share of ihc co>; oi the pro; 

 • il, .lo|)a\iess comity will po<d all the 

 county and township roail eiiuipmcnt. 

 provide $24.t!iHI worth of material. m<.st- 

 ly crushed rock from ipiarrij's in the 

 county, and fuel, jdiis skilled labor foi 

 operating: crushers, giad.r-, etc. ai a 

 total cost of §<J.").Siin. 



.\t a recent niectiii}; of ihc .<oI>avifs> 

 County Board of .Supervisors action wa~ 

 taken turninp ovei- all road ci|uipmeiit 

 for the work which will be -uper\ i-cd 

 by (ieorge .^chroeilcr. couniv siipenn 

 lendent of hiirhways. aiul the li:'. t<.wn- 

 ship highway commissioners. 



The plan outlined calls for tlie grad- 

 ing and draining of dirt roads and re- 



-urfacmjr them with crushed stone. 

 There are now 24(1 miles of all-weather 

 loads in the county and when the new 

 project is completed the county will 

 have 4r>4 miles of hard roads. 



W'oik relief labor will be hired to 

 woik on the roa<ls an<l .jobs will be pro- 

 vided for .'i.Ml common laboii'rs. :;ti truck 

 drivers. 1 ."i ipiarry workers, five tinie- 

 keep<'is. L'li operator- of team" and ID 

 operati^rs of trucks. The work is ex 

 iiected to >tait at oiice. The .State Re 

 lief Coininis-ion will provide nearly all 

 the labor. 



In Whiteside county more than -\»' 

 miles of dirt roads will be gravidled 

 uniler the proposed program and ac- 

 cording to Highway .s;up,.,.jm(.„,)p„t 

 llauck. the Whiteside project will be 

 e\t'n larger than the one in -loDaviess 

 ■ •oiinty. .\s We go to press the White 

 -ide authorities are working on the 

 problem .if securing funds for gravel 

 .ind other mati'tiaU. 



The ."State Relief Commission olVeis to 

 furnish all necessary labor anti the 

 towriships ai;<l county are to furnisli 

 the trucks for the transportation oi 

 ilie travel and materials necessary t> 

 ioiii|rtete the piojecl. Whitesiite coun- 

 ty i- well -.ipplied with gravel an<l 

 -Ion,' thai can be crushed for road 

 liuilding purpo>e> a- is .lopaviess coun- 

 ty. .All gravel sources have been located 

 and marke.l so that material may be 

 -eciireil at the point noan-st lh<- road- 

 to be improved. 



On .March 1:1 the township road com 

 niissioneis in Whiteside met with the 

 county highway superintendent to dis 

 I iiss the |irogram. The graveling pro- 

 gram will be pushe<l liardest in the 

 townships having the most dirt roads. 

 The Whiteside half million dollar road 

 program was drafted several weeks ago 

 at the suggestion of relief authorities. 



President Karl C. Smith of the I. A. A. 

 lias been conferring from time to time 

 with federal authorities at Washington 

 to expedite the secondary road improve 

 iiienl program in Illinois. The l..A..-\. 

 has insisted that taxpayers are entitled 

 to tangible bsnetits for the money they 

 are spending on unemployment relief. 

 The .Association hopes that at least 

 Iti.lKKl additional . miles of secondary 



wnil ONt blOKl 



roaiis ma\ b<' hani -ui fa.-ed m 'he -tale 

 this year. 



linprovenieiU of farm 'o-maiket road- 

 ie- one of the leading approved projeil- 

 ill the $4.HtH».(l(MI.0(HI w..rk relief api<ro 

 priatioii pending in the Ciiit<'d ."-tates 

 .s^enate. 



According to .Major .A. W. Lord and (I. 

 B. Stephenson, work relief administra 

 tor- with the lllii,oi- Kmergeiicy Relief 

 < 'ornmi--ioii. oetween -I'l and '-'.'i Illinois 

 counties are now con-i«ievjn.g the county- 

 w ide fnrm-lo-markei toa.l iiiii'rovement 

 program. This plan iti\oIv<y- pooling of 

 township road-biiililing efpiipment and 

 |iersonneI uiuier a lirrified i-ounty mati 

 agemelit. Hereto!'.. re there has bwn 

 mui'h "piecemeal " etl'oit b\ town-hip- ii- 

 niarkii:g fatin-to-markei road- f". ii,, 

 Dioveiinnt. -ani Mr. .s;tephen-or.. Hut 

 little work li;i- been done. Cp to Keli 

 ruar\ I. "lit- year, iiioic 'ban l.'i.fKHi 

 mile- of llliioi- fanii-to-inarket load* 

 ha<l l.o.-i; appr<A:eii tor haid -urfaciiig or 

 lepaiv. iliily a sniall p.rcei;ia'.;c of 'hi- 

 niileare ha- a>'luall\ been worked "'■•• i>e 

 cau-e of the diffi<-ult\ ot ruii-iiig fund- 

 !U the counties for- 1. living g'ra\el. rock 

 criishiiig eiiuipmeii'. a':d o'.hei material-. 

 I'l.e Kelief Coinniis-iot. only undiitake- 

 lo provide labor a'ld 'li ettieim- 'a-e- a 

 little riHii-.. 



I '|IU .llcl- ..t MI.IMMl ai.lo i.oilleil li,e> 

 how ■■ll the l-ellef r'^11- i li llliliol- ha\ e 



lieen certified f^'f w<^rk relief in 'he 

 liowtistate counties. .Approxiinatt ly 11'.'. 

 IMIO lieaii- ■■f familie-. <.i ■'■''■• per cru- 

 • ■f the .ll '■.<'<»• familu- oi. ndnf f'll- 

 throughwut lllinoi- in l'i-bruur\ eanit-ii 

 I heir biiilget- ■•II Work niief i.r.^.ie.t- ac 

 cording t.. .Assistant .\dmini-trator 

 Stephenson. Most of The \\"\k wa- ii."ie 

 on public propertv . 



Ill HichlamI o^unt;. -t.p- t,a\-- b.-ei. 

 taken to crush rock t'.ir road b.ildii.i; 

 and s(dl agriculHiia! lime-loi.e a- a 

 -ideline. I'nempb'yt-d men. i' .- c^m 

 lemplated. will be taken fr.>in tlie relet 

 rolls in that county to -pread the I'ick. 



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