Show ROAD IOWA FARMER TO BUILD HIGHWAY A quarter of a million dollars to build it 11 paved road Is the gift of a ret retired ireI lumi iowa furmer to the community in III lie lins lived lind dinatle his fortune alexander coleman Is hta his and thu roud road Is to be built from froin in henry county three and it ii half miles allies south past the coleman hoin estead mid and then seven beven nilles miles east lit in lee county to a connection with tho the su so culled mt pleasnt fort madison road the county boards of tho the two counties have accept accepted eil tile the offer und and it Is expected that the road will be graded tills this year and pined in 1027 it Is only a county rond road but when tile Iavelli pavement ent Is it will ivill undoubtedly lie be christened the Cole ninn illan road and will im be for years perhaps us its the longest stretch of secondary rond road pavement in iowa says tile lown state highway adon service bulletin the rond road la its the generosity of one of tile pioneer citizens of tile collim community ou on whom fortune foitl llie lias und and who lias has chosen tills this very cry practical way to bestow a part of ills his fortune for the benefit of the public as a memorial to tile tho family there are other evidences tant iowa la Is soon boon golm going to have roads twelve counties have voted tills this year to au thorlie the building of antles of paying and have voted to issue 12 b ui oooo it in bondi bond for this purpose when tills Is completed it will give iowa 1013 miles allies of pavement iolas primary roads tire lire nil all built and by the counties no paying paving can bo be done unless authorized authorize d by 11 vote of the people the question of issuing bonds must be voted on oil separately the first election on the question of authorizing a county board to proceed with hurd hard surfacing was held in june up to date 54 elections have been held in as many counties on the same saine question the proposal was carried in 81 counties but tit in one the authorization was rescinded leaving si MI counties in which it Is possible to pave if funds tire are available in 41 counties elections have been held field to authorize bond issues for paying paving primary roads the proposal has carried lit in 20 26 counties with a total authorization of for bonds for paving these authorizations havo have been voted without regard to the probable future action ou on a state bond issue fifty live five members of the legislature met recently and advocated calling a 0 special session to submit the question of issuing in III bonds for paved state roads present indications lire are that there will be no special session but that the matter will come coma up at the regular session in 1027 |