Quad-City Times from Davenport, Iowa • 31

J. A Wednesday evening THE DAVENPORT DEMOCRAT AND LEADER December si, 1941 County Shapes '42 Road Plans PROGRAM FOR NEXT YEAR TO COST S1 86,300 'J y- fa 1 I Cost of Building, Maintenance to Be Less Than in 1941. i I Ik ,1. A' Tt-ntative lion and maintenance program for Scoit county roads in 1942 call for an expenditure of approximately $186,300, according to J. M.

Malloy, county engineer. This includes $24,000 to be paid toward contract purchase of eight new pieces of r. II 1 vr-: II road equipment, two mioiis, ttiroe tractors and three niaintaiiiers, delivery of which is expected by hue this winter. Two trucks, a panel II W.l Largest single piece of construction on county roads in 1941 was this steel and concrete bridge two miles east of U. S.

highway No. 61 at a point 15 miles north of Davenport. Costing approximately $11,000 it was necessitated when another bridge was washed out. model and a ton and-a-half Rravel model, have also been purchased for immediate delivery. Not included in the projected expenditure is money expected 4 from the state under the farm-to-j III iLVNr4 41 market road program.

Malloy xaid he could not, estimate what this amount would be, but hopes it will prove sufficient to carry out three grading and one bridge construction job, LESS THAN 1941. Proposed expenditures fall under those of 1941 when the total was $224,200. Less actual revenue was forthcoming from regular road sources in the year just closed, he said, hut there was a balance of 1 i 1 approximately $20,000 on hand in1 at the beginning of the period and in addition $37,1100 was transferred fro'-1 the emergency fund to construction and maintenance funds, Of this latter amount, $17,000 was used to meet costs of emergency expenses arising from water damage last spring and $20,000 was given to the city toward financing two bridges now being constructed Slated for probable replacement with a modern reinforced concrete structure in 1942 is this steel truss bridge, relic of the horse and buggy days, in Hickory Grove township, a mile-and-a-half west and half-a-mile south of Maysville. The largest singly construction job of the past year was the oiling of approximately 240 miles of roads at a cost of Seven and a quarter miles of road were brought to established grade and three-and-a-half miles were given rock surfacing. Exclusive of emergency con stiuction work, the expenditure of county funds was divided between $78,200 for construction and $12fi, 000 for maintenance, the latter program including any resurfacing undertaken and petition oiling, in ill If which farmers pay part of the cost and the county the remainder.

DIVISION FOR 1942. 1 i ft A A (iAX I 1 'V '-V' s' -V''s 1 I 1 1 Xv L'-. rit-V -1 Expenditures for 19-42, as now ill i II seen, would be divided between II 1 $105,000 for maintenance and II I 300 for construction, the latter I I I JHrr i r'nn inn irriMi.i. i I figure including most of the engineering costs arising from any year's work. On the construction program, outside of any possible farui-to-market road projects, will be grading, oiling, rock surfacing, possibly one permanent bridge of! .1 With a high-speed, well-lighied, four-lane bridg we can honestly say thai: "We Like Traf id This super highway across ihe Mississippi provides ihe FASTEST and SAFEST iransporiaiioa bei ween Rock Island and Davenport.

Why waste time, gasoline and patience with traffic jams between Rock Island and Davenport when you can use ihe Centennial Bridge so conveniently. Among improvements to Scott county roads completed in 1941 is this bin-type retaining wall a mile north of county highway in Princeton township. Built at a cost of $6,800, it prevents erosion of a high grade on an important township road. sieei anu concrete aim lour or me semi-permanent bridges of creo-soled lumber. Money for the 1942 program will be derived principally as follows: Construction $65,000 from county levies; $55,000 from th'e state gasoline tax collection and $1,500 from the motor carrier tax allocation for a total of $121,500.

Maintenance from regular county levies; $1,500 motor carrier tax and $300 miscellaneous for a total of $64,800. While the money available for construction thus is larger, it is necessary to transfer a substantial amount each year to the maintenance fund in order to keep up roads which have already been Improved under earlier construction programs. ffBae (SeimtieimimHafl ft Eae SooinieE? EC BeGommec ftlS IFl'SQ TRAFFIC BUREAU EFFORTS SAVED MONEY FOR ALL The traffic bureau of the Davenport Chamber of Commerce, of which Ceoige M. Cummins is commissioner and manager, performed many nervices for citizens of Davenport in 1941 which, tbo appreciated by those difvctly concerned, were also of great value to many in the eummunity unaware of the 4 Even now. with ihe cheapest toll charged on ihe entire Mississippi, keep in mind thai ihe Centennial Bridge will, ai ihe retirement of ihe outstanding indebiedness, become Toll Free.

'-fair extent of the work done. Constantly on the alert to protect the transportation interests or Davenport the bureau has produced savings of at least $20 per Representative of work done in bringing to established grade and crushed-rock surfacing of several stretches of county road in the last year, in this place, located in Pleasant Valley township and about a mile north and west of the town of Pleasant Valley. year in the cost of living for every man, women and child in the city, During the year if secured a readjustment reducing class rates between Davenport and all Iowa cities and equalizing Davenport with interior Ioa. It has co-operat The Here's Good News for Taxpayers! Homestead Exemption Law Will Slice 20 Per Cent Off Your Bill ed with the railroads on car efficiency and has handled numerous cases befom railroad committees and the Interstate Commerce Commission which have secured ad justments in rates on many of the basic commodities used by Daven as azainst S.534 in 110 hile In other towns and townships the port concerns. Commissioner Cum mins was named chairman of the Vigilance committee embracing Bettemiorf, I)avenport, Muscatine and other nearby ciiie.

1 I mill red'K tioa of their taxs on i valuations up thru $2,5,. The total credit for next year is ai.501.TS more than for the year ut closed when was $306,. 037.01. the record of in-i creases each year since 1937. hen the la-v became effective, is con-; tin-id.

a'ion le'eived in IS 41 i ral'd 11. 7 a- conij.ased ith 11.233 i-rt io'is ar. Of these ere in the litf of Srott roiinty's tax bill of for 1S42 will sliced pproximately 20 per rent thru operation of ihe Homestead credit las', recor-ls ia the office of Auditor Robert C. Loufek disciope. During the year, the state to the county from three-noirit tax revenue the sum of for bomf'ead Xh benefit.

ill acci ue. of toure. tr home own! r. hn, under of the ia, it. ie a urn ir i tit.

.1 r.f.- Production of machine, tools in increase was from 2.. 11 to 2,5 j. Twenty-sii application were disallowed in 1941 or three Rs than in 1540. Asssel valuation of property on which credits were figured rose from to Credits to be avowed ia the city to fi-am jr9.33'.7' to $424.403.3 'and outidp th sf from 23 to 16. Itie JWSl UCllUllJ III UriUgU Ull IIIC imti October reached an all time vol urne record.

Greatest distance, eaf west in the I'nited Sta'e I 3.1 miles i Kiom north to souih the maximum.