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Theft, mutilation, and underlining of books are reasons Fort (for disciplinary action and may result in dismissal from ^ *+ 7. s> the University. f) T /// To renew call Telephone Center, 333-840O $60, UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS LIBRARY AT URBANA-CHAMPAIGN > ^ ^, J ^ MAR 1 4 1988 5 every should be \ APRO J199B ^lub Sj I f ^' MAY 20 398 :y, call s and orga t you. I 1. Illinois on and main- tenance of $60,000,000 bond issue f that Illinois should prc lat its citizens be provide ;d, efficiently supervisee ite with the executive i 2. We r ite bond issue money sh purpose. fno other i 3. With item, we urge (a. :hose portions >itants. (b i (c. 4. We r. nrtrtinnc n te to improve L161 0-1096 miin Jrinai;ti H where such municipalities are unaoie to improve SUCH jiiKuwys. = 5. We recommend to the State Highways Department that a system be in- augurated of marking detours where portions of highways are impassable H owing to construction work being under way. | Illinois State Automobile Association | COMPOSED OF ALL LEADING AUTOMOBILE CLUBS OF THE STATE v | HEADQUARTERS : Lexington Hotel | E Michigan Boulevard at Twenty-second Street -: I CHICAGO, ILL. I = = SillllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllMIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIlllim ILLINOIS HIGHWAY IMPROVEMENT BLUEBOOK SINCE Illinois voted a $60,000,000 bond issue in November 1918 for state-wide, permanent road construction, the Illinois Highway Improvement Association has received inquiries from 30 states asking how such a bond issue was carried. A little example will make it plain. Assume 8,000 miles average yearly automobile mileage. Assume 4,000 miles will be over medium to poor roads. Assume 8 miles per gallon of gasoline over medium to poor roads. Over hard surfaced roads, this mileage will be doubled, saving 250 gallons of gasoline at 23 cents (Illinois price), equals $57.50 per year. This is the amount the automobile owner can afford to pay in increased automobile taxes to have good roads and then be money in pocket by sav- ing on tires, springs, general wear and tear, etc. Last but not least, comfort and pleasurable travel. In Illinois it is estimated that the increased automobile taxes will not average over $12 per car, per year, which will produce sufficient funds to take care of the interest of the $60,000,000 bond issue and retire the bonds. Even the best: built earth road in its most favorable condition is an expensive proposition. Roads today are wisely being looked at from the investment standpoint and one of the costs of a road which every user has to pay is the excess gasoline consumption required to overcome the resistance of mud, ruts, a layer of dust or other irregularities of the surface. In tests recently made at Cleveland, Ohio, five 2-ton White trucks, carrying full load, averaged 11.78 miles per gallon over a concrete road and 5.78 miles per gallon over an earth road in average condition. Other types of pavement showed results varying as the character of the pavement offered more or less resistance to traction. Earth Fair gravel Good gravel Fair bituminous macadam Fair brick Good brick Concrete 5.78 miles per gallon 7.19 9.39 9.48 9.88 11.44 11.78 In other words, the above table shows that about 104 per cent more gasoline was consumed by the same truck operating under same load, on the earth road, than was needed on the concrete road. Illinois Highway Improvement Price One 'Dollar Laura K. Kennedy, Editor and Business Manager Address: Hotel La Salle, Chicago, 111. This book is published to meet the widespreadfdemand for data on the 'Illinois Plan" for a State Bond Issue for &ood roads DEDICATED to the men and women who so willingly gave of their time, energy and means in the patriotic endeavor to "pull Illinois out of the mud," and to the business men whose advertising patronage makes the publication of this volume possible. lutomobile Clubs Start Campaign, 9. Clubs Indorse State Bond Issue, 53. Effect on Road Sentiment, 5. Fees, First Law for Registration, 9. ' Fees, Increase In, 51. Fees, Other States, 75. Fees, Pay Cost of Roads, 51, 53, 55, 69. Fees, Schedule of, 77. Bennett, Frank I., 119. Bond Issues, County, 43, 49. Financing Plan, 75, 77. State, 47, 53, 55, 59, 93, 97. Bradt, Samuel E., 9, 13, 15, 17, 45, 47, 49, 69, 119. Chicago Association of Commerce, 39,91. Chicago Automobile Club, 69. Chicago Automobile Trade Associa- tion, 69. Chicago Building Trades Council, 79. Chicago Federation of Labor, 79, 81. Chicago Motor Club, 9, 69. Cohen, Barney, 79. Commercial Clubs, 91. Convict Labor, 31, 117. Cook County Truck Gardeners and Farmers Association, 83. County Bond Issues, 43, 49. County Superintendents of High- ways, 119. Deneen, Charles S., 7, 29. Department of Public Works and Buildings, 119. Dunlap, H. M., 83. Dunlap, Mrs. H. M., 115. Dunn, Robert W., 53, 79. Dunne, Edward F., 29, 31, 37, 45, 47. 344 CONTENTS Edens, William G., 4, 13, 14, 15, 29, 59, 61, 63. Emmerson, L. L., 9. Engineers, Highway, 119. Farmers Aid In Campaign, 83. Benefits from Roads, 83, 87. Indorse Good Roads, 35. Loss from Bad Roads, 31, 84. Federal Aid, 39, 51. Finnegan, Richard J., 9, 11, 13, 15. Funk, Frank, H. 29. Gash, A. D., 45. Good Roads Day, 19, 35, 115. Hall, Arthur R., 37, 53. Harris, B. F., 9. Highway Associations, 120. Highway Commission, State, 119. Highway Commissioners Township, 121. Honor Award, 89. Hull, W. E., 15. Illinois Bankers Association, 9, 15, 9 J . Illinois Bar Association, 91. Illinois Corn Growers Association, 91. Illinois Farmers Institute, 83. Illinois Federation of Labor, 79. Illinois Federation of Women's Clubs, 91. Illinois Manufacturers Assn., 91. Illinois State Medical Society, 91. Illinois Rural Mail Carriers' Associa- tion, 83. Illinois State Dairymen's Associa- tion, 83. Illinois Highway Improvement Asso- ciation By-Laws, 21. Conventions, 9, 16, 47, 59. Founders of, 11. Officers, 13, 89. Organized, 9, 13. Plan of Organization, 63. Platform, 19. Page No. One Illinois State Automobile Associa- tion, 57, 69. Johnson, A. N., 45. Kennedy, Laura K., 115. Labor Unions, 79. Legislature, 7, 37, 57. Lowden, Gov. Frank O., 55, 57, 59, 89. Maintenance of Roads, 45. Map of Bond Issue Roads, 130. Marked Trails (Map), 134. Marr, W. W., 45. McKinley, William, 37. Movies, 91. Officers of Highway Associations, 120 O'Hara, Barratt, 37. Older, Clifford S., 101. Paulman, Henry, 9, 11, 13. Press, 65. State Aid, 9, 19, 41. State Aid Law, 41. State Aid Funds Allotted, 43. State Aid Maintenance, 45. State Bond Issue, 47, 53. State Bond Issue, Text of Law, 97. State Bond Issue Roads, Map, 130. State Bond Issue, Vote on, 93. State Highway Department, 41, 119. State Highway Officials, 119. State Miners Federation, 79. Sudduth, Thomas, 9, 39. Superintendents of Highways, 119. Text of State Bond Issue Law, 97. Tice, Homer J., 7, 13, 29. Township Highway Commiss'ers, 121 Trails Map, 134. Trails Officers, 120. Tynan, Thomas J., 17. Vote on $60,000,000 Bond Issue, 93 Wilson, James, 45. Women's Clubs, 91. I O6629O INDEX TO ADVERTISEMENTS ADVERTISING SIGNS Page Geraghty & Co 86 AUTOMOBILE TIRES Brunswick-Balke Collender Co 112 Goodrich Tire Co 116 The Fair 132 BANKS Central Trust Co. of Illinois 3 Chicago Savings Bank & Trust Co 102 Continental & Commercial Trust & Savings Bank 54 Corn Exchange National Bank 84 First National Bank of Joliet 108 First Trust & Savings Bank 8 Foreman Bros. Banking Co 38 Fort Dearborn National Bank 90 Greenebaum Sons Bank & Trust Co 22 Illinois Trust & Savings Bank 12 Live Stock Exchange National Bank 30 Merchants Loan & Trust Co 64 National City Bank of Chicago 68 Northern Trust Co 82 Peoples Trust & Savings Bank 78 Union Trust Co 28 BONDS Bolger, Mosser & Willaman 104 F. B. Hitchcock & Co 2 H. T. Holtz & Co , 52 Powell, Garard & Co 36 Shapker, Waller & Co .. 24 CONTRACTORS Brownell Improvement Co 60 Cameron, Joyce & Co 128 Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Co 118 A. C. Loomis Co 86 DEPARTMENT STORES The Fair 116 DETECTIVE AGENCIES William J. Burns International Detective Agency 108 ENGINEERS H. M. Byllesby & Co .106 James O. Heyworth . . , . 136 ENGRAVERS American Bank Note Co Opposite 120 EYE REMEDIES Murine Co . . 128 FOODS Armour & Co . . 74 GARAGES Hotel La Salle Garage, Chicago . . Inside Back Cover HIGHWAYS National Parks Highway ... . . 50 HOTELS Fort Dearborn Hotel, Chicago 76 Jefferson Hotel, Peoria 56 Moraine Hotel, Highland Park 86 Morrison Hotel, Chicago 110 Hotel Pfister, Milwaukee 128 Hotel Sherman, Chicago ... . . 76 INVESTMENT BANKERS John Burnham & Co 76 Elston & Co 96 Hornblower & Weeks 94 W. G. Souders & Co 10 LIFE INSURANCE Federal Life Insurance Co 70 Illinois Life Insurance Co Opposite Inside Back Cover National Life Insurance Co. . . . . 106 MAIL ORDER HOUSES Page Montgomery, Ward & Co. 100 MOTION PICTURES Emerald Motion Picture Co 46 MOTOR TRUCKS Autocar Co JQ Bird-Sykes Co gg Diamond T Motor Car Co 6 Federal Motor Truck Co 40 Garford Motor Truck Co 18 General Motors Co 10 International Harvester Co 66 International Motor Co 56 Kelly-Springfield Motor Truck Co 32 Maxwell Sales Co 34 O'Connell Truck Co. Outside Back Cover Packard Motor Car Co 62 Paige Motor Truck ' gg H. Paulman Co Inside Front Cover Pierce Arrow Inside Front Cover Stratton-Gramm-Bernstein Truck Co 48 Super Truck Outside Back Cover NEWSPAPER SERVICE Western Newspaper Union ... 44 PAVING BRICK Albion Shale Brick Co 88 Dunn Wire-Cut Lug Brick Co. ... 42 PHOTOGRAPHERS Moffett Studio 42 PNEUMATIC TOOLS Chicago Pneumatic Tool Co 94 PRINTERS Burnett & Weinberger Co 114 W. P. Dunn Company gg Ryan & Hart Co 86 PUBLICATIONS Good Roads, New York 135 REAL ESTATE AGENTS Murray & Terry 52 REAL ESTATE, MORTGAGE & INVESTMENT BROKERS S. W. Straus & Co 102 ROAD BUILDERS' EQUIPMENT Lee Loader & Body Co . 104 ROAD MACHINERY Austin-Western Road Machinery Co. ... . . 72 ROAD MATERIALS Barber Asphalt Paving Co 24 Barrett Co 14 Cameron, Joyce & Co 128 Cape Girardeau Cement Co 117 Carmichael Sand & Gravel Co 24 Egyptian Gravel Co 58 Illinois Improvement & Ballast Co 24 Novaculite 58 Standard Oil Co Back of Page Opposite Inside Back Cover Tarvia 14 United States Crushed Stone Co 18 Warren Brothers Co ... 26 ROAD SIGNS Burdick Enamel Sign Co 76 Road Tests Opposite Title Page SURETY COMPANIES American Surety Co 98 Joyce & Co 80 TAILORS Fred A. Munson . . 62 TRACTORS John Deere 92 F. B. HITCHCOCK & CO. Preferred Stocks "Bonds 39 South La Salle St. CHICAQO Page No. Two ILLINOIS HIGHWAY IMPROVEMENT BLUEBOOK c Hie ^ond department | of {he Central Trut Company of Illinois | ^Purchases ^ ssues of bonds issued by Counties, ............................ 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Correspondence with public or corporation officials desirous of negotiating issues invited Current investment list gladly furnished on application DOCXXXXXOOOCXXXXXXXX)OOOOC)CX)C)OOC A Comfortable, Easy, Clearly Marked Road From Chicago by the Lake regions of Wisconsin, Minnesota, the Bad Lands of North Dakota and Montana, crossing the Rockies, Bitter Roots and Cascade Mountains to Puget Sound and Southerly, Is The National Parks Highway A GOOD ROAD to the Pacific Northwest, the Summer Playground of America, including Yel- lowstone, Glacier, Rainier and Crater Lake National Parks. General Headquarters: Spokane, Washington. For Detailed Information write FRANK W. GUILBERT, Executive Secretary, Spokane, Washington. CXOCOOCOOCX3C030000CXXXXXXDOOCXD^^ Page No. Fifty ILLINOIS HIGHWAY IMPROVEMENT BLUEBOOK interest rate to be 4%, which I believe to be ample under any ordinary condi- tions, the annual interest would approximate $1,000,000 which would mean an annual payment of $3,000,000 including both principal and interest. INCREASE IN AUTOMOBILE FEES "It will be admitted that good roads would result in the saving of many dollars annually in tires, repairs and gasoline to every automobile owner. I, therefore, think it no more than fair that he should be called upon to pay a part of the cost of such a system of state roads through an increase in automo- bile fees. The automobile fees received by the State in 1915 were $924,000. We estimated that for 1916 they will reach $1,300,000, an increase of $375,000. Even at an increase of $250,000 per year, instead of $375,000, the automobile fees at the present rate by 1919 will amount to over $2,000,000; by 1923 to $3,000,000 per year. The automobile fees in Illinois range from $3.00 for a 10 horse power machine to $10.00 for a machine of upwards of 50 horse power. In the majority of states ranking w T ith Illinois the automobile fees run from $5 to $25. It, therefore, would not seem to be out of place to increase the fees in Illinois at least 50%. If this is done then the automobile fees collected in 1919 would be $3,000,000 ; by 1923, $4,500,000. This increase of 50% would enable us to use sufficient of the automobile license fees to pay one-half of the principal and interest of the bonds, or $1,500,000 per year and then leave ample funds for the construction and maintenance of the balance of the state aid system in the various counties. This would leave only $1,500,000 to be paid annually from the general fund, which would amount to only 6c per $100 of assessed valuation based upon the present equalized assessed valuation of the State, $2,500,000, or a little over i l / 5 c per acre on farm lands of Illinois, which bear an average equalized assessed valuation of about $20 per acre. FEDERAL AID ALLOTMENTS "Connected intimately with these questions is the passing of the Federal Aid Road bill which will allot to this state, $ 220,000 available July i, 1916 440,000 available July i, 1917 660,000 available July i, 1918 880,000 available July i, 1919 1,100,000 available July i, 1920 a total of $3,300,000. "The requirement of the Federal Aid Law is that the state shall appropriate an equal amount, or an additional $3,300,000. The department of agriculture asks that this state prepare a definite plan for the expenditure of this $6,600,000 and submit the same to it with the first project for road improvement. There- fore this sum of $6,600.000 added to the fund derived from $60,000,000 bond issue would give a total of $66,600.000 or approximately $16,500 per mile for a 4,000 mile system, which would be ample to construct a system in which the main roads where necessary would be 18 feet in width and none less than 15 feet in width. This would give us in Illinois a system of federal and state aid roads of 4,000 miles to be improved by the State with such additional help as came from the government; another system of 12,000 miles of county roads to be improved at the joint expense of the state and county under the state aid system or bond issue plan, and a further system of 78,000 miles of township roads to be improved at the expense of the township." Page No. Fifty-one ILLINOIS HIGHWAY IMPROVEMENT BLUEBOOK H. T. HOLTZ & C? SOUTH LA SAL1E STREET CHICAGO WHEN . YOU . VISIT . CHICAGO . CALL . ON . US FRED A. MUNSON Merchant Tailor 30 North Dearborn St. CHICAGO THE NORTH SHORE SUBURBS Lake Forest Highland Park Glencoe Winnetka Wilmette Have Finest Auto Roads and best railroad transportation West of New York MURRAY & TERRY REAL ESTATE AGENTS 40 NORTH DEARBORN, CHICAGO Page No. Fifty-two ILLINOIS HIGHWAY IMPROVEMENT BLUEBOOK AUTOMOBILE MEN AGREE TO THE RAISE President Edens called on leading automobile men of the state who were delegates to the convention to express their views on the question of increasing the automobile license fees 50% to pay one half the cost of the proposed bond issue. After protracted argument the conclusion was reached by Henry Paul- man and other spokesmen for the automobile interests that the motorists would willingly agree to the increased rates if the question were plainly stated to them and if they were assured of a business-like, non-political administration of the highway construction. On Mr. Edens' suggestion the committee on resolutions was instructed to draft a minutely comprehensive declaration on which the association" could present the bond issue problem to the electorate. The following platform, drawn by Arthur Hull, Danville, and Robert Dunn, Chicago, was thereupon presented to the delegates and adopted : "BE IT RESOLVED, That the Illinois Highway Improvement Association use its best efforts to get the General Assembly of the State of Illinois at the coming session to submit to the people of the State at the general election in November, A. D. 1918, a law authorizing the issuing of $60,000,000 (or such amount as may be necessary) of bonds of the State of Illinois for the purpose of constructing a State-wide system of permanent hard roads to connect, with each other, the different communities and the principal cities of the State, and, as it is only just and proper, in submitting such a proposition to the voters of the State, that the people be dealt with in absolute good faith and that such voters be given beforehand the general details of the proposed plan, to get the General Assembly to include in such law as near as may be, the following propositions, to wit: "That the rate of interest on said bonds be fixed at three and one-half (or not to exceed four) per centum per annum : "That said bonds be serial bonds and be dated, issued and sold from time to time as required for the construction of the proposed roads, and that such bonds be so dated and issued as to mature within twenty years from the date of their issue: "That the proposed roads be constructed in strict accordance with plans and speci- fications of the Illinois State Highway Commission : "That said proposed roads be durable, hard surfaced roads of sufficient widths to meet the requirements of the traffic : "That the old bridges be used wherever such bridges are in proper condition : "That said proposed roads be divided into convenient sections for construction purposes : "That work shall, so far as practically possible, be commenced in the different sec- tions of the State at approximately the same time and be carried on continuously until all work is completed : "That wherever one of said proposed State roads runs through or into a county over a paved road that has already been improved by the county and State, jointly, or by the county alone and accepted by the State, then in such case, if such paved road can be utilized in the State-wide system, the money value of said paved road at such time shall be determined approximately, and the county's share thereof shall be set apart and allotted to such county, either to be used at the option of the county to retire any county bonds issued to improve its State Aid Roads, or to be expended in the improvement of one or more of its other State Aid Road Routes, with a permanent type of road, under the direction and to the satisfaction of the State Highway Commission : "BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That this Association believes that it is only fair and just that motor vehicles, and especially the heavier machines that are so likely to cut up and injure the highways, should bear a larger share of the cost of building and maintaining a system of good roads, and therefore, recommends that this Association make an effort to get the General Assembly to pass a bill to make reasonable increases in the automobile license fees, the money therefrom to be used entirely for the improve- ment of the roads of the State, or to aid in the payment of the principal and interest of a State bond issue for road improvement." Page No. Fifty-three ILLINOIS HIGHWAY IMPROVEMENT BLUEHOOK Municipal Bonds Purchased and Sold Officials of State, County, City, Road and School districts: If you contemplate having an issue of Road, School or any other kind of Public Improvement Bonds to sell, write us about it and we will be glad to make suggestions which may be helpful, giving you the benefit of our extensive experience in the buying and selling of this class of security. Municipal Bond Buyers: Considering the exemption from income tax, the yield now obtainable on Municipal Bonds compares very favorably with investments of very much less intrinsic worth. We endeavor to carry at all times a diversified list of high grade Municipal issues and will be glad to submit our current offerings on request. Bond Department CONTINENTAL AND COMMERCIAL TRUST AND SAVINGS BANK CHICAGO The Capital Stock of this bank is owned by the stockholders of the Continental and Commercial National Bank of Chicago which has total resources exceeding $350,000,000. Page No. Fifty-four ILLINOIS HIGHWAY IMPROVEMENT BLUEBOOK imiimiimiiiimmimmiimiiimiiiimmmimimmmmiiimiiiiiiiiiimmmnimm Governor Lowden Sponsors Plan Legislature Adopts It FRANK O. LOWDEN was elected governor in November, 1916. The first consideration of the officers of the Illinois Highway Improve- ment Association following the adoption of the Danville platform was to enlist his support. Gov. Lowden showed a wide grasp of the good roads question, learned first hand as an Illinois farmer. He had one objection to the Danville platform. He thought the automobile license fees should be so increased as to take care of the entire principal and interest of the bond issue, instead of only 50 per cent. If the backers of the plan would agree to that amendment, he said, he would sponsor it as an administration measure and put his full strength behind it. While the negotiations over this proposal were in progress, Gov. Lowden included the following in his inaugural message to the Fiftieth Gen- eral Assembly, Jan. 8, 1917: "Good roads are a good investment, but a comprehensive system of good roads must wait for a generation, un- less bonds are issued to defray cost. "Motor vehicles are rapidly sup- planting horse-drawn vehicles. When good roads have become the rule, and not the exception as now, auto trucks will likely take the place of horses and wagons in the transportation of the products of the farm. With good roads, the upkeep and maintenance of motor vehicles would be largely re- duced. The license fees now paid are only a trifling percentage of the cost of operation. If good roads were assured, the owners of motor vehicles could pay a much larger license fee and still be the gainers. "I believe it is possible to work out some plan by which the principal and interest of a bond issue sufficient for this purpose could be largely, if not entirely, paid from the receipts of such license fees." While this message left the question uncertain, the governor in conference was firm in his declaration that the total cost was to come from the automobile fees. It was the only way to attract the farmers to the support of the bond issue, he said. Page No. Fifty-five Moffett Photo GOV. FRANK O. LOWDEN The distinctive feature of the Illinois good roads plan that of paying the entire principal and the interest of the state bonds from the motor license fees is one of the precautions demanded by Gov. Lowden before he would consent to advocate it. Gov. Lowden's foresight in this regard is admitted by all good roads men to be responsible for the general approval of the $60,000,000 project by farmers and workingmen, without whose support it could not have succeeded. The Lowden plan takes the burden off the home and the farm and places it on the motor car owner who gladly assumes it because of the economies it brings in other ways. ILLINOIS HIGHWAY IMPROVEMENT BLUEBOOK Contractors in most every line of work, from road construction to canal building, are outspoken in their recommendation of the MACK as a long-lived, consistently durable truck under all conditions. International Motor Company, New York Chicago Branch: 1808 South Michigan Avenue W. E. HULL, President ARTHUR LEHMANN, Sec'y-Treas. 5.8 Iff I 3JJ3B& Jefferson Hotel Peoria, Illinois The principal Hotel in the State outside of Chicago 400 'Rooms, all with ' " International Motor Trucks GOOD roads and good motor trucks make a combination that is a certain source of wealth to any community. When the roads are hard surfaced, and the trucks are Internationals, hauling costs come down like magic. International Motor Truck is only another name for Low-Cost Hauling. Sturdy, well built to stand the strain of everyday use,backed by a complete service organization with 89 Company branches, International Motor Trucks are both dependable and economical. International and Titan Kerosene Tractors are true, general purpose power machines. Operating on kerosene and other low priced fuels, they do all kinds of drawbar and belt work efficiently,and at the lowest possible cost. The machines shown on this page have behind them the resources and reputation of one of the largest truck and tractor organizations in the world, with an unbroken experience of nearly a century. International Harvester Company of America CHICAGO (Incorporated) USA Page No. Sixty-six ILLINOIS HIGHWAY IMPROVEMENT BLUEBOOK in letterpress, matrix or plate form. Eight hundred papers outside of the big cities accepted plate matter which was prepared and sent out at the association's expense. In the last three months three such plates were distributed. It is esti- mated that more than 25,000 columns of space were donated by the papers otf NOTICE: Thjs plate sent you on authority of the Illinois Highway Improve- ment Association, 314 Hotel LaSalle, Chicago, III., on your postal request When used return metal in usual manner to office shipping. WESTERN NEWSPAPER UNION. "VOTE FOR GOOD ROADS BONDS," LOWDEN URGES Governor Savs More Than $30,- 000.000 Will Co to Workwomen Alter the War Is Won. THE WAR AND THE ROAD BOND ISSUE Why It Is Patriotic to Vote Now tor Work When U. S. Wins in France. How Illinois Will Look When Great State Road System Is Built THE MAN OFF THE WORKINGMEN STATE ROAD SYSTEM SHOULD VOTE FOR .,T7rT. ROAD BOND ISSUE 1 ' ~ ' Governor Dunn* Explain* why) tr.llk- . . :he town 6H pw to labor In w, (his the through or tonrlit traffic of RMaJvabnant Aftar war. SAMPLE PRESS SHEET SENT To MORE THAN 800 NEWSPAPERS the state. The vahie of that amount of space cannot be computed. It was the largest single contribution to the campaign. In some of the counties, local county committees raised money to insert advertisements in their own papers, but the amount of return to the publishers was nominal compared with their own contribution. All the Chicago, Springfield, Peoria and other large city newspapers indorsed the bond issue and gave freely of their space. The newspapers saved the situation in the last few weeks of the campaign when the influenza epidemic made it necessary for boards of health to close all public meeting places. This shut off speaking and motion picture propaganda. Happily the necessary press matter had been prepared in advance and the editors responded nobly to the emergency call that was made to them. The farm papers of the state also lent invaluable assistance. Editors of the agricultural press were among the earliest students of the highway question in the state. Their columns were thrown open to full discussion of the sub- ject and also to complete account of the progress of the campaign. These editors furnished many suggestions that proved helpful in the extreme. Page No. Sixty-seven ILLINOIS HIGHWAY IMPROVEMENT BLUEBOOK The Problem of Selecting Desirable Investments The time is now favorable for- investing in higjh. &rade bonds. However, it is important for the layman to exercise caution in fhe selection of investments under {he abnormal conditions now prevailing. Our BOND DEPARTMENT is equipped to &ive statistical information in regard to securities and offers its services to those seeking information. Ask for" our current list of selected investments. Bankers, individuals and corporations are invited to write or call on our officers when considering opening a Chicago account or chan&in& their present connections. The NATIONAL CITY BANK CHICAGO DAVID R. FORGAN, President Bond Department Banks and Bankers Dept. R. U. LANSING, Vice Pres. and Manager F. A. CRANDALL, Vice President M. K. BAKER, Assistant Manager S. P. JOHNSON, Assistant Cashier JOHN R. GRAY, Assistant Manager R. V. KELLEY, Assistant Cashier Page No. Si.vty-ciyht ILLINOIS HIGHWAY IMPROVEMENT BLUEBOOK What tke Motorists Did How Automobile Fees Pay the Bill I % O the motorists of the state a great portion of credit for the energy behind the campaign is due. They were the protagonists of the movement. When interest seemed to lag, they supplied the enthu- siasm to restore it. When finances were low, they sent out letters for subscriptions and memberships and rounded up the necessary funds. The most active of the motor groups was the Chicago Automobile Trade Association, composed of nearly all the motor manufacturers, branch managers and dealers in Chicago, as well as those associated in accessory lines. The persistency of this organization in the campaign was a demonstration of the power and initiative of the busi- ness man when he is engaged in a civic enterprise in whose virtue he is a strong believer. Members of the association distributed hundreds of thousands of copies of pamphlets among their customers. They also contributed to special advertising funds for billboard and newspaper display. The Chicago Automobile Club, Chicago Motor Club and the Springfield, Peoria, Quincy, Cairo, Elgin, Peoria, Joliet, Bloomington and Rockford clubs as well as the Illinois State Automobile Associa- tion, the parent body of the state, and the Automobile Club of Amer- ica, also were active. The question of how the motor license fees would finance the bond issue was one that the motor clubs were able to bring home to the people. To provide the funds, some classes of motor vehicles by 1920 will be increased in fees as much as 100 and 150 per cent. One of the most popular of the pamphlets distributed was written by S. E. Bradt. It dealt with the sufficiency of the income from motor license fees under the title "Will the Bonds and Interest Thereon be Paid from Motor License Fees ? Will the Motor Fees Be Sufficient also to Help Build the Con- necting Roads." In part the pamphlet was as follows: "Will the revenue derived from the motor fees be sufficient to meet the payments of all bonds and interest required to be made annually? The motor vehicle law was amended in 1917 to provide for an increase in 1918 of fifty per cent in fees on all cars of 35 horse power or less, and one hundred per cent on cars of more than 35 horse power; while in 1920 there will be an additional fifty per cent increase based on 1917 fees, on all cars, thus the general increase applicable in 1920 will average a little more than one hundred per cent of the 1917 fees. Page No. Sixty-nine ON THE LITTLE BALLOT NOV. Sin NO DIRECT TAX IWIXIMMMnMUFEES INDORSED BY LABOR AND ALL POLITICAL PARTIES SAMPLE OF HALF-SHEET POSTER ILLINOIS HIGHWAY IMPROVEMENT BLUEBOOK EDEML LIFE INSURANCE (0. ISAAC MILLER Ha MILTON PRESIDENT HUMAN BEING INSURANCE LIFE,d((IDENT HEALTH We Serve the Public \A/E serve the policyholder when sick or hurt or aged; we serve his loved ones if he dies; we compensate the agent who served the policy- holder; and we co-operate with other companies when they need re-insurance Life, Double Indemnity and Stand- ard Accident. OUR PEOPLE ARE PATRIOTIC THEY SUPPORT THE FLAG Page No. Seventy ILLINOIS HIGHWAY IMPROVEMENT BLUEBOOK NATION FEES FOR MOTOR V YEARS 1917-1920, INCLUSIVE 1917 1918 1920 10 H. P. and less $ 3.00 $ 4.50 $ 6.00 25 H. P. and more than 10 4.00 6.00 8.00 35 H. P. and more than 25 6.00 9.00 12.00 50 H. P. and more than 35 8.00 16.00 20.00 More than 50 H. P ( 10.00 20.00 25.00 Motor bicycle 2.00 3.00 4.00 Electric vehicles to and including 2 tons 5.00 10.00 12.00 Electric vehicles over 2 tons 10.00 20.00 25.00 CARS REGISTERED IN 1917 WILL PAY ENTIRE BOND ISSUE "Louis L. Emmerson, Secretary of State, gives the number of cars registered in 1917 as in excess of 340,000, yielding a revenue of $1,588,834.69. All people familiar with the motor law understand that if a new car is purchased in the fourth quarter of the year, the purchaser pays only one-fourth of the annual license fees. Therefore, in order to determine the average fee which each of the 340,000 cars will pay when registered for the full year it will be necessary to take the records of the first quarter of 1917. These records show that there were 174,555 cars registered in that quarter with a total revenue, including motorcycle, chauffeurs and dealers license fees, of $899,049.70, which means an average of about $5.15 per car. We have shown that the fees per car to be collected in 1920 are more than double the fees of 1917. Therefore, the 340,000 cars registered in 1917 will pay in 1920 double the amount paid in 1917, or at the rate of over $10.00 per car. On this basis 340,000 cars registered in 1917 will produce in 1920 an actual revenue in excess of $3,400,000, which for the period of twenty-five years, the time during which these bonds will be outstanding, will yield eighty-five millions of dollars. The principal of the bonds is $60,000,000, payable one-twentieth each year from the date of issue. The interest, at the rate of 3^-2 per cent, will amount to $22,050,000, or a total (including the principal) of $82,050,000. "It will be seen therefore that the number of cars registered in 1917 (340,000) will produce a revenue more than sufficient to pay the principal and interest of the bonds even though there is no increase whatever over the 1917 registration. PROBABLE INCREASE IN CARS REGISTERED "Having reached the conclusion that the present number of cars registered will take care of the bonds and interest, let us estimate the probable future increase and the purpose for which this surplus is to be used. We find that in the past four years there has been an actual increase of from thirty to forty per cent each year in the number of cars registered. If this rate of increase should continue we would have a total of 1,000,000 cars registered in the State of Illinois by 1924. We do not anticipate such an increase ; but we do anticipate an average increase, during the next seven years, of ten per cent annually. This would give us by 1924 a total of 600,000 cars, and would yield an annual income of over six million dollars. "As a matter of interest, I would call attention to the fact that in the State of Iowa in 1917 there was one car to every eight persons, while in the State of Illinois during the same year there was one car to every eighteen persons. We do not estimate that -the number of cars in Illinois will ever reach the proportion already reached in Iowa; i. e., one car to every eight persons, but we do estimate, and we believe con- servatively, that by 1924 we shall have one car to every twelve persons ; which, with the increase in population, will give us approximately 600,000 cars. "I show herein a table which gives a conservative estimate of the collections each year for the period from 1920 to 1944. The amount of these collections, you will note, is $147,300,000. Deducting the amount of the bonds, $60,000,000, and the amount of the interest, $22,050,000, making a total of $82,050,000, we still have remaining $65,250,000. Page No. Seventy-one ILLINOIS HIGHWAY IMPROVEMENT BLUEBOOK AUSTIN -WE.STILRN stands for everything that is high-grade in road machinery. This line of machines is produced in the largest and best equipped factories of their kind in the United States. Behind them is over forty years of manufacturing experience, which is the best assurance of quality and satisfaction to protect the buyer. Midget Grader (1OOO /6s.) Little Western Grader (145O Ibs.) The Austin-Western Line includes everything for road making and maintenance. In graders alone, there are a doz- en different A-W sizes and styles, ranging from the Western Midget (1000 Ibs.) to the Austin Rip-Snorter (8400 Ibs.) Austin Steam Roller Austin Motor Roller Steam Rollers and Motor Rollers are a very prominent feature. To indicate the importance of our roller department : During the War the United States and Allied Governments pur- chased over 700 Austin Motor Rollers, more than ten times their combined purchases of all other rollers and at higher prices. The Austin- Western Road Machinery Co. Chicago Send for our catalogue No. 18 describing our entire line of road machinery. Branch Offices or direct representatives in every state. Page No. Seventy-two ILLINOIS HIGHWAY IMPROVEMENT BLUEBOOK Table Showing Estimated Amount of Motor Fees Remaining for State Aid and Main- tenance Work After Paying the Annual Cost of Bond Issue Estimate Based on a 100% Increase in Fees and at Graded Increase in Cars to a Total of 600,000. Estimated Motor Fee Year Collections 1920 $ 4,800,000 1921 5,200,000 1022 5,500,000 1923 5,800,000 1924 6,000,000 1925 6,000,000 1926 6,000,000 1927 6,000,000 1928 6,000,000 1929 6,000,000 1930 6,000,000 IQ3I 6,000,000 1932 6,000,000 1933 6,000,000 1934 6,000,000 1935 6,000,000 1936 6,000,000 1937 6,000,000 1938 6,000,000 1939 6,000,000 1940 6,000,000 1941 6,000,000 1942 6,000,000 1943 6,000,000 1944 6,000,000 Totals $147,300,000 Payment on Principal $ 2,400,000 2,400,000 2,400,000 2,400,000 2,400,000 2,400,000 2,400,000 2,400,000 2,400,000 2,400,000 2,400,000 2,400,000 2,400,000 2,400,000 2,400,000 2,400,000 2,400,000 2,400,000 2,400,000 2,400,000 2,400,000 2,400,000 2,400,000 2,400,000 2,400,000 $60,000,000 Payment, Interest $ 350,000 616,000 882,000 1,148,000 1,414,000 1,680,000 i ,596,000 1,512,000 1,428,000 1,344,000 1,260,000 1,176,000 1,092,000 1,008,000 924,000 840,000 756,000 672,000 588,000 504,000 420,000 336,000 252,000 168,000 84,000 $22,050,000 Available for State Aid Al- Total lotments (in- Principal and cluding Interest Maintenance) $ 2,750,000 $ 2,050,000 3,016,000 2,184,000 3,282,000 2,218,000 3,548,000 2,252,000 3,814,000 2,186,000 4,080,000 1,920,000 3,996,000 2,004,000 3,912,000 2,088,000 3,828,000 2,172,000 3,744,000 2,256,000 3,660,000 2,340,000 3,576,000 2,424,000 3,492,000 2,508,000 3,408,000 2,592,000 3,324,000 2,676,000 3,240,000 2,760,000 3,156,000 2,844,000 3,072,000 2,928,000 2,988,000 3,012,000 2,904,000 3,096,000 2,820,000 3,180,000 2,736,000 3,264,000 2,652,000 3,348,000 2,568,000 3,432,000 2,484,000 3,516,000 52,050,000 $65,250,000 IMPROVEMENT OF CONNECTING ROADS ASSURED "The bonds and interest maturing each year having been provided for, what is to be done with this $65,000,000, an average of $2,600,000 each year? "The surplus is to be used for the improvement of the highways of the state in ac- cordance with Article IV of the Road and Bridge Law, which means that this surplus is to be used, first, for the maintenance of the roads as they are built and, second, for the construction of the connecting roads under the State Aid System. The State Aid System requires the counties to put up an amount equal to the State Aid allotment to the respective counties. Assuming that after providing for maintenance out of this $65,000,000, there will be available for allotment to the counties during the 25 year period the sum of $40,000,000, then the counties would be called upon to furnish an equal amount, thus making a total sum of $80,000,000, available from the state and counties for improving the connecting roads. But that is not all the money that will be available to build the connecting roads. Every year there is raised by the townships through direct levies and bond issues from $8,000,000 to $10,000,000. In twenty-five years this will total from $200,000,000 to $250,000,000, all of which will also be used for this same purpose. This means that while we are paying for the bond issue system through motor fees we shall also be expending approximately $300,000,000 without increasing general taxes beyond the present tax rate and that this $300,000,000 will all go to help the man who is living on a road that is not a part of, or in a village that is not upon, the bond issue system. This does not take into consideration county bond issues which will undoubtedly be used in many of the counties to assist in giving the man off the road a first-class road over which to reach not only his trading center, but a road which will connect him with this main system. Page No. Seventy-three ILLINOIS HIGHWAY IMPROVEMENT BLUEBOOK illlllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllin The Armour Idea O help solve the nation's food problems, to contri- bute to the well-being of the American people by making good food in wide variety conveniently accessible to every table; to identify such purity, quality and goodness by a distinctive mark; to eliminate waste; to encourage pro- duction by maintaining a scientific system of distribution; to pursue this policy dependably, efficiently and economically, and in a spirit of public service COMPANY CHICAGO 4011 Page No. Seventy-four ILLINOIS HIGHWAY IMPROVEMENT BLUEBOOK FUND ALREADY PROVIDED WITHOUT ADDITIONAL TAXATION "The law providing the money to pay the principal and interest of these bonds is Already upon the statute books. There is therefore no additional tax to be levied beyond that already provided for. The only question is, shall we use the credit of the state in order to construct this system of roads in five years rather than take twenty-five years in which to complete this improvement? $ JQ m = *& V fiO 50 40 30 20 = = - - JCCh earn F Hi, SE-fl /35 m wine. rest EfKX. /A&t &V) VBM PCM 1USS Gf. O yroe ?5Afi TATE. VCH/ yTKb y CLfS OO> 1 F 10 ! 1 * > 1 ! * < ' i ! i l i i - i \ \\ \ ! J < - 5 I * i * i ^ i i > z ! 3 ll i i "I am showing also a table comparing the motor fees to be paid in Illinois both in 1918 and 1920 with the fees paid by many of the other important states of the union. By a careful perusal of this table it will be apparent that even with the increase in license fees, which is to be made applicable in 1920, our license fees will still be much below those of many of the other states." BOND TABLE, $60,000,000 Proposed State Highway Bond Issue Showing $10,000,000 Issued Each Year for Six Years During Construction, with Principal Payments Increasing as Interest Decreases Year Maturities 1st issue Maturities 2d issue Maturities 3d issue Maturities 4th issue Maturities 5th issue Maturities 6th issue Combined annual maturities Total annual interest y/2 per cent Total annual payment 1... $ 354,000 $ 354,000 721,000 1,101,000 1,494,000 1,901,000 2,321,000 2,402,000 2,485,000 2,571,000 2,660,000 2,752,000 2,848,000 2,947,000 3,050,000 3,156,000 3,266,000 3,380,000 3,498,000 3,619,000 3,744,000 3,172,000 2,580,000 1,967,000 1,333,000 678,000 $ 350,000 687,610 1,012,375 1,323,840 1,621,500 1,905,015 1,823,780 1,739,710 1,652,735 1,562,750 1,469,650 1,373,330 1,273,650 1,170,505 1,063,755 953,295 838,985 720,685 598,255 471,590 340,550 229,530 139,230 70,385 23,730 $ 704,000 1,408,610 2,113,375 2,817,840 3,522,550 4,22^,015 4,225,780 4,224,710 4,223,735 4,222,750 4,221,650 4,221,330 4,220,650 4,220,505 4,219,755 4,219,295 4,218,985 4,218,685 4,217,255 4,215,590 3,512,550 2,809,530 2,106,230 1,403,385 701,730 2 367,000 380,000 393,000 407,000 420,000 435,000 450,000 466,000 482,000 499,000 516,000 534,000 553,000 572,000 592,000 613,000 634,000 655,000 678,000 $ 354,000 367,000 380,000 393,000 407,000 420,000 435,000 450,000 466,000 482,000 499,000 516,000 534,000 553,000 572,000 592,000 613,000 634,000 655,000 678,000 3 $ 354,000 367,000 386,000 393,000 407,000 420,000 435,000 450,000 466,000 482,000 499,000 516,000 534,000 553,000 572,000 592,000 613,000 634,000 655,000 678,000 4 $ 354,000 367,000 380,000 393,000 407,000 420,000 435,000 450,000 466,000 482,000 499,000 516,000 534,000 553,000 572,000 592,000 613,000 634,000 655,000 678,000 5 $ 354,000 367,000 380,000 393,000 407,000 420,000 435,000 450,000 466,000 482,000 499,000 516,000 534,000 553,000 572,000 592,000 613,000 634.000 655,000 678,000 6... . $ 354,000 367,000 380,000 393,000 407,000 420,000 435,000 450,000 466,000 482,000 499,000 516,000 534,000 553,000 572,000 592,000 613,000 631,000 655,000 678,000 7 8 . 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 . 16 17 ... 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 $10,000,000 $10.000,000 !$10,000,000 $10,000,000 S10,000,000 $10,000,000 $60,000,000 $24,416,490 1 $84,416,490 Page No. Seventy-five ILLINOIS HIGHWAY IMPROVEMENT BLUEHOOK Hotel Sherman Randolph Street at Clark and Fort Dearborn Hotel La Salle Street at Van Buren Chicago "Believe in Good Roads We have a large staff of highly trained students of investment always at your dis- posal. We suggest that you discuss your financial affairs with them. John Burn ham & Co. Chicago 41 South La Salle Street M- Burdick's Road Signs Vitreous Porcelain 'Enamel Are the best road markers. They will never fade or tarnish. Are made in all colors and is the most economical, attractive and dur- able sign on the market. Write for circular. The Burdick Unamel Sign Co. llth Floor Consumers Bldg. CHICAGO, ILL. Page No. Seventy-six ILLINOIS HIGHWAY IMPROVEMENT BLUEBOOK BOND TABLE, $60,000,000 Proposed State Highway Bond Issue Showing $10,000,000 Issued Each Year for Six Years During Construction, with Principal Payments Fixed at $500,000 per Issue Each Year Year Maturities 1st Issue Maturities 2d Issue Maturities 3d Issue Maturities 4th Issue Maturities 5th Issue Maturities 6th Issue Combined annual maturities Total annual interest "iiYi per cent Total annual payment 1 . . $ 500,000 $ 500,000 1,000,000 1,500,000 2,000,000 2,500,000 3,000,000 3,000,000 3,000,000 3,000,000 3,000,000 3,000,000 3,000,000 3,000,000 3,000,000 3,000,000 3,000,000 3,000,000 3,000,000 3,000,000 3,000,000 2,500,000 2,000,000 1,500,000 1,000,000 500,000 $ 350,000 682,500 997,500 1,295,000 1,575,000 1,837,500 1,732,500 1,627,500 1,522,500 1,417,500 1,312,500 1,207,500 1.102,500 997,500 892,500 787,500 682,500 577,500 472,500 367,500 262,500 175,000 105,000 52,500 17,500 $ 850,000 1,682,500 2,497,500 3,295,000 4,075,000 4,837,500 4,732,500 4,627,500 4,522,500 4,417,500 4,312,500 4,207,500 4,102,500 3,997,500 3,892,500 3,787,500 3,682,500 3,577,500 3,472,500 3,367,500 2,762,500 2,175,000 1,605,000 1,052,500 517,500 2 3 500,000 500,000 500,000 500,000 500,000 500,000 500,000 500,000 500,000 500,000 500,000 500,000 500,000 500,000 500,000 500,000 500,000 500,000 500,000 $ 500,000 500,000 500,000 500,000 500,000 500,000 500,000 500,000 500,000 500,000 500,000 500,000 500,000 500,000 500,000 500,000 500,000 500,000 500,000 500.000 $' ' 500,666 500,000 500,000 500,000 500,000 500,000 500,000 500,000 500,000 500,000 500,000 500,000 500,000 500,000 500,000 500,000 500,000 500,000 500,000 500,000 4 $ 500,000 500,000 500,000 500,000 500,000 500,000 500,000 500,000 500,000 500,000 500,000 500,000 500,000 500,000 500,000 500,000 500,000 500,000 500,000 500,000 5 $ 500,000 500,000 500,000 500,000 500,000 500,000 500,000 500,000 500,000 500,000 500,000 500,000 500,000 500,000 500,000 500,000 500,000 500,000 500,000 500,000 6 $ 500,000 500,000 500,000 500,000 500,000 500,000 500,000 500,000 500,000 500,000 500,000 500,000 500,000 500,000 500,000 500,000 500,000 500,000 500,000 500,000 7 8 ... 9 10 11 12 13 .... 14 15 ... 16......... 17 18 19 20 .... 21 2' 23 24 :.:.... 25 . $10,000,000 $10,000,000 $10,000,000 $10,000,000 $10,000,000 $10,000,000 $60,000,000 $22,050,000 $82,050,000 Average Payment Over 25-Year Period Principal $2,400,000 Interest 882,000 Total $3,282,000 Motor Fees Collected Number of Autos Fees 1911 38,269 $ 105,344.28 1912 68,012 375,716.22 1913 94,646 507,13477 1914 131,140 703,403-70 1915 180,832 924,905.74 1916 248,429 1,236,566.35 1917 340,252 1,588,834-69 1918 389,761 2,762,574.03 1919 (To April i ) . . . 286,300 2,097,465.41 Annual Fees Prior to 1918 10 horse power and less $ 3.00 25 horse power and more than 10 horse power 4.00 35 horse power and more than 25 horse power 6.00 50 horse power and more than 35 horse power 8.00 More than 50 horse power 10.00 Electric motor vehicles of 2 tons ca- pacity and less 5.00 Electric motor vehicles of over 2 tons capacity ic.co Registration Fees for Motor Vehicles Showing Rates Effective in 1918-1919 and 1920 1918 1919 1920 10 H. P. and less. $ 4.50 $ 4.50 $ 6.00 25 H. P. and more than 10 6.00 6.00 8.00 35 H. P. and more than 25 9.00 9.00 12.00 50 H. P. and more than 35 16.00 16.00 20.00 More than 50 H. P 20.00 20.00 25.00 Motor bicycle 3.00 3.00 4.00 Electric vehicles to and including 2 tons 10.00 10.00 12.00 Electric vehicles over 2 tons 20.00 20.00 25.00 Page No. Seventy-seven ILLINOIS HIGHWAY IMPROVEMENT BLUEBOOK Conservative Loans on City Real Estate Choice Farm Loans Chiefly on the black lands of Illinois, Iowa, Idaho and Montana Paying 5% to 6fo Interest Amounts to suit any investor Applications for city and farm loans solicited This bank accepts and executes trusts in all capacities EOPLES IRUSTaidSAVlNGSBANK OF CHICAGO "Opposite the Lions" on Michigan Boulevard Page No. Seventy-eight ILLINOIS HIGHWAY IMPROVEMENT BLUEBOOK What the Labor Unions Did Amon& Most Effective Good Roads Boosters L ABOR unions were among the most effective agencies that worked in behalf of the bond issue. From the earliest years of the move- ment leaders of organized labor were firm believers in good roads I and assisted in furthering the cause whereon they were called on. In the bond issue campaign they joined hands with the motorists, farmers and business men and took a leading part, carrying on their own campaign in cooperation with the Illinois Highway Improvement Association. The Illinois State Federation of Labor, the Chicago Federation of Labor, the Chicago Building Trades Council, State Miners Association, and other parent organizations took the leadership. In the last six weeks of the cam- paign Gov. Lowden amplified an earlier statement he had made and declared that about $30,000,000 of the $60,000,000 involved in the bond issue would go to labor. This statement brought this en- largement from Barney Cohen, Illinois State Director of Labor, and a promi- nent union man : "From the most careful estimates by men familiar with road building, it can be surely asserted that of the $60,000,000 com- ing from the proceeds of automobile licenses that at least one-half, or $30,000,000 will be paid to labor for its work in building these roads. "Even though a working man does not himself do any work on this enterprise, yet he will be favorably affected by it, for he will not be subjected to the competition of those who will be employed. Workers at skilled trades will be better enabled to main- tain the present prices for their services if the State is employing $30,000,000 worth of labor on a State enterprise. With workmen drawing this sum, not only will a vast work- ing force be withdrawn from competitive industry, but the distribution of this vast sum among the workers will tend to render stable all industrial enterprises. "Distribute $30,000,000 among those workers who will be actively employed in the enterprise, and this sum will be re-dis- tributed among other workers to pay for everything that labor produces." Mr. Cohen's statement and the indorsement of union labor bodies were published in a pamphlet entitled, "Labor's Interest in Good Roads in Illinois." ROBERT W. DUNN Mr. Dunn took up the good roads burden in 1913 as chairman of the good roads committee of the Hamilton Club of Chicago. He was on the advisory board of the Illinois Highway Improvement association until 1917 when he was elected secretary. He also has been a director of the Associated Roads Organization of Chicago and Cook County. A successful and busy Chicago lawyer, Mr. Dunn has donated his legal services to the association in litigation connected with county and state good roads bond issues. Being a forceful speaker, he was in great demand as an orator during the $60,000,000 bond issue campaign. Page No. Seventy-nine ILLINOIS HIGHWAY IMPROVEMENT BLUEBOOK J I IL GOOD BONDS for GOOD ROADS National Surety Company (The World's Largest Surety Company) Executes Bonds for Road Contractors JlflllillPElJfftNC. General Agents CHAS. H. BURRAS President W. HERBERT STEWART, Vice President JOHN McKECHNEY, Vice President EMIL L. LEDERER, Secretary THE ROOKERY CHICAGO, ILL Largest Surety Bond Agency in the World JL Page No. Eighty ILLINOIS HIGHWAY IMPROVEMENT BLUEBOOK MINERS' FEDERATION INDORSES IT The state convention of the Illinois Federation of Miners adopted the following indorsement : "Whereas, The Illinois Legislature has submitted to the voters of Illinois for their consideration at the General Election in November next an important question that requires a majority of all the votes cast at said election for adoption, and "Whereas, This proposition is of such interest that we as miners, members of the Illinois Federation of Miners in Convention assembled at Peqria, recognizing the gen- eral good to result from an improved system of hard-surfaced highways, desire to express our approval. "Therefore be it resolved, That we give hearty endorsement to the proposed $60,000,000 good road Bond Issue, with the understanding that the funds to pay both the principal and the interest on the Bond are to be secured from State Motor Vehicle License fees as provided for in the enabling act passed by the 5Oth General Assembly." CHICAGO FEDERATION AND CAR MEN The Chicago Federation of Labor and Typographical Union No. 16 of Chicago, adopted this resolution. "Resolved, That we give hearty indorsement to the proposed $60,000,000 bond issue, with the understanding that the funds to pay both the principal and the interest on the bonds are to be secured from the state motor vehicle license fees * * * and with the further understanding that no effort will be made to sell the bonds or to build the roads until after we win the war." The Chicago Street Car Men's Union adopted this indorsement: "Whereas, The proposed $60,000,000 Good Roads Bond Issue, which the Illinois Legislature has submitted to the voters of I/linois in the coming November election, will result in great advantages to the people of Illinois generally if endorsed by the voters, and "Whereas, The funds to pay both the principal and interest on the bonds are to be secured from State motor vehicle license fees, the bonds to be marketed and the work to commence after the close of the war, giving a return to labor of more than $30,000,000 in construction work, while the total cost will be borne by those who own automobiles, the funds coming from the motor license fees solely, and "Whereas, The passage of this bond issue would not only prove advantageous to labor, but to the citizens of Illinois as a whole, therefore be it "Resolved, That Division 241 of the Amalgamated Association of Street and Elec- tric Railway Employes of America endorse this proposition and urge upon our members the necessity of voting for it at the November election, a majority of all votes cast at this election being required for its adoption." Other labor bodies that actively assisted were : Division No. i, Order of Railway Conductors ; Brotherhood of Threshermen ; Quincy Trades and Labor Assembly; W. M. Hobbs, Lodge No. 4, P. H. Morrissey Lodge No. 62, At Last Lodge No. 456 and Columbia Lodge No. 479, Brotherhood of Railroad Train- men; Jack Christie Division No. 231, John Player Division No. 458 and No. 645, Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers ; Lodge No. 217, Brotherhood of the Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen; Springfield Federation of Labor; Bricklayers and Stone Masons Union of Chicago ; Central Trades and Labor Assembly of Bloomington ; and Garden City Branch No. n, Chicago Letter Carriers' Association. The heavy vote that the bond issue received in the wards of Chicago, Peoria and other cities where workingmen lived was attributed to the active support given by the labor unions. Page No. Eighty-one ILLINOIS HIGHWAY IMPROVEMENT BLUEBOOK Use Our Experience in Making Your Investments WE have been buying and selling securities for a good many years. Our experts base their judgment of value upon investigated facts. They have the experience and the facilities for gathering fundamental data. In this bank investors obtain real service and a per- sonal attention, which aims to assist each customer in making investments best suited to individual needs. Safety, courtesy and reliable informa- tion are the features we emphasize in seeking the patronage of those who make investments large or small. BOND DEPARTMENT N.W. Cor. La Sallt & Monroe Streets, Page No. Eighty-two ILLINOIS HIGHWAY IMPROVEMENT BLUEBOOK What the Farmers Did Why the Agriculturist was For the Bond Issue I HE agricultural interests, with few exceptions, did yeoman serv- ice in the bond issue campaign. The Illinois Farmers Insti- tute, with its branches in each county; the Corn Growers and Stockmen; the State Dairymen's Association; the Agricultural Association of Illinois; the Cook County Truck Gardeners and Farmers Association ; the stock growers and breeders, the county farm advisers, the Rural Mail Carriers' Association, the State Grain Dealers Association and kindred organizations were back of the bond issue with their full memberships. Boards of supervisors of nearly all the counties of the state, composed largely of farmers, and the convention of supervisors, county commissioners, county clerks, probate clerks and county auditors indorsed the issue and worked for it. A typical resolution of indorsement was that passed by the State Dairy- men's Association. It follows: 'Whereas, This method appears the only satisfactory one to construct a reasonably complete system within the space of an ordinary lifetime ; and 'Whereas, There is no modern movement of such vital interest to all agriculturists and to dairymen in particular as the easy transportation of our products to market; therefore be it "Resolved, That this association heartily indorse the proposition to issue state bonds for the purpose of building hard roads." DISTRIBUTE 1,000,000 PAMPHLETS The organizations named above were instrumental in circulating nearly 1,000,000 pamphlets entitled "365-Day Roads," written by B. F. Harris, banker- farmer of Champaign, and "The Sixty Million Dollar Bond Issue from the Farmer's Standpoint," written by H. M. Dunlap of Savoy, farmer-horti- culturist and a member of the Illinois senate. Part of Mr. Dunlap's paper follows: "Now as to the man who does not own an automobile. You will have a harder time to convince him, for the reason that you are telling him that he is getting some- thing for nothing. I do not know whether you know the mind of the average farmer as I do, or of the average man, for that matter, but when you approach the average man and tell him you are going to give him something for nothing, he naturally grows suspicious ; so you are going to have more trouble convincing the man without the automobile that he should vote for the bond issue than the one with the automobile. He must be satisfied that this is what it purports to be a case where the automobile owner. pays the bill. "The ordinary farmer should look at this matter of hard surfaced roads from an unbiased standpoint, and see that it is to his advantage, whether he owns an automobile or not. One of the advantages is 'economy.' He will save one-half in hauling his crops to the market. His teams will haul heavier loads, they will make the trip in a much shorter space of time, and the general expense of wear and tear upon his team will be less. These are the things that come home to the farmer in an economic way. When these roads are built, the farmers are going to do more of the hauling with trucks, and a farmer should look forward to that side of the question. I refer to a little experience in hauling my crops from the orchard to Champaign. Over the dirt road system a few years ago, I had a 3-tpn truck with a trailer behind it, with which we hauled 60 barrels of apples. These sixty barrels weighed 160 pounds each. We made three trips daily to town. If we made a fourth trip, we had to go beyond the limit of Page No. Eighty-three ILLINOIS HIGHWAY IMPROVEMENT BLUEEOOK OFFICERS ERNEST A. HAMILL, PRESIDENT CHARLES L. HUTCHINSON, VICE-PRES. D. A. MOULTON, VICE-PRESIDENT OWEN T. REEVES, JR. .VICE-PRESIDENT J. EDWARD MAASS, VICE-PRESIDENT NORMAN J. FORD, VICE-PRESIDENT JAMES G. WAKEFIELD, CASHIER LEWIS E. GARY, ASS'T CASHIER EDWARD F. SCHOENECK, ASS'T CASH. JAMES A. WALKER, ASS'T CASHIER CHARLES NOVAK, ASS'T CASHIER JOSEPH C. ROVENSKY, ASS'T CASH. DIRECTORS WATSON F. BLAIR CHAUNCEY B. BORLAND EDWARD B. BUTLER BENJAMIN CARPENTER CLYDE M. CARR ERNEST A. HAMILL, PRESIDENT CHARLES H. HULBURD CHARLES L. HUTCHINSON, VICE-PRES. MARTIN A. RYERSON J. HARRY SELZ EDWARD A. SHEDD ROBERT J. THORNE CHARLES H. WACKER SAVINGS DEPARTMENT JAMES K. CALHOUN, MANAGER Capital and Surplus $10,000,000 CORN EXCHANGE BANK BUILDING The Corn Exchange National Bank $f Chicago Accounts of Individuals, Firms and Corporations Invited Page No. Eighty-four ILLINOIS HIGHWAY IMPROVEMENT BLUEBOOK Ten iding Questions ' and their Authoritative Answers the $60,000,000.00 OF STATE BONDS aid a State-wide System of anent Roads The Sixty Million Dollar Bond Issue from the Farmer's Viewpoint i/fn zJlildress Hon. H. M. DUNLAP eboi isons f theB< IIIIIIIIHIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII^ = "Pull Illinois < The Sixty | Million Dollar | Bond Issue I Explained \ Bj Thomas Sudduth = Treasurer Illinois Highuwy Improvement 5 |j Owner and farmer of Sandman County S = Illinois Highway Improvement = Association liiiiimiiiMiniHiiiiiiiiiiiiimHiiiiiHmiiiiitiHiiii SAMPLES OF PAMPHLETS WIDELY DISTRIBUTED DURING THE CAMPAIGN. COUNTY COMMIT- TEES WERE ALLOWED TO PICK THE CIRCULARS BEST FITTED TO THEIR CONSTITUENCIES. ten hours. Since these hard roads were completed down to my farm, we have been hauling with that same truck and trailer 85 barrels instead of 60. Instead of making three trips per day, we made five. Such facts as that ought to appeal to the farmer who has crops to haul. While I have not figured the exact amount of that saving in dollars and cents, you can see that it is very considerable. It is over 100 per cent, and then some. "Not only would these roads be a benefit to the farmer from an economic stand- point, but they are of great value to him from an educational and social standpoint. If we ever have these roads, there will be an improved system of schools in the country especially outside of the city over what there is today. The little red school house with a dozen scholars (I think there are some 800 in the State with less than eight scholars) as well as the larger ones, will be consolidated into community schools, and these schools being community schools made from consolidated districts will be stronger, and with the better corps of teachers you will be able to get will be much better. Your expense of running the school will be lessened or at least not increased, and there will result a greatly increased value in the training that your children will get in those schools. The community school would be worth many wonderful things to the neigh- borhood in which it is located, and I take it that our high schools now in considerable disrepute over the State will be modified into community schools. At the same time they will teach the grade as well as the high school studies, and become centers for the community, as they should be. When these things come about and nothing will bring them about quicker than good roads the community will certainly experience a definite and striking advance in education. Page No. Eighty-five ILLINOIS HIGHWAY IMPROVEMENT BLUEBOOK The Moraine Hotel : Highland Park, Illinois On Sheridan Road. 25 miles from Chicago SERVICE A LA CARTE When visiting Fort Sheridan or Great Lakes Naval Training Station, this is the place to stop for Luncheon or Dinner. TELEPHONE HIGHLAND PARK soo R. w. LARKE, MANAGER n n PRINTING FOR THE BUSINESSMAN The Ryan & Hart Co. 324-326 Federal Street CHICAGO Phone Wabash 488 Private Exchange All Depts. John M. Ryan President Geo. H. Hart Vice-Pres. Elmer E. Buchan Secretary u u The A. C. Loomis Company Incorporated iimimiiiiiiimmiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiimiiiiimiiiHimiiiiiiiiiimiiiiiiimiiimi B U I L D E R S OF State Roads and City Pavements MATTOON ILLINOIS Page No. Eighty-six Advertising Cloth Signs and Banners Advertising Felt, Paper or Cloth Pennants Advertising Celluloid, Paper or Metal Buttons All Kinds Ribbon and Celluloid Badges Geraghty &b Co. 3035 We& Lake Street Chicago, Illinois We furnished the signs that helped "Pull Illinois Out of the Mud" ILLINOIS HIGHWAY IMPROVEMENT BLUEBOOK THE ESSENTIAL SIDE OF IT TO THE FARMER "If there is anything that will tend to keep the young people on the farm, and that will make the life of the older ones living upon the farms more enjoyable, it is better roads and automobiles. Now I can say from experience that every farmer who lives upon a farm can appreciate that fact. It will do away in some measure with the line of demarkation between the city and the country. It will make the farmer more self- respecting. He will take a more active part in the social affairs of his neighborhood, which should include the city as well as the country. The city people will mingle with the country people more in their social affairs than has been done in the past. With dirt roads, it is impossible to make an appointment in the city in advance without taking the weather into consideration, unless you are living upon a hard road. In the earlier days, speak- ing about social affairs, it was almost impossible to think of buying tickets for an enter- tainment of any kind in advance because we did not know that we would be able to attend when it came off. "I was on the road and bridge committee of our county board some twenty-five years ago, and we had occasion to inspect a bridge which was being constructed in this county. We took the train to Rantoul and drove to Fisher, a distance of ten miles, in a two-seated buggy. We had not gone very far when two of us had to get out and walk while the third, with the driver, stayed in the buggy and punched mud out of the spokes of the wheels in order that the team could pull the rig. Two of us walked two-thirds of the way, changing off in punching mud in order to get there. That is the kind of roads we have been up against in this county. Better roads, as proposed by this system, will enable us to get over the county readily, and over the State as well. Five thousand miles of roads will make us happy. "When the farmer says that these roads do not pass his farm, and he is not interested, he is mistaken. If lie will stop to think a moment, he will know that he is interested. If he wants to go 50, 100, 200 or more miles away from home, all he has to do is to drive to the nearest hard road, not more than five miles away, and on this improved road he can go any place in the State, and this is not all : These roads can afterward be connected up they are the skeleton, and if a progressive community de- sires to have roads connecting with this State road system, there is a good opportunity to secure them by showing the right amount of activity in their local community. The million dollars that have been provided heretofore by the State, and met by similar appropriations from the counties, will put in some of these connecting or local roads each year as time goes along, and if a county gets in a hurry and wants to do this thing right, it will issue bonds and build the connecting local roads within a year or two, so that they have the advantage of local county roads and are connected up with the entire system of State roads. So it seems the farmer has everything that would interest him in a proposition of this kind, as the farmers own automobiles more than the city people it would seem that at least 75 per cent of the farmers own automobiles, because less than 15 per cent of the vehicles that go by my place are drawn by horses. We are coming to the time when you don't have to talk to the farmer as a class on this bond issue. The only thing is that he shall understand that the money will be paid in the way it is. This money has been provided for by a law already enacted. The auto- mobile fee has been levied. "Now the question is : 'Do you want to keep on building these roads year by year as the money is paid in, a few miles in each county at a time, going over a period of 25 years, or do you want to build them all within the short period of five years, as pro- vided by the bond issue?' "When this proposition of a State-wide and State-controlled system of hard roads was first called to my attention at the Danville Convention a year ago, Mr. Edens, your President, will tell you that I did not fall in with it at once. I was not sure that was the best way to build these roads. I said I would investigate, and I have done so. When the matter came up in the Legislature, I made up my mind that there are objections to the present system of State and county aid roads that were not conducive to the best results when it came to a comprehensive State-wide system of roads. In the first place, under present law, the character of the road is left to the board of supervisors to determine. They lay out the roads subject to the approval of the Highway Commis- sion, so that you have practically 102 different ideas on road building, because each county has its own ideas, and perhaps each member on the county board has an individual idea. Some of the counties will want to use the money in one way and some in another, and it would take a long time to get a complete system of State roads. I came to the conclusion, and I certainly feel that the Legislature did a very wise thing in passing this bond issue proposition, because it gives us the opportunity to determine next November that we shall build these roads within a certain specified period within five years, no doubt, which time will be limited instead of spreading it over a period of 25 Page No. Eighty-seven ILLINOIS HIGHWAY IMPROVEMENT BLUEBOOK PAIGE < 737ie CVVfost Serviceable ^Truck in America MOTOR TRUCKS 1 1 A ton 2 ton 3M ton 5 ton BIRD-SYKES COMPANY Middle We& Di&ributors 2215 South Michigan Avenue CHICAGO, ILL. HERE is no delay , confu- sion or regret when your Printing Orders are sent to WPDunn (ompany Printers of Catalogs, "Booklets, Nailing Tolders, &c. 725 South La Salle St. Chicago TELEPHONE HARRISON 7239 Albion Shale Brick Co. Manufacturers of the Famous ALBION Shale Blocks also Rou&h Texture, Face and Common Builders Page No. Eighty-eight ILLINOIS HIGHWAY IMPROVEMENT BLUEBOOK years and leaving it to the option of the county boards. You must have a head to these things some sort of system." The farmers provided some of the most effective speakers of the campaign. Among these were August Geweke of Morton Grove and James Wilson, former member of the state highway commission. 'PULL ILLINOIS OUT OF THE MUD" 31Utnoig ^tflfttoap ^Improvement B&sociation nfTP PT 4'rj?nt?M * A State Bond Issue of $60,000,000 to be voted for at the General EUaion in November, U\JI\. ri^Slll UI\1V1 1918, as authorized by the Fiftieth General Assembly, for the purpose of construaing a State Wide System of permanent hard roads to connect the different communities and principal cities and towns of the Stale. 2 Funds {or the payment of the bonds and the interest thereon to be taken from State Automobile License Feet now being accumulated by the State of Illinois for this purpose. 3 Authorize issuance of these bonds now and build the roads after the war, when public improvements will give timely employment to labor. .Istuiatan HtaJyuarlers, Ch'icap Miss Laura K. Kennedy, Assl. Secretary in Charft Suite 313 and 314 Hotel LaSalle l&onor For co-operation of high merit in the successful campaign for approval by the people of Illinois of the $60,000,000 State Good Roads Bond Issue, 1918 2frp oroer of tfje PMII.I.IPM. (irfnVlll jt^ iniKza. Omuu cit> HARRY NEWMAN, Chlcl'io TRAILS COMHITTCE Dr. I. A. H'MPKIN. Miltoon H. C. W1LH1TE. Alton MALCOIJI MACKINNON Rook Col CFX'RUED. HOPER.'RooBf JOSKl'H C. 8BY8TEB. Oracon J. W. COBKING8. D Kslb G W HUOHE8. Htuu W. S. MeCLrNTOCK. Gs! THESE HONOR AWARDS WERE GIVEN TO ACTIVE WORKERS IN THE $60,000,000 CAMPAIGN" Page No. Eighty-nine ILLINOIS HIGHWAY IMPROVEMENT BLUEBOOK United States ftf lBll|& 1? I Capital & Surplus Depositary V*$BSSiXI $4,000,000 Bank offers a particularly attractive correspondent service to outside banks, and is especially in- terested in extending its connections with bank- ing institutions desiring to avail themselves of our broad facilities in all departments of the banking business. [Write us for proofs and details of our | monthly advertising service for the I free use of correspondent banks | OFFICERS: WILLIAM A. TILDEN, President HENRY R. KENT, Vice-President WM. L. McKEE, Vice-President JOHN FLETCHER, Vice-President WM. W. LE GROS, Cashier GEORGE H. WILSON, Vice-President CHAS. L. BOYE, Asst. Cashier MARCUS JACOBOWSKY, Vice-President ROBT. J. McKAY, Asst. Cashier CHARLES FERNALD, Vice-President WM. E. McLALLEN, Asst. Cashier E. C. TUBBS, Vice-President WM. J. FICKINGER, Asst. Cashier EDWARD R. HEINZ, Asst. Cashier and Manager Foreign Exchange Dept. Fort Dearborn National Bank Monroe at r-ii Clark st. Chicago Page No. Ninety ILLINOIS HIGHWAY IMPROVEMENT BLUEBOOK iiiiiHimiiiiiniHiimiiiimiiiiiiiiiiiiimiimiiiiimimmiimiiiiiiiiiiiiimmmiiiiiiiiim What Business Men Did Commercial Clubs Were Leaders \ HE commercial organizations of the state were tireless in their efforts during the campaign. The Illinois Bankers Association, the Chicago Association of Commerce, the Illinois Manufacturers Association, the Illinois Retail Clothiers Association, the Illinois Hotel Men's Association and other state bodies were among the most active in soliciting the interest of their own members and other business men, as well as their clerks and other employes. The chambers of commerce and commercial associations of practically every city in the state were influential in their communities. The Women's Clubs The Illinois Federation of Women's Clubs was a pioneer among the good roads organizations of Illinois. When the campaign started in 1912, Mrs. Fred W. Blocki of Chicago was chairman of the conservation department of the fed- eration, under which the good roads committee was grouped. Through her efforts the association became a vital force in the movement. Mrs. H. M. Dun- lap of Savoy gave a great deal of her time to the work, being in demand as a speaker. Various individual women's clubs of the state indorsed the bond issue after it had received the approval of the state association at its annual conven- tion, and their members were active in soliciting votes. Under the constitution the women voters of the state could not vote on the proposition in the election, but the women proved to be among the most effective campaigners. The "Movies" Moving picture theater men of the state threw open their houses to the good roads film entitled : "Thru Illinois : Over Unchanged Roads in a World of Change." This film was booked through the Chicago office of the association and was in greater demand than the supply until the influenza epidemic closed the thea- ters. The theater owners and their machine operators are entitled to credit for their cooperation. Miscellaneous Organizations The Illinois State Medical Society and the Chicago Medical Society, the Illinois Bar Association, the Illinois Gas Association, ministers' associations of various denominations and other miscellaneous organizations indorsed the bond issue and assisted in its approval at the polls. Page No. Ninety-one ILLINOIS HIGHWAY IMPROVEMENT BLUEHOOK lie farmer of iodaX? proudly beacLes his son -xtfha'b nis lather 4:o TISG a John Deere Plo^. JOHN Moline, Illinois No. Ninety-two ILLINOIS HIGHWAY IMPROVEMENT BLUEBOOK iiiiMiiiiiiiiimiiiiimiiiiHMiMMmiimiiimiiMniiiMiiiiMMiiMiiiimiiimiiiMiMmiiiiiiiiiiiMmiiiiiiimiMiiMiMiiiu Where the Majority Came From Vote on State Wide System of Hard Roads Counties Adams . . . Alexander Bond Boone Brown . . . Bureau . Highest legislative vote 8,348 2,707 2,280 1,161 6,553 Yes 6,805 3,122 2,046 1,814 926 4,408 No 2,151 72 383 470 559 874 Calhoun 1,254 958 153 Carroll 2,665 2,245 258 Cass 3,375 2,322 375 Champaign 8,428 6,542 1,513 Christian 6,053 4,307 1,491 Clark 4,751 3,300 746 Clay 3,429 2,001 454 Clinton 3,472 2,091 465 Coles 6,474 4,967 1,206 Cook (see below) Crawford 4,588 3,871 664 Cumberland 2,805 2,081 459 DeKalb 4,73O 4,243 472 DeWitt 3,829 1,587 1,327 Douglas 3,251 2,716 445 DuPage 5,810 5,048 355 Edgar 6,01 1 4,628 778 Edwards 1,922 1,551 238 Effiingham 3,347 i,938 694 Fayette 4,586 3,322 1,078 Ford 2,694 2,099 262 Franklin 6,n6 4,642 1,003 Fulton 7,837 5,619 1,212 Gallatin 2,045 1,927 131 Greene 3,461 2,332 647 Grundy 2,834 2,513 242 Hamilton 3,081 1,492 627 Hancock 5,744 3,97 i,77o Hardin .- 1,288 916 158 Henderson 1,749 T >46 451 Henry 7,009 5,605 946 Iroquois 5,231 4,224 1,007 Jackson 6,210 3,730 641 Jasper 3,258 1,661 1,017 Jefferson 5,352 2,981 963 Jersey 2,196 1,856 208 Jo Daviess 4,122 3,3Oi 584 Johnson 2,173 M7O 260 Kane 13,694 10,482 1,375 Kankakee 5,467 5,348 554 Kendall 1,698 1,532 90 Knox 7,251 4,853 1,278 Lake 7,ooo 6,568 587 La Salle 15,878 n,454 1,070 Page No. Ninety-three 692^ 674 345^ Majority Constitutional on majority proposition 2,631 4,654 3,050 1,663 1,344 367 3,624 805 i,987 1,947 5,029 2,816 2,554 i,547 2,526 3,76i 331 OI3J4 634^ 2,328 1,280^ 924^ 286^ 1,255 1,730 i,577 678^ 1,878 * 327^ I.OOO 1 /' 2,143 1,62214 590 264^ 1,029 752 1,584 1,700^2 904 T /> 1,096 i, 008 272 171 2,100^ 1, 608^ 625 32 305 758 I,24O 383^ 3,635 683 3,068 3,515 3,207 1,622 3,771 260 2,271 4,693 3,850 i,3i3 1,244 2,244 i,837 3,639 4,407 1,796 1,685 2,271 865 2,200 758 595 4,659 3,217 3,089 644 2,018 i,558 2,717 1,210 9,107 4,794 1,442 3,575 5,98i 10,384 ILLINOIS HIGHWAY IMPROVEMENT BLUEBOOK MEMBERS NEW YORK, BOSTON, CHICAGO STOCK EXCHANGES HORNBLOWER&WEEKS Bankers and Brokers 37 South La Salle Street Chicago NEW YORK BOSTON DETROIT "Chicago Pneumatic" Products include Pneumatic Tools Electric Drills, Oil Air Compressors Gas & Steam Engines Vacuum Pumps Rock Drills Write for Bulletins Chicago Pneumatic Tool Company Fisher Building New York Chicago San Francisco Sales offices all over the World Page No. Ninety-four Counties ILLINOIS HIGHWAY IMPROVEMENT BLUEBOOK Highest Majority legislative Yes No Constitutional on vote majority proposition Lawrence .............. 3,727 3,449 358 1,585^ 3,091 Lee ................... 4,857 4,063 558 1,634^ 3,505 Livingston ............. 6,473 4,772 949 1,5351^ 3,823 Logan ................. 4,893 3,036 1,065 589^2 1,971 Macon ................ 9,480 . 6,221 2,389 1,481 3,382 Macoupin ............. 6,664 5,274 1,379 i,942 3,895 Madison ............... 14,822 12,152 1,408 4,741 10,744 Mar', ................ 5,857 4J59 1,396 1,230^ 2,763 Marshall .............. 3,047 2,453 357 929 2,096 Mason ................. 3,013 2,319 316 812^ 2,003 Massac ... ............. 1,947 1,234 277 260^ 957 McDonough ........... 5,208 3,484 1,316 835 2,168 McHenry ............. 5,299 4,630 317 1,080^ 4,313 McLean ............... 10,066 7,462 2,322 2,429 5,140 Menard ............... 2,374 1,762 349 575 1,413 Mercer ................ 4,009 2,461 686 456^ 1,775 Monroe ............... 2,458 1,760 293 531 1,467 Montgomery ........... 6,570 4,679 1,017 1,394 3,662 Morgan ............... 6,357 3,644 1,788 465 J /2 1,856 Moultrie .............. 2,620 1,808 663 408 . 1,145 Ogle ................... 5,066 4,397 449 1,864 3,948 Peoria ................. 16,355 12,644 2,572 4,466^ 10,072 Perry ................. 4,224 2,512 626 400 1,886 P'att .................. 2,716 1,697 757 339 940 Pike ................... 4,895 3,207 1,093 759 I /2 2,114 Pope .................. 1,579 1,176 229 386^ 947 Pulaski ................ 2,285 i,598 176 455^ 1,422 Putnam ............... 1,076 692 123 154 569 Randolph .............. 5,144 3,159 780 587 2,479 Richland ............... 2,971 1,966 856 480^ 1,110 Rock Island ............ 12,218 11,176 928 5,067 10,148 Saline ................. 5,519 4,237 744 1,477^ 3,493 Sangamon ............. 17,632 13,266 ' 3,077 4,450 10,189 Schuyler ............... 2,655 1,832 708 504^ 1,124 Scott .................. 2,008 1,381 409 377 972 Shelby ................ 4,639 3,179 1,415 859 T /2 1,764 Stark .................. 1,806 1,126 519 223 607 St. Clair ................ 19,409 13,415 2,035 3,7*0^ 11,380 Stephenson ............ 6,109 4,696 1,394 1,596^2 3,302 Tazewell ............... 6,082 4,541 1,153 I,50O 3,388 Union ................. 2,955 2,297 352 8i9 r /2 1,945 Vermilion .............. 12,772 9,723 1,788 3,337 7,935 Wabash ............... 2,560 1,852 220 572 1,632 Warren ................ 4,482 3,337 921 1,096 2,416 Washington ............ 3,231 2,383 412 7675^ 1,971 Wayne ...... .* ...... ... 4,221 2,289 i,i73 178^2 1,116 White ................. 4,023 3,331 401 ^,3^/2 2,930 Whiteside ............. 5,504 4,989 423 2,237 4,566 Will ................... 12,824 10,860 1,197 4,448 9,663 Williamson ............ 7,342 5,125 913 1,454 4,212 Winnebago ............ 9,817 7,535 758 2,626^ 6,777 Woodf ord ............. 3,137 _ 2,158 _ 878 _ 589^ _ 1,280 Total ................ 535,805 400,048 83,535 i32,i45 I /2 316,513 Cook County ........... 363,016 _ 261,767 _ 70.861 _ 80,259 _ 190,906 Grand total ......... 898,821 661,815 154,396 212,404^ 507,419 * Defeated by vote shown. Page No. Ninety-five ILLINOIS HIGHWAY IMPROVEMENT BLUEROOK Alston r Company Investment Securities 39 South La Salle St. Chicago Telephone 'Randolph 6980 We are large dealers in State, County, City, School and other Mu- nicipal Bonds and specialise, particular- ly in County Road Bonds. We desire to offer our services to counties contemplating the issuance of such bonds and County Officials are invited to confer with us. We will be glad to have our attorney prepare the papers and take entire charge of all necessary legal proceedings. Page No. Ninety-six ILLINOIS HIGHWAY IMPROVEMENT BLUEBOOK The Text of the Law State- Wide System of Hard Roads AN ACT in relation to the construction by the State of Illinois of a State-wide sys- tem of durable hard-surfaced roads upon public highways of the State and the provision of means for the payment of the cost thereof by an issue of bonds of the State of Illinois. SECTION i. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly: That a State-wide sys- tem of durable hard-surfaced roads be con- structed by the State of Illinois, as soon as practicable, upon public highways of the State along the hereinafter described routes, as near as may be, and that the State of Illinois (acting through its offi- cers) be, and is hereby, authorized and empowered to issue and sell, and provide for the retirement of, bonds of the State of Illinois to the amount of Sixty Million Dollars ($60,000,000.00) for the purpose of providing means for the payment of the cost of the construction of said system of roads : Provided, however, that before this law, which hereby authorizes such debt to be contracted and levies the tax for the payment of the principal and interest of the bonds to be issued as an evidence of such debt, shall go into full force and effect it shall, at the general election in Novem- ber, A. D. 1918, be submitted to the people and receive a majority of the votes cast for members of the General Assembly as such election. 2. That the issuance, sale and retire- ment of said bonds and the construction of said State-wide system of roads and all work incidental thereto shall be under the general supervision and control of the De- partment of Public Works and Buildings, subject to the approval of the Governor of this State ; and said Department of Pub- lic Works and Buildings is hereby author- ized, empowered and directed to take what- ever steps may be necessary to cause said bonds to be issued and sold and to cause said system of roads to be constructed at the earliest possible time, consistent with good business management, after this Act becomes fully operative. Said Department of Public Works and Buildings shall have power to make and shall make all final decisions, affecting the work provided for in this section, and all the rules and regula- A MODEL DITCH This illustration is from a model township highway commissioner's report made by Commissioner H. H. Sherer, of Glencoe, New Trier Township. tions it may deem necessary for the proper management and conduct of said work and for carrying out all of the provisions of this Act in such manner as shall be to the best interest and advantage of the people of this State. The Director of Public Works and Buildings shall make it the spe- cial duty of the Superintendent of High- ways, acting under the direction, supervi- sion and control of said director, to see that such provisions are so carried out in good faith. Said Department of Public Works and Buildings is hereby given power and authority to purchase and supply any labor, tools, machinery, supplies and mate- rials needed for said work. All contracts Page No. Ninety-seven ILLINOIS HIGHWAY IMPROVEMENT BLUEBOOK Supreme in Responsibility agencies of the American Surety Company of New York are prepared to furnish promptly, accurately and without unnecessary detail bonds as follows: Public Officials Federal, State, County, Municipal, Township. Proposals and Contracts for Construction Work or Supplies. Officers and Employes of Mercantile, Manufacturing and Financial Companies, Fraternal Organizations, etc. Administrators, Executors, Guardians, Assignees, Receivers, Trustees, etc. Appeal, Injunction, Attachment, Replevin, Security for Costs, etc. Bank Depository Bonds. License Bonds Plumbers, Sewer Tappers, Cigar Makers, etc. Lost Securities Checks, Drafts, Notes, Certificates of Deposit, Life Insurance Policies, etc. Notaries Public. Burglary Protecting Pay Rolls, Moneys between Bank, Office, Store, Factory or points of distribution, Policies furnished on Safes, Banks, Residence, etc. Foreign Department We have facilities for the execution of bonds anywhere in the World. Inquiries and demands promptly responded to. Branch Office American Surety Company of New York 208 South La Salle Street Chicago Unsurpassed in Service Page No. Niiicty-cii/lit ILLINOIS HIGHWAY IMPROVEMENT BLUKBOOK let for the construction of said work shall be let to the lowest responsible bidder, or bidders, and all of said State bonds shall be sold to the highest and best bidder, or bidders, by said Department of Public Works and Buildings, on such terms and conditions, and on open competitive bid- ding after public advertisement in such manner and for such times, as may be pre- scribed by said Department of 'Public Works and Buildings, subject to the ap- proval of the Department of Finance. Suc- cessful bidders for the construction of said work shall enter into contracts furnished and prescribed by said Department of Pub- lic Works anci Buildings and shall give good and sufficient bonds to insure the proper and prompt completion of said work in strict accordance with the provisions of said contracts. 3. That for the purpose of carrying out the provisions of this Act said sum of Sixty Million Dollars ($60,000,000.00) to be derived from the sale of said bonds, be, and is hereby, appropriated to said De- partment of Public Works and Buildings, such money to be payable out of the State Bond Road Fund, hereinafter provided for; that for the purpose of raising said sum so appropriated to carry out the pro- visions of this Act, said bonds of the State of Illinois to an amount not exceeding said sum of Sixty Million Dollars ($60,000,- ooo.oo) shall be issued and sold as herein provided ; that said bonds shall bear inter- est, payable annually, from the date of their issue, at the rate of three and one- half per centum per annum, unless financial conditions make a d'fferent rate advisable, in which case said Department of Public Works and Buildings may, with the Gover- nor's approval, issue part or all of said bonds at any other rate of interest not ex- ceeding four per centum per annum ; that said bonds shall be serial bonds and be dated, issued and sold from time to time as said road building work progresses and in such amounts as may be necessary to pro- vide sufficient money to pay for said work and the expenses incidental thereto ; and that each one of said bonds shall be made payable within twenty years from the date of its issue. Each one of said bonds shall be in the denomination of $500.00, or some multiple thereof. Said bonds shall be en- graved and printed by said Department of Public 'Works and Buildings, under the di- rection of the Governor, and be signed by the Governor and attested by the Secretary of State under the seal of the State and countersigned by the State Treasurer and by the Auditor of Public Accounts. Inter- est coupons with lithographed fac-simile signatures of such officers, may be attached to said bonds. Said bonds may. at the re- quest of owners, be registered with the Auditor of Public Accounts. Said bonds shall be deposited, until sold, with the State Treasurer; and when sold, the proceeds of said bonds shall be paid into the State Treasury and be kept in a separate fund which shall be known as the State Bond Road Fund. 4. That all payments for work done or obligations incurred under the provisions of this Act shall be made by the State Treasurer out of said State Bond Road Fund (and said fund shall be used only for the purposes mentioned in this Act) upon warrants drawn by the Auditor of Public Accounts, based upon bills of par- ticulars and vouchers certified by the proper official of said Department of Pub- lic Works and Buildings, having knowledge of the facts upon which such vouchers are based, and audited and approved by the Superintendent of Highways and the Di- rector of Public Works and Buildings, and approved by the Governor, acting through the Department of Finance. 5. That said Department of Public Works and Buildings shall, on or before the ist day of February each year, make a full report to the Governor of all busi- ness transacted by said department in car- rying out the provisions of this Act, dur- ing the year ending on the preceding 3ist day of December. The Governor may cause the books and affairs of said depart- ment, relating to the work provided for herein, to be audited in each year. 6. That each year, after this Act be- comes fully operative, and until all of said bonds shall have been retired, there shall be included in and added to the tax levied for State purposes, a direct annual tax for such amount as shall be necessary and sufficient to pay the interest annually, as it shall accrue, on each and every bond issued under the provisions of this Act, and also to pay and discharge the principal of such bonds at par value, as such bonds respectively fall due ; and the respective amounts of such direct annual tax are hereby appropriated for that specific pur- pose: Provided, however, that moneys in the "Road Fund" created by and under the provisions of the Motor Vehicle Law of this State, approved June 10, 1911, and all Acts amendatory thereof, shall first be ap- propriated and used for the purpose of pay- ing and discharging annually the principal and interest en such bonded indebtedness then due and payable. The required rate of such direct annual tax shall be fixed each year by the officers charged by law with fixing the rate for State taxes on the valua- tion of real and personal property in this State subject to taxation, in accordance with the provisions of the statutes in such case : Provided, horvevcr, that if money from other sources of revenue has been Page No. Ninety-nine ILLINOIS HIGHWAY IMPROVEMENT BLUEBOOK We sell auto supplies at prices that will save you money You should try our methods T^VER since 1872 we've been doing busi- *-' ness on the good old-fashioned princi- ple of * 'Satisfaction or Your Money Back." We meant that literally then, and practice it literally now. Our new 100 page book of auto supplies lists about 2500 bargains in all the fixings for cars from bumpers to spark plug gaskets all at prices below what the regular market offers you. Our methods are simple; they make bar- gain buying safe and easy. All you do is look over our Auto Supply Bargain Book for the things you need, send us the list with your check or a money order, and it's done. The goods reach you promptly and you've got a substantial saving out of every dollar you spend. Many of our lines are the standard articles that every- body knows all about. If there's anything you order that doesn't satisfy you in every way we'll return your money without question and any shipping costs. There is no charge for this Auto Supply Catalog a post card request brings it. Why not write that card today? Address the house nearest you. CHICAGO - KANSAS CITY- FT. WORTH-PORTLAND, ORE. Page No. One Hundred ILLINOIS HIGHWAY IMPROVEMENT BLUEBOOK appropriated and set apart for the same purpose for which said direct annual tax is hereby levied and imposed, then said offi- cers shall, in fixing said rate of said direct annual tax, make proper allowance and re- duction for any such money so appropriated and set apart from other sources of rev- enue. Said direct annual tax shall be, and it is hereby, levied and imposed, as. herein provided, and such direct annual tax shall be assessed, levied and collected in the manner prescribed by law in the case of general State taxes, and shall be paid into the treasury of the State by the officers legally entrusted with the duty of collecting and accounting for such general State taxes : Provided, however, that no such di- rect annual tax shall be so levied for any year in which a sufficient amount of money from other sources of revenue has been appropriated and set apart to pay the inter- est, as it shall accrue, on said bonds for that year and also to pay and discharge the principal of any of said bonds falling due during such year. 7. That said proposed state-wide system of roads shall be constructed in strict ac- cordance with the plans, specifications, esti- mates of cost and contracts of said De- partment of Public Works and Buildings. Said Department of Public Works and Buildings shall construct upon and along said roads durable hard-surfaced roadways which will in the judgment of said Depart- ment of Public Works and Buildings and its chief highway engineer remain in good condition, with low reasonable maintenance cost, until after all of said State bonds have matured. Said hard-surfaced parts of said roads shall be constructed of sufficient widths to meet the requirements of the reasonably expected traffic thereon, such widths, except in extreme cases, to be not less than ten feet nor more than eighteen feet. Provided, that where the contour of the surface permits and is practicable that in making fills, excavations and gradings for and in construction of such hard-sur- faced roads, the surface of the earth along- side shall be so left that vehicles may drive over same and such surface shall be of such grade that vehicles can turn on or off such hard-surfaced roads with safety and con- venience. The old bridges which form parts of the present roads, shall, wherever such bridges are in proper condition, be used 'in said proposed system. Said Depart- ment of Public Works and Buildings shall immediately after this Act has been ap- proved by the people and before entering into contracts for the construction of said roads, cause to be made reconnaissance surveys and maps, plans and specifications of said roads, together with approximate estimates of the cost of constructing said roads. 8. That said Department of Public Works and Buildings shall divide said roads into convenient sections for construc- tion purposes, and shall make all reason- able efforts to have the entire State-wide system of roads completed within five years after the first construction contracts therefor are awarded. The construction CLIFFORD S. OLDER Mr. Older has been Chief Highway Engineer of Illinois since Nov. 1, 1917. He graduated from the University of Wisconsin Engineering School in 1900 and took up railroad bridge and tunnel engineering. From 1902 to 1906 he was assistant engineer of the Chicago & Alton Railroad, in charge of maintenance and construction on the western division of that line. He entered the Illinois State Highway Department in 1906 and was chief bridge engineer when he was appointed by Gov. Lowden to his present place. work shall, so far as practically possible, be commenced in the different sections of the State at approximately the same time and be carried on continuously until all work is completed. g. That the general location of the routes upon and along which said proposed jroads are to be constructed shall be sub- stantially as described in this section, so as to connect, with each other, the different communities and the principal cities of the State : Provided, however, that said De- partment of Public Works and Buildings shall have the right to make such minor changes in the location of said routes as may become necessary in order to carry out the provisions of this Act; and, provided, also, that said Department of Public Works and Buildings shall not improve hereunder, any road or part thereof which lies within Page No. One Hundred One ILLINOIS HIGHWAY IMPROVEMENT BLUEBOOK The Road to Financial Independence It is the duty of everyone to himself to amass as large a fortune as his means permit, to protect him and his dependents when old age arrives and he becomes a non-producer. 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The co-operation rendered patrons in the development of their business and the advisory capacity in which our officers are always pleased to act, have proven of the greatest benefit to them and to us. We keep pace with changing conditions and lend our financial support to those things which assist in the advancement and pro- gression of matters pertaining to the welfare of the public. Through our Bond and Trust Departments we have assisted in the expansion of many municipal improvements our Bond Depart- ment buying and selling such bonds our Trust Department acting as registrar, etc. Chicago Savings Bank and Trust Company State and Madison Streets DEPARTMENTS Commercial Trust Bond Safe Deposit Real Estate Loan Savings Drafts and Foreign Exchange rage No. One Hundred Two ILLINOIS HIGHWAY IMPROVEMENT BLUEKOOK any incorporated city, town or village in which the building of State aid roads may be prohibited by the Act of this State en- titled, "An Act to revise the law in relation to roads and bridges," approved June 27, 1913, and the amendments thereto : ROUTE No. i Beginning in a public highway "at the southern limits of the city of Chicago and running along such highway in a general southerly direction to Metropolis, affording Chicago, Chicago Heights, Watseka, Dan- ville, Paris, Marshall, Robinson, Lawrence- ville, Mt. Carmel, Albion, Grayville, Carmi, Harrisburg, Vienna, Metropolis and the in- tervening communities reasonable connec- tions with each other. ROUTE No 2. Beginning in a public highway near Be- loit, Wisconsin, and running along such highway in a general southerly direction to Cairo, affording Rockford, Oregon, Dix- on, Mendota, Peru, LaSalle, El Paso, Bloomington, Clinton, Decatur, Pana, Van- dalia, Centralia, DuQuoin, Carbondale, Anna, Cairo and the intervening communi- ties reasonable connections with each other. ROUTE No. 3. _ Beginning in a public highway at Mor- rison and running along such highway in a general southerly direction to Chester, affording Morrison, Prophetstown, Moline, Rock Island, Aledo, Monmouth, Macomb, Rushville, Beardstown, Virginia, Ashland, Alexander, (running over Route No. 10 between Alexander and Jacksonville), Jack- sonville, White Hall, Carrollton, Jersey- ville, Alton, East St. Louis, Waterloo, Chester and the intervening communities reasonable connections with each other. ROUTE No. 4. Beginning at the intersection of 48th and Ogden Avenues in the Town of Cicero, Cook County, and running in a general southwesterly direction to East St. Louis, affording Chicago, Cicero, Berwyn, River- side, Lyons, joliet, Dwight, Pontiac, Bloomington, Lincoln, Elkhart, Williams- ville, Springfield, Carlinville, Edwardsville, Granite City, East St. Louis and the inter- vening- communities reasonable connections with each other. ROUTE No. 5. Beginning in a public highway at the northwesterly limits of the city of Chicago and running along such highway in a gen- eral northwesterly direction to East Du- buque, affording Chicago, Elgin, Marengo, Rockford, Freeport, Galena, East Dubuque and the intervening communities reason- able connections with each other. ROUTE No. 6. Beginning in a public highway at the westerly limits of the city of Chicago and running along such highway in a general westerly direction to Fulton, affording Chi- cago, Wheaton, Geneva, Elburn, DeKalb, Rochelle, Dixon, Sterling, Morrison, Ful- ton and the intervening communities rea- sonable connections with each other. ROUTE No. 7. Beginning in a public highway at Joliet and running along such highway in a west- erly direction to East Moline, affording Joliet, Morris, Ottawa, LaSalle, Peru, De- Pue, Princeton, Geneseo, East Moline and the intervening communities reasonable connections with each other. ROUTE No. 8. Beginning in a public highway at the Indiana State line east of Sheldon and run- nnig along such highway in a general west- erly direction to the Alississippi River op- posite Burlington, Iowa, affording Watseka, Chenoa, El Paso, Eureka, Peoria, Farm- ington, Elmwood, Yates City, Galesburg, Monmouth, and the intervening communi- ties reasonable connections with each other. ROUTE No. 9. Beginning in a public highway at the In- diana State line east of Hoopeston, and running along such highway in a general westerly direction to Route No. 24, on the east side of the Illinois River between Pekin and East Peoria, thence over Route No. 24, to Peoria, and thence in a westerly direction to Hamilton, affording Hoopes- ton, Paxton, Bloomington, Carlock, Good- field, Deer Creek, Morton, Peoria, Canton, Prairie City, Bushnell, Macomb, Carthage, Hamilton, and the intervening communities reasonable connections with each other. ROUTE No. 10. Beginning in a public highway at the In- diana state line east of Danville and run- ning along such highway in a general west- erly direction to Jacksonville, affording Danville, Urbana, Champaign, Monticello, Bement, Decatur, Springfield, Jacksonville and the intervening communities reason- able connections with each other. ROUTE No. IL. Beginning in a public highway at the In- diana state line east of Marshall and run- ning along such highway in a general southwesterly direction to East St. Louis, (See Map of Routes on Page 130) Page No. One Hundred Three ILLINOIS HIGHWAY IMPROVEMENT BLUEBOOK We buy entire issues of Illinois Municipal Bonds Consult us about financing your road building Bolger, Mosser & Willaman Municipal "Bonds Exempt from all Federal Income Taxation 29 South La Salle St. CHICAGO nmiMiiHiiiiiiiiiimmiiiiniiiiiiiiiimmiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiimiiiiiiiiiiM Road Builders' Equipment For unloading stone, sand or gravel from railroad T fr T f\Z\f\f*t* cars to trucks or wagons, you need a .... -L^tt .LAJdUd. t c k h d B sa fromcarsto . roa 11 I ll I v I And when the road is finished you can increase the truck's earning capacity or i e nebehhld . one Lee Reversible Trailers Lee Loader & Body Co. Manufacturers of Motor Haulage Equipment 2343 So. La Salle St. CHICAGO, ILL. Page No. One Hundred Four ILLINOIS HIGHWAY IMPROVEMENT BLUEBOOK affording Marshall, Greenup, Effingham, Vandalia, Greenville, Baden Baden, High- land, East St. Louis and the intervening communities reasonable connections with each other. ROUTE No. 12. Beginning in a public highway at the In- diana state line east of Lawrenceville and running along such highway in a general westerly direction to East St. Louis, afford- ing Lawrenceville, Olney, Flora, Salem, Carlyle, Lebanon, East St. Louis and the intervening communities reasonable con- nections with each other. ROUTE No. 13. Beginning in a public highway at Shaw- neetown and running along such highway in a general westerly direction to Murphys- boro, thence in a northwesterly direction to East St. Louis, affording Shawneetown, Harrisburg, Marion, Carbondale, Murphys- boro, Pinckneyville, Sparta, Belleville, East St. Louis and the intervening communities reasonable connections with each other. ROUTE No. 14. Beginning in a public highway at Carmi and running along such highway in a gen- eral westerly direction to Duquoin, afford- ing Carmi, McLeansboro, Benton, Christo- pher, Duquoin and the intervening com- munities reasonable connections with each other. ROUTE No. 15. Beginning in a public highway at Albion and running along such highway in a gen- eral westerly direction to Belleville, afford- ing Albion, Fairfield, Mt. Vernon, Ashley, Nashville, Okawville, Belleville and the in- tervening communities reasonable connec- tions with each other. ROUTE No. 16. Beginning in a public highway at Paris and running along such highway in a gen- eral southwesterly direction to Route 4, at or near Staunton, affording Paris, Charleston, Mattoon, Shelbyville, Pana, Hillsboro, Litchfield, Mount Olive, Staun- ton and the intervening communities rea- sonable connections with each other. ROUTE No. 17. Beginning in a public highway at the In- diana state line east of Grant Park and running along such highway in a general westerly direction to Lacon, affording Grant Park, Momence, Kankakee, Dwight, Streator, Eagle Church Corners, Garfield, Wenona, Custer, Varna, and Lacon and intervening communities reasonable connec- tions with each other. ROUTE No. 18. Beginning in a public highway at the western limits of the city of Chicago and running along such highway in a south- westerly direction to Princeton, affording Chicago, Aurora, Oswego, Yorkville, Piano, Sandwich, Earlville, Mendota, Princeton and the intervening communities reasonable connections with each other. ROUTE No. 19. Beginning in a public highway at the westerly limits of the city of Chicago and running along such highway in a general northwesterly direction to Harvard, afford- ing Chicago, Barrington, Woodstock, Harvard, and the intervening communities reasonable connections with each other. ROUTE No. 20. Beginning in a public highway at the west limits of the city of Waukegan at the end of Belvidere Street and running along such highway in a general westerly direction to Woodstock, affording Wauke- gan, Grays Lake, McHenry and Woodstock and intervening communities reasonable connections with each other. ROUTE No. 21. Beginning in a public highway at the northerly limits of the city of Chicago and running along such highway in a general northwesterly direction to the Wisconsin state line, affording Chicago, Libertyville, Antioch and the intervening communities reasonable connections with each other. ROUTE No. 22. Beginning in a public highway at the In- diana state line east of Chicago Heights and running along such highway to Lake Forest, affording Chicago Heights, Joliet, Aurora, Geneva, Elgin, Dundee, Carpenter- ville, Barrington, Lake Forest and the in- tervening communities reasonable connec- tions with each other. ROUTE No. 23. Beginning in a public highway at the Wisconsin state line, north of Harvard and running along such highway in a general southerly and southwesterly direction to Streator, affording Harvard, Marengo, Sycamore, DeKalb, Ottawa, Streator and the intervening communities reasonable connections with each other. ROUTE No. 24. Beginning in a public highway at Peoria and running along such highway in a gen- (See Map of Routes on Page 130) Page No. One Hundred Five ILLINOIS HIGHWAY IMPROVEMENT BLUEBOOK WE ARE FOR GOOD ROADS Rational Htfe Jnsurance Co. OF THE Hmteb tates of America ALBERT M. JOHNSON ROBERT D. LAY President _ Secretary Home Office: National Life Building CHICAGO, ILLINOIS CHICAGO'S OLDEST & STRONGEST COMPANY H. M. 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Beginning in a public highway at Free- port and running along such highway in a general southerly direction to Dixon, af- fording Freeport, Polo, Dixon and the in- tervening communities reasonable connec- tions with each other. ROUTE No. 27. Beginning in a public highway at Polo and running along such highway in a gen- eral westerly direction to Savanna, afford- ing Polo, Mt. Carroll, Savanna and the in- tervening communities reasonable connec- tions with each other. ROUTE No. 28. Beginning in a public highway at Gales- burg and running along such highway in a general northeasterly direction to Sheffield, affording Galesburg, Kewanee, Sheffield and the intervening communities reasonable connections with each other. ROUTE No. 29. Beginning in a public highway at Peoria and running in a northerly direction to DePue, affording Peoria, Chillicothe, Henry, DePue and the intervening com- munities reasonable connections with each other. ROUTE No. 30. Beginning in a public highway at Peoria and running in a northwesterly direction to Galva, affording Peoria, Princeville, Wyoming, Galva and the intervening com- munities reasonable connections with each other. ROUTE No. 31. Beginning in a public highway at Canton and tunning in a southwesterly direction to Quincy, affording Canton, Lewistown, Rushville, Mt. Sterling, Quincy and the in- tervening communities reasonable connec- tions with each other. WORKMEN! BE SURF. TO PUT AN "X" OPPOSITE FOR- GOOD ROADS BONDS THE LAST PROPOSITION ON THE LITTLE BALLOT IN CHICAGO $30,000,000 oi the $60,000,000 Will Go to Labor SPECIAL WARNING If you vote at the Election next Tuesday and fail to vote for the Gon:!. It. , n.lv your wtt will k* counted against thm proposition and labor will be among the I CAicafo't Strett Car Ntn'i Union Sayi: Wk,<*. the funds to ny both the by thorrvvvvv-irif>nnn^^ The WILLIAM J.BURNS International Detective Agency, inc. Representing American Bankers Association Baltimore Cleveland Kansas City Montreal Pittsburgh Salt Lake City Birmingham Dallas London New Orleans Portland St. Louis Boston Denver Los Angeles New York San Francisco St. Paul Brussels Detroit Memphis Paris Seattle Jacksonville Buffalo Houston Minneapolis Philadelphia Spokane Providence General Detective Work of the Highest Class OTIS BUILDING CHICAGO Page No. One Hundred Eight ILLINOIS HIGHWAY IMPROVEMENT BLUEBOOK road leading from Elizabethtown to Gol- conda with branches into Elizabethtown and Golconda, giving Elizabethtown and Golconda connection with each other and each of said towns connection with Har- risburg. ROUTE No. 35. Beginning in a public highway at Route No. 2 north of Cairo and extending in an easterly direction to Mound City, affording Mounds, Mound City and the intervening communities reasonable connections with each other. ROUTE No. 36. Beginning in a public highway at Car- thage and running in a southerly and east- erly direction to Jacksonville, affording Carthage, Bowen, Ursa, Quincy, Payspn, Barry, Pittsfield, Winchester, Jacksonville and the intervening communities reason- able connections with each other. ROUTE No. 37. Beginning in a public highway at Mt. Vernon and extending in a southerly direc- tion to Marion, affording Mt. Vernon, Benton, Marion and the intervening com- munities reasonable connections with each other. ROUTE No. 38. Beginning in a public highway at Jersey- ville and running along such highway in a westerly direction to a public highway on the east side of the Illinois River opposite the City of Hardin and then beginning at Hardin and running in a northerly direc- tion to Kampsville, affording Jerseyville, Hardin, Kampsville and the intervening communities reasonable connections with each other. ROUTE No. 39. Beginning in a public highway at Cham- paign and running in a northwesterly direc- tion to Bloomington, affording Champaign, Mahomet, Mansfield, Farmer City, Leroy, Bloomington and the intervening communi- ties reasonable connections with each other. ROUTE No. 40. Beginning in a public highway on the north line of the city of Sterling and run- ning in a northwesterly direction to Mil- ledgeville, thence to Chadwick, thence north to connect with Route No. 27, and beginning at a highway on the north line of the city of Mt. Carroll and running north to Stockton. ROUTE No. 41. Beginning in a public highway at Gales- burg, and connecting with Route No. 8 therein, and running thence in a southern direction to Abingdon, thence in a southern direction to Avon, thence in a southern direction, connecting with Route No. 9 at or near Prairie City, affording Galesburg, Abingdon, Avon, Prairie City and the in- tervening communities reasonable connec- tions with each other. ROUTE No. 42. Beginning in a public highway at the northern limits of the city of Chicago and running along the Sheridan Road in a gen- eral northerly direction to the Wisconsin State line, affording Chicago, Waukegan, Zion City and the intervening communities reasonable connections with each other. ROUTE No. 43. Beginning in a public highway at Havana and running in an easterly direction to Route No. 24 at Mason City, affording Havana, Mason City and the intervening communities reasonable connections with each other. ROUTE No. 43A. Beginning in a public highway at Peters- burg and running easterly to and connect- ing with Route No. 24. ROUTE No. 44. Beginning in a public highway at Joliet, and running to Kankakee, Illinois, via Manhattan and Wilton Center so as to afford the intervening communities reason- able connections with each other. ROUTE No. 45. Beginning in a public highway in Route No. 17, at a point at Garfield and running due south to Dana. ROUTE No. 46. Beginning in a public highway at the eastern limits of Arlington Heights, thence running in a southeasterly direction to Oak- lawn, affording Arlington Heights, Mount Prospect, Des Plaines, Franklin Park, River Grove, Maywood, Broadview, La- Grange Park, LaGrange, Lyons, Summit, Oaklawn, and the intervening communities reasonable connections with each other. If any available money from any source remains in the State bond road fund after the above described roads are completed and paid for, said Department of Public Works and Buildings shall use such money to construct other similar roads so as to extend said system in such a way as to be of the greatest benefit, in the judgment of said Department of Public Works and Buildings, to the people of the State. 10. That wherever one of the above (See Map of Routes on Page 130) Page No. One Hundred Nine ILLINOIS HIGHWAY IMPROVEMENT BLUEBOOK Iflonfeon tfotd FOR that restful, homelike atmosphere that spirit; of friendliness, cordiality of service, where the visitor: is assured a warmth of wel- come equalled only by the quality and scope of the sur- roundings there is no place like Morrison Hotel, Chicago. Every room has a bath and run- ning ice water and is completely and luxuriously furnished. Every floor has its own housekeeper your personal wants are supplied by every known facility. Nothing less than your entire satisfaction will satisfy us. Home of the "Famous ii! II ili Terrace Gdidcn "Chicago's Most "Beautiful 'Restaurant" Its architecture and physical beauty stand alone. ATOWHERE else in the world is a restaurant so arranged. The diners sit in tiers as at the opera, every one having an unobstructed view of both dining room and stage. The entertainment is one of refine- ment famous operatic stars, an assembly of the world's greatest skat- ing stars and other added features. Madison at Clark Street Chicago Personal Management Harry C. Moir Payc No. One Hundred Ten ILLINOIS HIGHWAY IMPROVEMENT BLUEROOK Bonds Voted for Highway Work by Counties Bond County, $117,300; Clark County, $112,000; Cook County, $3,000,000; Cumber- land County, $95,000; Edwards County, $160,000; Effingham County, $104,000; Fayette County, $142,000; Jackson County, $340,000; Lake County, $500,000; Macoupin County, $160,000; Madison County, $600,000; Mason County, $55,000; Menard County, $55,000; Sangamon County, $500,000; * St. Clair County, $1,500,000; Vermilion County, $1,500,000; Williamson County, $273,500; Winnebago County, $145,000. Total, $9,358,800. * Proposition for additional tax levy was lost. described roads runs through or into a county over a paved road that has been constructed by such county and the State, jointly, or by such county alone and ac- cepted by the State, then, in such case, said Department of Public Works and Buildings shall, if such paved road is of proper durable hard-surfaced type to make it practicable to do so, utilize such paved road in said State-wide system of roads. If said Department of Public Works and Buildings does utilize and make such a paved road of a county a part of said State- wide system of roads, then, and in that case, the actual cost of said paved road shall be determined, in the manner herein- after provided for, and an amount of money equivalent to the share of such cost that was paid by such county, shall be set apart and allotted by said department to such county to be used, at the option of such county, either in the payment of any county bonds issued by such county and used to improve its State Aid Roads, or in the improvement of any one or more of its improved or unimproved State Aid Roads, by constructing thereon a durable hard- surfaced road, under the direction and to the satisfaction of said Department of Pub- lic Works and Buildings. In determining- such cost of such a paved road of a county, so utilized in said State-wide system of roads, the Chief Highway Engineer shall make a careful examination of the Depart- ment's State Aid Road records which show the actual cost of all such State Aid Roads, and present to said Department of Public Works and Buildings, in writing, a state- ment, approved by the Superintendent of Highways, showing the actual cost of such paved road of such county; and the amount of such cost paid by such county, as shown by said statement, shall be the amount of money so to be allotted to said county by said Department of Public Works and Buildings to be used by said County in the manner hereinbefore provided for. ii. That whenever the making of any part of said proposed improvement, or the locating of a route or any part thereof, or the obtaining of road building materials for the work provided for herein, will re- quire that private property be taken or damaged, said Department of Public Works and Buildings, in its name, shall have the right to purchase the necessary land from the owner thereof, or if com- pensation therefor can not be agreed upon, to have such just compensation ascertained and to acquire and pay for said property in the same manner, as near as may be, as provided for in the Act of this State en- titled, "An Act to provide for the exercise of the right of eminent domain," approved April 10, 1872, and the amendments there- to : Provided, however, that said Depart- ment of Public Works and Buildings shall not be required, in any case, to furnish bond. 12. That the public highways upon which said roads are being constructed shall, during the construction period and continuously thereafter, be under the juris- diction and control of said Department of Public Works and Buildings, but the duty of maintaining such highways shall rest on the local authorities until said construction work has been completed. No public utility company or person shall be granted any right, privilege or franchise in, on or along any such highway without the consent of said Department of Public Works and Buildings. After a road in said State- wide system has been completed and taken over by said Department of Public Works and Buildings said road shall thereafter be maintained by the State, under and in ac- cordance with the provisions of Section 32 of Article IV of the Act of this State en- titled, "An Act to revise the law in rela- tion to roads and bridges," approved June 27, 1913, and the amendments thereto. 13. That this Act, authorizing the State to contract the debt for the purpose set forth herein and, as an evidence of such debt, to issue bonds of the State of Illinois to the amount of sixty million dollars ($60,000,000.00) and levying a direct annual tax sufficient to pay the interest annually on such bonds, as such interest shall accrue, and also to pay and discharge the principal of such bonds at par value, as such bonds respectively fall due, but providing that such payments may be made from other sources of revenue, shall be submitted to the people of this State at the general elec- tion to be held on Tuesday next after the first Monday of November, A. D. 1918; that said Act shall be so submitted on a separate ballot, which shall be in substan- tially the following form : Page No. One Hundred Eleven OFFICIAL TESTS GIVE BRUNSWICK TIRES FIRST PLACE Here Is The Evidence: HOt CX^y- ' n C . V. ashin^ " u- AND TUBES No. One Hundred Twelve ILLINOIS HIGHWAY IMPROVEMENT BLUEBOOK (ROAD IMPROVEMENT BALLOT.) Shall an Act of the General Assembly of Illinois, entitled, "An Act in relation to the construction by the State of Illinois of a State- wide system of durable hard-surfaced roads upon public highways of the State and the provisions of means for the payment of the cost thereof by an issue of bonds of. the State of Illinois," which, in sub- stance, provides for construction by the State, acting through its De- partment of Public Works and Buildings, subject to the Governor's approval, of a State-wide system of hard roads on routes described ; for control and maintenance, and for conditional compensation for roads already paved ; gives such department full power to execute Act; authorizes State to contract a debt for such purpose and to issue $60,000,000.00 of serial bonds, bearing interest annually at not to exceed 4% ; appropriates said sum to said department ; levies a tax sufficient to pay said interest annually, as it shall accrue, and to pay off said bonds within 20 years from issuance, but provides that such payments may be made from other sources of revenue and requires moneys in the Motor Vehicle Law "Road Fund" to be first used for such payments and such direct tax to be omitted in any year in which sufficient money from other sources of revenue has been appro- priated to meet such payments for such year ; provides for publication and for submission to the people; makes the provisions for payment of such interest and bonds irrepealable ; and pledges faith of State to the making of such payments; go into full force and effect? YES NO That this question shall be so submitted at said general election, and said election on said question shall be held and returns thereof be made, where not otherwise pro- vided herein, at the same time and in the same manner and by the same officials, as in the case of the election of State officers and in accordance, as near as may be, with the provisions of the general election laws of this State ; that the Secretary of State is hereby authorized, empowered and di- rected to certify to the county clerk of each county the form of said ballot and also to take every step required by this Act and by the general election laws of this State to be taken in such cases ; that the respective persons whose duty it is, under the gen- eral election laws of this State, to cause noticts of election to be given and ballots to be printed, and the elections to be held and the results thereof to be ascertained and declared, are hereby authorized, em- powered and directed to take every step required by the statutes of this State to be taken in such cases, so as to cause this question to be properly submitted to the people of this State. 14. That the Secretary of State be, and he is hereby, authorized, empowered and directed to cause publication of this Act to be made, once each week, for three months at least before the vote of the people shall be taken upon such Act ; and that such pub- lication shall be made in at least two daily newspapers, one of which shall be published in the city of Springfield and one in the city of Chicago. 15. That the provisions in this Act for the payment of the principal of said bonds at maturity and of the interest thereon an- nually ; as it shall accrue, by a direct annual tax which has been levied herein for said purpose, or from other sources of revenue appropriated for that purpose, shall be irrepealable until such debt and interest be paid in full, and for the making of such payment the faith of the State of Illinois is hereby pledged. 16. That the publication of this law in the above mentioned newspapers and in the Session Laws of Illinois is hereby declared to be due notice to the people of this State of the provisions of this law and of its sub- mission to them and that if this law re- ceives at said general election the required majority of votes, then the will of the people so expressed or attempted to be so expressed shall not be defeated nor set aside on account of the failure, negligence or carelessness of any officer, or person, in the performance of his duty, but the law shall immediately go into full force and effect. APPROVED JUNE 22, 1917. Page No. One Hundred Thirteen ILLINOIS HIGHWAY IMPROVEMENT BLUEBOOK After Tive Million pieces of Bond Issue literature had been printed, delivered, shipped, attended to in detail; in a letter dated the day before election President William G.lLdens said: < i I take advantage of this opportunity to con- gratulate you on your efficient business organis- ation, and thank you especially for the splendid service you have rendered the Illinois High- way Improvement Association as our printers. Without the friendly and painstaking way in which each of your associates have co-operated I fail to see how we could have so comfortably conducted our campaign. ' We invite the accounts of those who desire to connect with an original, reliable Printing Concern having the initiative and equipment essential to complete service. Burnett & Weinberger Go. PRINTERS DESIGNERS ENGRAVERS fclb FEDERAL ST- TEL- HARRIS ON b59I CHICAGO Page No. One Hundred Fourteen ILLINOIS HIGHWAY IMPROVEMENT BLUEBOOK NmiiHiiiiiimiimiiimmmmiiiimiiiiiiiimiiiiminmimiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiimimmiiiin Good Roads Day Road Dra&&in& Contests AT the request of the Illinois Highway Improvement Association, the state superintendent of schools proclaimed the first Friday in March, 1913, as good roads day. Pupils in the rural schools were told briefly the advantages of good roads. Gov. Dunne proclaimed the first state good roads day on April 15, 1914. Under the di- rection of superintendents of schools and highways, motor clubs and good roads associations there was a general observance of the day. Gov. Dunne, under the auspices of the good roads committee of the Chicago Motor MISS LAURA K. KENNEDY During the $60,000,000 bond issue campaign Miss Laura K. Kennedy was office manager of the Chicago Headquarters of the Illinois Highway Improvement Association. To her initiative and diplomacy the officers attribute to a large degree the successful carrying out of the details of many of the most important activities of the campaign. Miss Kennedy had complete charge of the stenographic, printing and shipping departments. She also was active in organization work among women's clubs. She is a graduate of Simmons College, Boston, Mass., and Girton School, Winnetka, 111. MRS. H. M. DUNLAP One of the most effective workers among those downstate women's organizations was Mrs. H. M. Dunlap of Savoy, wife of State Senator Dunlap. Mrs. Dunlap has preached the doctrine of good roads at Farmer's Institutes for several years. She has passed the greater part of her life on Illinois farms and is thor- oughly acquainted with the road problem from the standpoint of the farmer's wife and daughter. Besides appealing to the agricul- tural vote to support the bond issue, Mrs Dunlap was instrumental in creating an effective sentiment through the agency of the Illinois State Federation of Women's Clubs, of which she was head of the conservation department. He Club, traversed the route of the Lincoln highway from Chicago west, was greeted by 200,000 persons along the line. In Cook County, under the auspices of the Associated Roads Organi- zations of Chicago and Cook County, four road dragging contests were held for the purpose of publicity and arousing interest in the question of highway improvement, rather than for any direct benefit. Prizes of $T,OOO in gold were Page No. One Hundred Fifteen ILLINOIS HIGHWAY IMPROVEMENT BLUEBOOK *The Store of ^To-day and 'To-morrow Establuhed 1875 by E.J.Lehmann State ,^dams and 'Dearborn Streets CHICAGO Hundreds of Chicago Motorists come to The Fair to supply their every need in Accessories & Supplies for here they find very extensive stocks at prices that yield substantial savings THE EVER-INCREASING number of motor car owners in and about Chi- cago who consider The Fair their headquarters for accessories and supplies is the best possible evidence of the superior service rendered them here. We aim at all times to offer a very complete stock of those needs which we consider of dependable quality and we aim to supply them so as to afford worthwhile savings to the car owners. You too, will find that your savings will be considerable if you supply your needs here. A Special Section of Parts and Accessories for Fords TO THE BEST OF OUR knowledge, The Fair was the first store in America to make special provision in this way for the Ford owner. We carry, in this section, a complete stock of the wanted parts for Ford cars, as well as of accessories and supplies. These parts are all of dependable quality, bought from makers of established reputation, and our prices are substantially less than those ordinarily asked. Our Fairview Tubes are Guar- anteed for Two Years NO SUCH OFFER HAS EVER before been made on tubes, to our knowl- edge. These Fairview tested tubes are of the highest grade; we guarantee that they are free from imperfections in materials and workmanship; that they will not split or deteriorate in two years ; and that they will give two years' service. We will replace or repair free of charge any Fairview tube that shows any imperfections within two years from date of purchase. In spite of this extraordinary guarantee, these Fairview tested tubes cost you no more than unguaranteed tubes. Page No. One Hundred Sixteen distributed in Chicago Heights, Blue Island, Desplaines and La Grange. Similar contests were held in other counties. The awarding of the prizes was made the occasion of addresses on the subject of the necessity for an awakened public interest in road work. Gov. Dunne proclaimed a good roads day each year during his term of office. Gov. Lowden proclaimed a good roads day on Oct. 30, 1918, preceding the vote on the $60,000,000 bond issue. Convict Work on Roads The legislature in 1913 passed the law asked by Gov. Dunne allowing the employment of convicts on highways under an honor system. By proclama- tion Gov. Dunne said that he would take off the sentence of each man one day for every three days of road work. Fifty-one honor men were employed at Camp Hope, near Dixon, 111., cutting a road through a hill three-fourths of a mile long. Seventy-two honor men were employed at Camp Dunne, at Deer Park, near Ottawa. The success of these camps resulted in a call by townships for other convict camps. At Reading, in Livingston township, in 1915, forty-six men in a convict camp were employed at an actual cost to the township of $1.06 per man per day worked on the roads and a total cost of $-735 P er man P er day in camp. Convicts have been used since 1906 in the state penitentiaries at Joliet and Menard preparing stone and gravel for use on public highways. It is shipped to townships at actual cost, under the direction of the state highway department. Following are the figures on the distribution of this material: Number of coun- Number of town- Total amount ties receiving ships receiving Cubic yards of Year of applications material material stone shipped 1906 276,365 57 127 39,905 1907 166,140 39 72 96,595 1908 100,680 30 54 120,240 1909 227,690 40 75 136,789 1910 143,830 42 67 103,309 1911 214,434 40 80 152,165 1912 263,195 43 90 154,032 1913 233,130 41 100 152,572 1914 226,832 36 80 136,721 1915 169,819 38 91 144,462 1916 131,662 24 74 105,398 1917 106,511 23 57 68,856 FOR PERMANENT ROADS USE EAGLE PORTLAND CEMENT Cape Girardeau Portland Cement Co., Cape Girardeau, Mo. Page No. One Hundred Seventeen z u c O o oc S L < | in: o O o CD z DC < X oc u UJ Q C LJ W H 2P< 0) o3tf> U) _ U. -I > I DD 5 o 00 Q 111 XU O|j J- OL Z m < 0) < u DC UJ E Q. O z -I o o z o S U UJ Z o < o i o ILLINOIS HIGHWAY IMPROVEMENT BLUEBOOK Highway Officials of Illinois STATE DIVISION OF HIGHWAYS Under the administrative code of 1917, the state highway organization was made a division of the Department of Public Works and Buildings. The three state highway commissioners of the 1913 law were abolished and a superintendent of highways substi- tuted. The personnel of the division of highway, with headquarters at Springfield, follows: FRANK I. BENNETT Director, Department of Public Works and Buildings. THOMAS G. VENNUM Assistant Director, Department of Public Works and Buildings. S. E. BRADT Superintendent of Highways. CLIFFORD S. OLDER Chief Highway Engineer. BUREAU CHIEFS J. M. McCoy, chief clerk; H. F. Bilger, road engineer; Frank T. Sheets, bridge engineer; George F. Burch, asst. bridge engineer; F. L. Roman, testing engineer; B. H. Piepmeier, maintenance engineer. DISTRICT No. 1 H. B. Bushnell, 138 Fox St., Aurora. DISTRICT No. 2 H. E. Surman, Dixon, Illinois. DISTRICT No. a A. H. Hunter, Peoria (Apollo Theatre Eldg.). DISTRICT No. 4 Rodney L. Bell, Paris. DISTRICT No. 5 Fred Tarrant, Springfield. DISTRICT No. G C. M. Slaymaker, Metropolitan Bldg., E. St. Louis. DISTRICT No. 1 J. E. Huber, (office at present, E. St. Louis). ASSISTANT ENGINEERS C. M. Hathaway, J. W. Harris, F. C. Fe.ufz, O. F. Goeke, I. E. Scott, H. B. Sennott, F. L. Sperry. JUNIOR ENGINEERS L. M. Arms, Charles C. Brown, R. T. Cash, H. B. Emery, O. A. Fluegge, Ge.orge E. Galusha, O. L. Gearhart, Wallace Harlan, M. H. Kinch, Thomas E. Lowery, W. K. Hazen, W. E. Hill, E. J. Meckenstock, J. H. Miller, R. E. Morris, M. W. Parrigh, S. M. Rudder, E. C. Wenge 2. J. M r, J. P. Murphy, G. F. Sallee, R. J. Soergel, F. R. Zahn. COUNTY SUPERINTENDENTS OF HIGHWAYS ADAMS County LOUIS BOYER, Quincy. ALEXANDER County WILLIAM N. MOV- ERS, Cairo. BOND County R. O. YOUNG, Greenville. BOONE County THOMAS W. HUMPHREY, Belvidere. BROWN County W. O. GROVER, Mt. Ster- BUREAU County JOHN JOHNSON, Prince- CALHOUN County JOHN A. EARLEY, Har- CARROLL County S. C. CAMPBELL, Mt. CASS County JOHN GOODELL, Virginia. CHAMPAIGN County GEORGE C. FAIRCLO, CHRISTIAN County C. A. PENINGTON, Taylorville. CLARK County WILBUR MOORE, Marshall. CLAY County II. M. ANDERSON, Louisville. CLINTON County JOHN T. GOLDSMITH, Carlyle. COLES County HARRY E. SHINN, Charles- COOK 'County B. D. BARKER, Chicago. CRAWFORD County JOHN P. LYONS, Rob- CUMBERLAND County TOI1N A. DECKER, Toledo, DEKALB County W. C. MILLER, Sycamore. DKWITT County MELVIN TUGGLE, Clinton. DOUGLAS County L. O. HACKETT, Tuscola. DUPAGE County E. L. GATES, Wheaton. EDGAR County GEO. H. HARKNESS, Paris. EDWARDS County C. C. RICE, Albion EFFINGHAM County GEORGE T AUSTIN, Effingham. FAYETTE County J. V. WADDELL, Vandalia. FORD County-SAMrKL 1-:. WELLS, Paxton. FRANKLIN County W. E. MOORE, Benton. FULTON County E. F. MOTSINGER, Lewis- ton. GALLATIN County VICTOR PEARCE, Shaw- GREENE W County W. P. WITT, Carrollton. GRUNDY County F. W. STINK, Morris HAMILTON County GREGG GARRISON, McLe.-msboro. HANCOCK County WM. BURGNER, Carthage. FRANK I. BENNETT Mr. Bennett was appointed director of the Illinois Department of Public Works and Buildings in 1918. He came to his position after an extended experience as Chairman of the Finance Committee of the City Council of Chicago and later as Commissioner of Public Works of the same city. HARDIN County W. M. BALL, Elizabethtown. HENDERSON County C. R. A. MARSHALL, Oquawka. HENRY County JAMES II. REED, Cambridge. Page No. One Hundred Nineteen ILLINOIS HIGHWAY IMPROVEMENT BLUEBOOK IROOUOIS County BENJAMIN JORDAN, JACKSON a County THOMAS G. DUNN, Mur- phy sboro. TASPER County S. A. CONNOR, Newton. JEFFERSON County JOHN D. BREEZE, Mt Vernon. JERSEY County CHARLES E. WARREN, Jerseyville. JO DAVIESS County GEORGE E. SCHROE- DER, Galena. JOHNSON County JOHN H. SHARP, Vienna KANE County M. C. Tarble, Geneva. KANKAKEE County F. M. ENDS, Kankakee KENDALL County JOHN D. RUSSELL, Yorkville. KNOX County A. L. RICKEY, Galesburg. LAKE County CHARLES E. RUSSELL, Wau- kegan. LASALLE County GEO. L. FARNSWORTH, Ottawa. LAWRENCE County R. J. BENEFIEL, Law- renceville. LEE County L. B. NEIGHBOUR, Dixon. LIVINGSTON County GLENN D. BUTZER. LOGAN County L. II. HOLLAND, Lincoln. MACON County P. T. HICKS, Decatur. MACOUPIN County O. B. CONLEE, Carlin- ville. MADISON County W. E. HOWDEN, Ed wardsville. MARION County LEE S. TRAINOR, Salem MARSHALL County-L. H. ELDRIDGE, Lacon MASON County C. H. KREILLING (acting), Havana. MASSAC County J. THRIFT CARLIS, Met- McDO??OUGH County W. M. BONHAM, Macomb. McHENRY County CHAS. L. TRYSON, Woodstock. McLEAN County RALPH O. EDWARDS, Bloomington. MENARD County CYRUS M. BUCKLEY, Petersburg. MERCER County J. E. RUSSELL, Aledo. MONROE County ALBERT R. GARDNER, Waterloo. MONTGOMERY County P. M. BANDY, Hillsboro. MORGAN County L. V. BALDWIN, Jackson ville. MOULTRIE County T. C. FLEMING, Sulli OGLE County ALEX ANDERSON, Polo. PEORIA County WALTER E. EMERY, Peo PERRY County FRANK HOUSE, Pinckney- ville. PIATT County THOMAS J. ANDERSON, Monticello. PIKE County-H. H. HARDY, Pittsfield. POPE County W. T. S. HOPKINS, Golconda. PULASKI County WM. N. MOYERS, Mound City. PUTNAM County MASON WILSON, Henne- pin. RANDOLPH County HENRY I. BARBEAU, Chester. RICHLAND County GEO. LOW, Olney. ROCK ISLAND County WALLACE TREICH- LER, Rock Island. SALINE County J. P. UPCHURCH, Harris- SANGA^MON County EDWIN H. WHITE, Springfield. SCHUYLER County W. S. HENDERSON, SCOTT County GEORGE H. VANNIER, Win- SHELBVcounty N. A. BAXTER, Shelbyville. STARK County W. M. SLATER, Toulon. ST. CLAIR County D. S. THOMAS, Belleville. STEPHENSON County O. G. HIVELEY, TAZEWELL county F. s. COOK, Pekin. UNION County-JOSEPH F. HOWENSTEIN, Jonesboro. VERMILION County W. S. DILLON, Dan- ville. WABASH County JOHN C. SPARKES, Mt. WARREN County C. L. McCLANAHAN, Monmouth. WASHINGTON County OSCAR C. RABEN- NECK, Nashville. WAYNE County GRIFF KOONTZ, Fairfield. WHITE County GEORGE H. BROWN, Carml. WHITESIDE County V. N. Taggett, Morrison. WILL County W. H. SMITH, Joliet. WILLIAMSON County P. B. WILSON, Marion. WINNEBAGO County ALB ERTUS R. CAR- TER, Rockford. WOODFORD County A. B. HURD, Eureka. Officers of Highway Associations in Illinois ILLINOIS HIGHWAY IMPROVEMENT ASSOCIATION. President William G. Edens, 125 West Mon- roe St., Chicago. Secretary Robert W. Dunn, Otis Building, Chicago. BURLINGTON WAY. President C. H. Weber, Jacksonville. Secretary H. C. Wilhite, Greenfield. CANNON BALL TRAIL. President Thomas M. Beatty, Quincy. 'Secretary W. S. McClintock, Galva. DIXIE HIGHWAY. Vice President, in Illinois Richard J. Finne- gan, 15 South Market St., Chicago. EGYPTIAN TRAIL. President Dr. I. A. Lumpkin, Mattoon. Secretary Ernest B. Tucker, Mattoon. GRANT HIGHWAY. President George D. Roper, Rockford. Secretary Malcolm MacKinnon, Rockford. ILLINOIS CORN BELT ROUTE. President A. B. Hurd, El Paso. Secretary G. R. Curtis, El Paso. ILLINOIS VALLEY WAY. President J. R. Blackball, Joliet. Secretary Axel Heiberg, Ottawa. INDIAN HEAD TRAIL. President John Acker, Savanna. Secretary W. F. Miller, Savanna. LINCOLN HIGHWAY. Chicago Consul William G. Edens, 125 West Monroe St., Chicago. NATIONAL OLD TRAILS ASSOCIATION. President L. H. Bissell, Effingham. Secretary J. H. Curry, Effingham. NATIONAL PARKS HIGHWAYS ASSOCIATION. President William G. Edens, 125 West Mon- roe St., Chicago. Secretary -F. W. Guilbert, Spokane, Wash. ROCK RIVER (BLACKHAWK TRAIL) ROAD ASSOCIATION. President J. C. Seyster, Oregon. Secretary Malcolm McKinnon, Rockford. SHERIDAN ROAD IMPROVEMENT ASSOCIATION. President E. L. Lobdell, 59 E. Van Buren St., Chicago. Secretary Henry Atwater, 59 E. Van Buren St., Chicago. Page No. One Hundred Twenty fi > LIBRARY OF THE UNIVERSITY OF ILL1NOI' ILLINOIS HIGHWAY IMPROVEMENT BLUEBOOK Township Highway Commissioners in Illinois LISTED BY COUNTIES ADAMS Frank Delavernge, John Kinder, Jr., Lawrence Mulligan, Kirkland. Meppin. Bondville. Wm. Fruehling, A. S. Seaming, William Maines, Fred W. Eichhorst, LaPrairie. Capron. Brussells. Champaign. John Willard, J. S. Kelley, William Cotton, Golden. Calidonia. CARROLL Homer. John Wssel, D. Shawson, Chas. D. Hatfield, L. A. McCormick, Loraine. Belvidere. Savanna. Urbana. A. P. Clapper, Loraine. BROWN J. B. Fitzpatrick, Savanna. L. E. Marsh, St. Joseph. Henry Cram, Quincy. Frank Pollock, Mendon. Allin R. Fry, Mt. Sterling. J. W. Stephenson, Wm. S. Emery, Mt. Carroll. Hary Martin, G. J. Bower, Tolono. Frank Werts, Urbana. David Cantrell, Coalsburg. Henry Welsh, Camp Point. Lincoln L. Dodd, Clayton. Howe Amen, Clayton. August Bubb, Columbus. James Martin, Columbus. Versailles. Fred Robinson, Timewell. Books Watkins, Siloom. Daniel Bookley, Timewell. Roy McDonald, Mt. Sterling. Fred Dalton, Hersman. Matt Reisch, Fred C. Henze, Shannon. Henry C. Kness, Lavark. D. D. Stitzel, Lavark. S. R. Fulrath, Mt. Carroll. Jas. S. Smith, Savanna. Samuel Grinn, CHRISTIAN N. H. Padgett. Assumption. A. E. Curvey, Palmer. Fred Boughmore, Edinburg. Jas. Gray, Nokomis. W. H. Stumm, Ed Seckman, Quincy. James Platt, Quincy. Antone Hoebing, Quincy. Charles Veihl, Adams. Wm. Craig, Liberty. A. J. Lierly, Kellerville. J. E. Richardson, Beverly. Ben Swan, Liberty. Edward Distlehorst, Payson. Christ Veihl, Quincy. Cooperstown. John P. Long, Mt. Sterling. BURE'AU Philip Herr, La Moille. John Weeks, La Moille. G. S. Jackson, Ohio. William Smith, Walnut. H. A. Dahl, New Bedford. Arthur Black, Tampico. John Glumm,, . Arlington'.; .;. ; A. M. Mallonee, Thomson. Hy. P. Hartman, Chadwick. D. H. Bowders, Milledgeville. Satn'l Murray, Polo. CASS Thos. Daniels, Ashland. Angus Taylor, Virginia. Mr. Chas. F. Johnson, Beardstown. Mr. Wm. Niestradt, Arenzville. Harry Schaeffer, . . Arenaville. CHAMPAIGN Taylorville. Alfred Marshall, Howel. Chas. Dorr, Owaneco. C. M. Long, Assumption. R. A. Himstedt, Boody. J. B. Parish, Mt. Auburn. Joe Vitts, Jr., Pana. Jno. Wyckoff, Moweaqua. Roy Beaty, Morrisonville. E. E. Vincent, Rosemond. Wm. Hawk, Pawnee. ALEXANDER Maiden. George Woolley, Oscar G. Anderson, Broad lands. Ed Walley, Stonington. William. Pryor, Tamms. P. C. Shafer, Thebes. Princeton. Joseph McFadden, Spring Valley. William Bierman, James B. Jones, Fisher. L. T. Daniels, 107 W. Vine, Andrew Flesher, Taylorville. CLARK Henry BufCord, Elco. Princeton. John Johnson, Champaign. G. C. Wills, Robt. Nichol, John Hill, Princeton. Penfield. Marshall. McClure. Andrew Serbian, Cairo. Albert Wilson, Princeton. Virgil White, John Van Sickle, Penfield. James Somers, Allen McNary, Marshall. Orville Arnold, Manlius. Ivesdale. Casey. BOND Frank Smith, W. O. Watts,' John Bash, Manlius. Pesotum Darwin. Chas. W. Kneier, H. G. Prior, Chas. Alexander L. S. Rolison, Keysport. Princeton. Dewey. Martinsville. J. F. Pasley, H. O. Johnson, Jerry Cain Fred Buckner, Mulberry Grove Buda. Gifford. Marshall. C. D. Baits, L. F. Brandt, Henry Wilson, Randall Bailey, Smithboro. M. M. Floyd, Mineral. Alba Miller, Champaign. H. A. Wood, Martinsville. Shelton Davis, Greenville. Princeton. Penfield. Marshall. Louis Gaffner, D. W. Sorine, R. P. Corbett Harry Martin, Greenville. Tiskilwa. Martinsville. L. I. Justi, Arthur Hopkins, D. W. Shirley, Robt. Wier, Pocahontas. Tiskilwa. Martinsville. John Stiner, George Kapp, F. A. Williams. Ham Cooper, Poeahontas. Buda. Fisher Martinsville. Arthur Burkhart, Sorento. Henry Augushine, Neponset. P. J. McKinney, M. V. Connolly, Martinsville. R. O. Young, Jacob Shauffer, Peter ^Veasel James Turner, Sorento. Tiskilwa. Dennison. Clarence Hay, Henry Licht, Wilber Moore, BOONE Bradford. Philo. Westfield. Conrad Johnson, Belvidere. CALHOUN Henry J. Baker, Rantoul. John Mitchell, West Union. E. P. Wright, Hollis Wimeland, Wm. Lavenhagen, Garden Prairie. Harrisburg. Sidney. CLAY Angus McLean, Joseph Waldhauser, James Higgins, W. E. Goad, Capron. Kampsville. Ivesdale. Xenia. Swan Westergreen, John Surgeon, J. W. Apperson, J. H. McElyea, Poplar Grove. Batchtown. Sidney. Xenia. Page No. One Hundred Tiventy-one ILLINOIS HIGHWAY IMPROVEMENT BLUEBOOK Vote"Yes"for Good Roads on the Little Ballot NOV. 5 [ Statement for the Busy Voter ] One of the most important questions ever submitted to the voters of the state is the good roads proposition on the little ballot at the election on November 5. Under the plan adopted by the legis- lature, the proposal is for a system of state highways about 4,800 miles in extent, connecting all counties, reaching nearly all important cities and towns and serving all the people of the com- monwealth. Under existing laws such a system could be built only after 25 or 30 days of extraordinary administrative effort. Paid from Automobile Licenses. The little ballot proposition corrects this defect and allows the issuance of $60,000,000 worth of bonds to be paid entirely out of the automobile license fees. Help Labor After War. Thus there is a double incentive to public support of the proposition the general good to the state from a businesslike method of road building and the special assistance to industry and labor after the war. No Tax on Real Estate. The automobile owners alone will pay for the roads under license fees already in force. The man who does not own an automobile will not pay any part of the expense. Frank O. Lowden. Governor Edward F. Dunne, former Gov- ernor. Charles S. Deneen, former Governor. Richard Yates. former Gover- nor. hum". Hamilton Lewis, U. S. Senator, Lawrence Y. Sherman, U. S. Senator. Roger C. Sullivan. Medill McCormick, Congress- man-at-Large William E. Mason, Congress- man-at-Large. William Hale Thompson, Mayor of Chicago. John H. Walker. President Illinois State Federation of Labor. John Fitzpatrick, President Chicago Federation of Labor. Simon O'Donnell, President Building Trades Council. Victor F. Olander, Secretary Illinois State Federation of Labor. William Quintan, President Amalgamated Association of Street and Electric Railway Employees. Samuel Instill, Chairman State Council of Defense. Charles Ireland, President Illi- nois Bankers' Association. William G. Edens, President Illinois Highway Improve- ment Association. S. E. Bradt. State Superinten- dent of Highways. E. N. Hurley, United States Shipping Board. Lucius Teter, President Chi- cago Association of Com- merce. John V. Farwell. George M. Reynolds. President Continental and Commercial National Bank, Chicago. James B. Forgan, Chairman of Board, First National Bank, Chicago. General Charles G. Dawes, A. E. F. in France. H. M. Byllesby. Charles H. Wacker. John G. Oglesby, Lieutenant Governor. Louis L. Emmersnn, Secretary of State. Edward J. Brundage, Attorney General. Len Small, State Treasurer. John G. Shedd, Marshall Field & Co. Andrew Kussell, State Auditor. Francis G. Blair, State Super- intendent of Public Instruc- tion. James McAndrews, Congress- man. Joseph G. Cannon, Congress- man. Martin B. Madden, Congress- man. Henry T. Rainey, Congressman. Charles E. Fuller, Congressman. L. E. Wheeler, Congressman. (Jeorge E. Foss, Congressman. A. J. Sabath, Congressman. William W. Wilson. Congress- man. William B. McKinley, Congress- man. Niels Juul, Congressman. T. S. Williams. Congressman. D. M. Martin, President, Illi- nois Farmers' Institute. Hugh S. Magill, Jr., Director Illinois Centennial Commission. Judge Kenesaw M. Landis. William L. O'Connell, former Chairman Illinois Utilities Commission. David E. Shanahan, Speaker Edward D. Shurtleff, former Speaker. Arcn bishop George W. Mun- delein. Bishop Charles P. Anderson. W. B. Millard, Executive Secre- tary Chicago Church Federa- tion Council. Bishop Thomas Nicholson. L. Wilbur Messer, General Secretary Y. M. C. A. B. M. Englehard, Temple Sholom. O. E. Aleshire. Head Banker Modern Woodmen of Amer- ica. Edward Houlihan, State Deputy Knights of Columbus. S. L. Von Fossen, Grand Chan- cellor Knights of Pythias. James McCredie, Grand Com- mander Knights Templar of Illinois. Homer J. Tice, State Highway Adviser. B. F. Harris, Banker- Farmer, Champaign. James P. Wilson, former State Charles Atkins, Director Illinois Department of Agriculture. Edmund J. James. President University of Illinois. E. Davenport, Dean of College of Agriculture, University of Illinois. Frank S. Dickson, Adjutant General. Col. Robert R. McCormick, commanding Ft. Sheridan. General LeRoy T. Steward, Illinois Militia Reserve. Col. James E. Stuart, Eleventh Infantry. H. L. Lewis, President Illinois Rural Letter Carriers' Asso- ciation. Perkins Bass, President Cook County Real Estate Board. William Butterworth, President Illinois Manufacturers' Asso- ciation. George H. Bird, President Chi- cago Automobile Trade Asso- ciation. Charles Herendeen, President Chicago Automobile Club. Charles M. Hayes, President Chicago Motor Club. S. N. Cann, President Chicago Typographical Union, No. 16. Barney Cohan, State Director of Labor. Foster S. Nima, President Hamilton Club of Chicago. Frank I. Bennett, State Direc- tor of Public Works and Buildings. George R. Jones, Four Minute Men. Col. Frank L. Smith. Chairman Republican State Central Committee. Ernest Hoover, Chairman Democratic State Central Committee. Fred E. Sterling, former Chair- man Republican State Cen- tral Committee. Col. Frank A. Denlson, Com- manding 370th U. S. Infantry, (8th Illinois National Guard.) John W. Eckhart, President Iroquois Club. James J. Brady, former State Auditor. Henry R. Rathbone, former President Hamilton Club of Chicago. Jane Addams, Hull House, Chicago. Highway Commissioner. THIS ADVERTISEMENT PRINTED UNDER AUSPICES OF THE FOLLOWING: Chicago Automobile Trade Association, Chicago Motor Club, Chicago Automobile Club, Chicago Garage Owners' Association. Chicago Association of Commerce, Cook County Real Estate Board, Chicago Real Estate Board, Street Car Men's Union, Hamilton Club. Irpquois Club, Cook County Farmers' and Truck Gardeners' Assn., Blue Island Automobile Club, Associated Road Organizations of Chicago and Cook County. This Statement was printed as advertising in Chicago Papers two days before the referendum. Page No. One Hundred Twenty-two ILLINOIS HIGHWAY IMPROVEMENT BLUEBOOK TOWNSHIP HIGHWAY COMMISSIONERS IN ILLINOIS (Continued) T. H. Gaumon. Henry Dreyer. Geo. Thompson, William Martin, lola. Norwood Park. Sycamore. Chrisman. G. C. Buoll, Adam Keuch, Simon Jordal, E. E. Fuqua, Edgewood. Tinley Park. Lee. Vermillion. C. W. McVeigh. Henry Roper, R. B. Firkins, Arlie Gough, Flora. Palatine. Shabbona. Brocton. J. D. Ezell. Dan'l Sullivan, Wm. H. Schule, O. S. Mason, Louisville. Palos Park. Cortland. Chrisman. P. P. Beal. Henry Dinse, H. B. Coy, J. B. Sudduth, Louisville. Hinsdale. Sandwich. PariB. Thurman Smith. D. G. Gilly, E. S. Ball. R. D. Fulton, Clay City. Barrington. Shabbona. Paris. A. B. Atchison. John Clarke, W. R. Adee, U. B. Fitzpatrick. Louisville. Tinley Park. Clare. Kansas. Jeff Colborr, Fred Siekman, Frank Wood, Frank Briston, Bible Grove. 1636 Chicago Road, Hinckley. Paris. Roy Walton. Chicago Heights. Edward Whipple, John L. Scott. Clay City. Henry Aulwurm, Sycamore. Scottland. C. M. Prosser, Blue Island. Ben Arnold, Joseph Ellsberry, Sailor Springs. Julius J. Precht, Leland. Chrisman. Arlington Heights. Calvin LeMaster, CLINTON C. F. Cromer, DEWITT Paris. Robb G. Terry. Centralia. Fred Heinzmann, Shattuc. Chas. Hentz, Boulder. Elgin. Henry Schneider, Lemont. Frank Gertz, Kolze. Henry B. Roller, Frank Swiney, Farmer City. W. S. Milton, Farmer City. John Hurd, Walter Q. Calvin, Brocton. J. E. Sanders, Paris. James Van Sickle, Metcalf. Gerhard Sprehe. Hoffman. Willow Springs. William Kruse, Wapella. J. H. Kesecker, EDWARDS William F. Houseman. Huey. N. E. Baum. Carlyle. George Schuchmann. Carlyle. Peter List, DesPlaines. Herbert Scherer, Glencoe. John E. Reusch, Niles. CRAWFORD Wapella. John Mobley, Waynesville. E. L. Huffman, Waynesville. Charley Morrison, Clinton. N. C. Bean, Allen Stone, Albion. Charles Marks, West Salem. Jethro Gill. Albion. Lewis Barber, Carlyle. Edward T. Hoffmame. Beckemeyer. Fred W. Beckemeyer, Carlyle. John Dart, Oblong. Wm. H. Price, Hutsonville. Clinton. C. M. Johnson, DeWStt. Chas. L. Roben, Albion. Sebastian Rigg, Browns. G. H. Chalcraft, Joseph Schlautmann. Germantown. Martin Schonefeld, Breese. D. W. Holderman, Hutsonville. W. L. Martin, Palestine. Weldon. George Harp, Lanes. William Querfeld, Ellery. Finis W. Blackburn, Albion. Fred Mode. Benj. Nordmann. John E. Griswold, Clinton. Grayville. Breese. Robinson. C. N. Davidson, Frank Zinkel, Frank Moody, Kenney. EFFINGHAM Albers. Adam Keilbach, Oblong. N. C. Waggoner, DOUGLAS Samuel Yagow, Trenton. Oblong. Mel Parrott, Jas. H. Davidson, Edgewood. J. W. Finfrock, COLES Chauncey. Elmer Moore, Arcola. J. H. Watson, Altamong. J. F. Younger, Charles Parker. Flat Rock. Arcola. Maccasin. Oakland. John Seaney, Geo. Zeisz, Rudolph Bandelow. W. F. Winkleblack. Flat Rock. Hindsboro. Beecher City. Rardin. Homer Cooper, W. H. Greider, Tim Whalen, CUMBERLAND Camargo. Mason. Charleston. Claus Harder, Clarence Wilmeth, W. V. Shrader, B. A. Weaver, Garrett. Altamont, Humbolt. Greenup. John Fry, Henry Schnuecke, Fred Aufdenkamp, N. C. Spies, Murdock. Emngham. Humbolt. Greenup. H. J. McCown, J. H. Huffer, T. W. Nolls. David Ellis, Newman. Shumway. Mattoon. Neoga. E. G. McDanel, Chas. Horner, Charles F. Talbott, Henry Swidge, Oakland. Watson. Charleston. G. V. Moffett. Segil. Dumos Easton, A. M. Wright, Tuscola. S. B. Gillispie, Watson. Ashmore. George W. Maxey, Toledo. J. D. Allenboy, DUPAGE Henry Buhnekemper. Emngham. Charleston. William Greason. Lerna. E. D. Litwillis, Jewett. Roy Nichols. Greenup. J. A. Lansberry, L. H. Krage, Addison. Henry Haberkamp, Henry Laue, Jr., Teutopolis. Wm. Schwartz, Dieterich. Etna. W. E. Dole, Mattoon. COOK Greenup. DEKALB M. E. O'Brien, DeKalb. Roselle. Fred Schick, Bartlett. C. B. Patterman, West Chicago. A. F. Mertz John R. Field, Dieterich. Anton C. Thoele, Teutopolis. Fred C. Dettmering, Wm. Reid, Glen Ellyn. FAYETTE Matteson. Asa Dearborn, Waterman. John Moser, Louis Reinke, Selby F. Bail, Riverside. Cortland. Chas K Roe St. Elmo. Fred W. Botterman. Roselle. Charles Sahs, Frank Fuller, DeKalb. Alfred Benson, Downers Grove. Ernest Rott, Lisle Cube Smith, Hagarstown. C. B. Frailey, Oak Lawn. Herman Garms. Kirkland. J. W. Brown, John Schelling, Jr., Eola Herrick. H. F. Austin, Arlington Heights. Genoa. Ramsey. Benj. H. Crandall, Peter Paulson, EDGAR Chas. F. Harris, Worth. Kingston. Bingham. Frank Appleyard, John Letheby, Chas. Milam, Henry Morey, Glenview. Malta. Redmon. Shobonier. Pat/c No. One Hundred Twenty-three ILLINOIS HIGHWAY IMPROVEMENT BLUEBOOK TOWNSHIP HIGHWAY COMMISSIONERS IN ILLINOIS (Continued) R. H. Smith, John Denny, Joseph Clarke, James Tierney, Farina. Lewistown. Carbon Hill. Media. A. F. Meyer, Jasper Bishop, Wm. J. Vint, Wm. Campbell, St. Peter. Cuba. Kinsman. Biggsville. Emory Hooper, R. W. David, Wm. Pfeiffer, John Thompson, Beecher City. Ipava. Dwight. Kirkwood. J. C. Campbell, R. S. Ewing, A. L. Bookwalter, W. C. Boock, Brownstown. Avon. Gardner. Little York. Alvin Tedrick, Harry Brockley, Walter Olroyd, Leonard Schell, Vernon. Astoria. S. Wilmington. Oquawka. John E. Morrison, R. T. Smith, Harry Morris, Ramsey. Canton. HAMILTON Gladstone. W. L. Henry, Lewis McCoughey, W. G. Bennett, T. R. Marshall, Brownstown. Walter M. Smith, Ipava. Wm. O' Bryant, Dahlgren. Carl Darnell Stronghurst. Leslie Lovitt, Vandalia. Chas. M. Cunningham, Bryant. A. J. Hale, McLeansboro. Nim Esthes Stronghurst. Geo. M. Dewein, Vandalia. Pearl Thompson, Vandalia. A. H. O'Dell, Canton. Geo. Hinderliter, Smithfield. C. W. Utsinger, Dahlgren. Frank Hood, McLeansboro. M A Smith Carman. HENRY Loogootee. Wm. Richman, Vandalia. FRANKLIN Francis M. Todd, Benton. Fiatt. M. Smith, Ellisville. Robert Raffles, Farmington. R. A. Wheeler, Fairview. J. H. Chenoweth, Broughton. Burse Carr, McLeansboro. Zabe Pierce, McLeansboro. Roy Summers, Broughton. Chas. Hamann, Osco. Chas. Klavohn, Geneseo. A. A. Funk, Cambridge. Wm. J. Eyer, Annawan. Will Rogers, Benton. Henry Roberts, Table Grove. L. S. Edie, Vermont. HANCOCK J. E. Pettijohn, W. H. Miller, Colona. Geo. W. Pobanz, Benton. R. T. McAdoo, Thompson ville. Frank Russell, West Frankfort. Fred Frailey, Henry Bennett, Lewistown. Walter McLaren, Astoria. Floyd Fullmer, London Mills. Augusta. Joe Roberts, Plymouth. Jackson Procter, Carthage. George Miller, Geneseo. Joseph Vogl, Geneseo. Peter VerKruyse, Geneseo. E. T. Cain, Akin. Wm. Winemiller, Whittington. Sam Binkley, Frankfort Heights. GREENE Jasper Hopper, Athensville. LaHarpe. W. C. Lovitt, LaHarpe. William Dickhut, Bowen. Hooppole. Herman Pobanz, Geneseo. Frank Peterson, Geneseo. O. S. Martel, Ed Camerer, C. B. Jones, Edward Oberle, Sessar. Henry McAfoos, Ewing. Eldred. John Vaugn, Carrollton. Bentley. William Daily, Carthage. Prophetstown. S. C. McCurdy, Alpah. J. N. Moore, W. J. Perkins, W. E. Simmons, S. H. Whitcomb, Newkey. Kane. Burside. Woodhull. Orlen Bunkett, Christopher. A. L. Dowdal, Carrollton. Alfred Blythe, LaHarpe. P. H. Nelson, Bishop Hill. W. R. Johnson, O. H. Felgar, Jonas Grannell, FORD Patterson. West Point. Galva. Elmer Down, Wm. Henderson, George W. Sells, Jay Mayhew, Cabery. Greenfield. Basco. Kewanee. Jas. R. Sutton, Sam McCracken, G. T. Phipps, Clarence Bloomberg. Kempton. John T. Pearson, Roodhouse. J. H. Harper, Carthage. W. H. Sargent, Lynn Center. Bengt Anderson, Piper City. John Meikle, Piper City. C. E. Breessie, Greenfield. Henry Pruett, Whitehall. Fred Baker, Ferris. Ernest Mendenhall, Dallas City. L. Siegrist, Andover. William Smith, Cambridge. Henry C. Kuster, Roberts. Whitehall. Pontoosuc. Galva. J. S. Keener, John Blogan, Philip Spory, H. M. Hawthorne, Loda. Carrollton. Suter. Kewanee. A. Buchholz, L. H. Rafferty, John W. Barnaby, Wm. Harsha, Mel vin. Carrollton. Basco. Orion. P. J. Leenerman, Sibley. W. H. A. Yersman, Gibson City. E. R. Thornton GRUNDY H. P. Wicks, Seneca. Harry Mekemson, Hamilton. Edward Printy, Nauvoo. Oscar Jones, Joe Greenwood, Jr., Hooppole. IROQUOIS Gibson City. Harry Hoge, Niota. J. H. Luebchow, R. C. Park, Morris. G. E. Bolt, Buckley. Albert Patten, Mallard. Christ Scheiwe, John Parson Minooka. Frank Buckert, Milford. Clarence. J. F. Stine, Morris. Warsaw. McKenzie Newton, AVm. Cleary, Ashkum. FULTON W. S. Miller, Nauvoo. Chas. Winslow, Morris. Donovan. J. E. Drummond, D. C. Growley, HARDIN Wm. Correll, Marietta. Seneca. W. T. Martin, Watseka. M. Heffron, T. J. Higgins, Cave In Rock. George M. Brock, Havana. Morris. \Vm. Drumm, Clifton. Ora Abbott, Jerry Plart, Karbers Ridge. v Leroy Stanley, Fiatt. Coal City. Thomas Cawsent, Iroquois. Harvey Cluny, Fred L. Dlx, Elizabethtown. Tom O'Neill, Havana. Verona. H. B. Riggs, Crescent City. E. L. Boughman, W. B. Hadden, Cave In Rock. J. M. Janssen, Avon. Mazon. Danforth. Madison Cleary, Henry Glasgow, HENDERSON W. T. Moore, Lewistown. Gardner. Gilman. O. U. Holt, Edward Pierard, A. D. Atkins, Peter Coyer, Canton. Coal City. Raritan. Hoopeston. Page No. One Hundred Twenty-four ILLINOIS HIGHWAY IMPROVEMENT BLUEROOK TOWNSHIP HIGHWAY COMMISSIONERS IN ILLINOIS (Continued) John Duits, KANKAKEE JEFFERSON L. M. Schultz, Crescent City. Anthony Thilmony, Loda. Henry Molthan, Grant Park. Squire Dycus, Ashley. Elizabeth. John Marrley, Galena. Robert E 1 . Rogers, Wellington. A. H. Cyrier, Grant Park. Max Skortz, Shelter. Chas. Yeager, Kent. John W. Schroeder, Vern E. Beedy, F. F. Bond, O. H. Hasley, Martinton. Manteno. Woodlawn. "Warren. E. C. Fish, Watseka. Louis Lamarre, Manteno.' John F. Bradford, Mt. Vernon. Henry Appuhn, Galena. Ellsworth Benner, Milford. Benj. Stallcup, Momence. G. C. Black, Bonnie. P. Murphy, Woodbine. John Elliot, S. B. Croman, G. W. McKinney, Clifton. Momence. Texico. JASPER D. R. Dowell, Onarga. John Haymond, Bourbonnais. H. E. Sandy, Bluford. M. A. Romack, Aug. Ruebensam, Papineau. Fred Goodknecht, Kankakee. L. A. Baldridge, Woodlawn. Newton. Ed Monroney, Geo. Kidel, Cissna Park. George Swartz, Wellington. Thomas Hapenny, Onarga. A. F. Ruder, Essex. C. E. Gray, St. Anne. Albert Dummontelle, St. Anne. William Summers, Mt. Vernon. Geo. W. Bean, Mt. Vernon. James Epperson, Bellerive. Yale. Marion Kilgoe, Rose Hill. John Wilson, Jewett. D. B. Whitehurst, Scott Mason, Sheldon. J. R. Frick, Stockland. C. J. Smith, Aroma Park. Chas. Rahn, Chebanse. Frank Johnson, Bellerive. R. J. Adams, Bonnie. Wheeler. F. E. Drake, Winterrowd. Henry C. James, F. L. Mau, Charles Duncan, Bogota. Herscher. Dix. G. E. Brothers, KNOX Geo. McGinnis, N. E. Walker, West Liberty. Reddick. Woodlawn. Jas. R. Clark, William Beals, Galva. W. C. Burrell, Kankakee. John W. Been, Blu-ford. Ste. Marie. R. C. Funkhouser, C. L. Youngdall, Altona. KANE JOHNSON Willow Hill. Frank Bailey, Gust Peterson, Hunt. Oneida. J. N. Reckinger, Walter Russell, Arthur Robertson, Aurora. Goreville. JACKSON Rio. .1. A. Sandquist, Victoria. Frank E. Johnson, Altona. O. S. Olson, John Nelson, Batavia. G. S. Dick, Big Rock. A. G. Kent, Elburn. C. M. Davis, Buncombe. J. C. File, Cypress. J. C. Webb, Tunnel Hill. L. L. Kinmel, Elkville. O. H. Porter, Vergennes. J. T. Hayes, Wataga. Eli Hillagoss, John Fathergill, Burlington. T. G. Taylor, Vienna. H. W. Underwood, Galesburg. W. H. Machin, Arthur Bolcum, St. Charles. O. B. Horriss, Vienna. Ava. A. A. McCord, Williamsfleld. Roy L. Stevens, Gilson. D. K. Courier, Knoxville. Geo. Swedlund, John E. Boncosky, Dundee. Charles H. Burnidge, Elgin. A. J. Kautz, Geneva. John Smith, Parker City. W. O. Hardin, Simpson. T. B. Shelton, Grantsburg. De Soto. John Hines, Murphysboro. A. B. Harronff, Murphysboro. Ellis McBride, Galesburg. John Barrett, Ed Ream, Hampshire. Jess Casper, Belknap. John Parks, Yates City. Ben Taylor, Gilson. W. A. Snyder, DeLong. John McCracken, C. D. Ames, Kaneville. H. J. Rohrsen, Hampshire. Preston Bellows, Gilberts. JO DAVIESS F. M. Winons. Apple River. Harry Dixon, Floyd Brown, Carbondale. W. S. Hinchcliff, Murphysboro. Quin Sickler, Abingdon. Floren Berger, Yates City. N. H. McGirr, Maquon, Clark Bonham, S. W. Clark, St. Charles. S. H. Rollins, Sugar Grove. Preston A. Keefe, Maple Park. Mt. Carroll. Thos. H. Temperly, Scales Mound. J. Sylvester Liddle, East Dubuque. Geo. F. Heer, Wm. Walther, Jacob. Chas. Oliver, Makanda. H. H. Inman, London Mills. I. T. Perry, St. Augustine. JERSEY Hanover. Jas. M. Dower, Galena. James Hudson, Grand Tower. Gus Gray, Wm. Allen, Jerseyville. Elizabeth. LAKE KENDALL Dean Hickman, Louis Werner, Frank Dunn, Delhi. Scales Mound. Antioch. Oliver Dranir, Geo. W. Ruyle, Jas. E 1 . Craig, Geo. P. Renchan, Oswego. Kemper. Hanover. Round Lake. Geo. B. Raymond, Wm. H. Ochler, Harman Schonhoff, Chas. Stickney, Briscoe. Delhi. East Dubuque. Zion City. Wm. Erickson, Geo. C. Frazer, John Mahoney, Wm. Hobsin, Piano. Dow. Warren. Barrington. Alvin Keelogg, W. W. Gearing, John Block, John Freberg, Yorkville. Crafton. Massbach. Highland Park. J. Widney, A. J. Dabbs, D. L. Norris, Fred Grimm, Yorkville. Crafton. Galena. Lake Zurich. J. Sherman Budd, Chas. King, J. B. Schuler, Felix O'Boyle, Willbrook. Fieldon. Galena. Fox Lake. Geo. Peterson, J. K. Cadwallader, L. C. Berryman, Geo. McCredle, Winooka. McClusky. Stockton. Lake Villa. Wm. Barren, Henry Harmon, R. H. Perry. E. L. Davis, Neward. Jerseyville. Scales Mound. Libertyville. Wilks S. Widley, R. H. Bethel, Napoleon Clay, Frank Shea, Neward. Otterville. Stockton. Wadsworth. Page No. One Hundred Twenty-five ILLINOIS HIGHWAY IMPROVEMENT BLUEBOOK TOWNSHIP HIGHWAY COMMISSIONERS IN ILLINOIS (Continued) Matt Atkinson, LAWRENCE M. H. Ruddy, W. F. Broughton, Lake Bluff. Blackstone. Mt. Zion. Stanley F. Foote, B. B. Vance, Geo. Holland, W. H. Erisman, Prairie View. Vincennes, Ind. Manville. Illiopolis. John Thomas, Ben Meddaugh, F. A. Hall, T. F. Wheeler, Libertyville. Bridgeport. Fairbury. Oakley. Wm. Tonigan, C. E. Jones, David Law, Henry Botoner, Waukegan. A. L. Crabtree, Lawrenceville. Michael Diebold, Fairbury. Frank Kennedy, Blue Mound. Henry Kemmerly, Wauconda. Sumner. Pontiac. Macon. John Coralon, Geo. Gray, Wm. Ringler, Edgar M. Hill, Deerfield. Lawrenceville. Strawn. Decatur. M. C. Wirty, Wm. Philbert, Sam Metz, F. C. Betzer, Area. Lawrenceville. Fairbury. Argenta. Geo. Starkman, Geo. E. Noel, LA SALLE Sumner. Saunemin. MACOUPIN E. L. Gray, Lincoln Telford, Geo. E. Thompson, Sumner. Emington. W. H. Schultz, Leland. R. C. Alice, A. B. Terwillegar, Staunton. Oscar Strobel, Birds. Dwight. Walter Quinn, Chas. Rademacher, Mt. Olive. Ransom. LEE Strawn. Chas. Anderson, George Darby, Seneca. Martin Hall, Wm. Hanna, Chatsworth. Hornsby. C. J. Mitchell, Albert Gay, Streator. L. W. Etttarf', T. G. Flessner, Charlotte. Carlinville. E. J. Mclntyre, Harry DeBolt, Ottawa. Amboy. Clifford Knapp, Wm. Fraher, Cullom. Carlinville. Walter Klaus, O. A. Hornung, Grand Ridge. John Weldon, La Salle. John J. Quinn, Streator. Chas. Wagner, Ashton. John Fassig, W. Brooklyn. Horace Dysart, Franklin Grove. Robb Gaston, Emington. Geo. Pritchard, Dwight. W. B. Doran, Dwight. Atwater. B. T. Jennings, Girard. J. T. Ebers, Virden. David Kirkwood, Bunker Hill. Wm. Torman, James Penny, LOGAN Frank Drury, Earlsville. -LJixon. Gillespie. John Schafer, Geo. B. Rogers, J. W. Birks. Wm. Tolbert, Tonica. John Kummer, Ottawa. H. M. Glazier, Grand Ridge. Frank E. Rawling, Earlville. Frank Kates, Grand Ridge. P. E. Gray, Rutland. T. E. Philips, Lostant. Henry Bierborn, Ohio. W. E. Hopkins, Walnut. F. E. Sueallwood, Harmon. Hiel Brunson, W. Brooklyn. Wm. McCoy, Walton. Peter McCollough, Sublette. Scott Morris, Franklin Grove. Thos. F. Drew, Dixon. Latham. Francis Wilson, Latham. Fred Gulso, Chestnut. Daniel McDonald, Beason. John A. Cheek, Atlanta. B. H. Keck, Mt. Pulaski. Peter Sandel, Lincoln. D. E. Curry, Lincoln. Carlinville. Herman Lehmann, Carlinville. Albert F. Lott, Carlinville. Walter Rees, Girard. A. H. Mercer, Bunker Hill. T. J. Kelley, Plainview. John Meyers, Chesterfield. T. E. Joiner, Hettick La Salle. W. E. Bosworth, Marseilles. William Schmitz, Mendota. Otto Kaminky, Earlville. C. T. Hougas, Seneca. Carl Jacobson, Sheridan. Frank Bolden, Sheridan. S. C. Davis, Martin H. Lenox, Dixon. J. M. Nealis, Steward. F. R. Fuestman, Dixon. John R. Oester, Sublette. Frank Krauer, W. Brooklyn. H. L. Rhoads, Compton. Phil Niebergall, Pawpaw. J. C. Hawes, Atlanta. C. E. Sherbondy, Elkhart. John Hanahan, Broadwell. Louis Baker, Lincoln. Elmer Musgrove, Hartsburg. Peter Lucas, Elkhart. G. L. Ogilvie, Middletown. .W. E. Ritchie, Palmyra. Albert Ross, Palmyra. C. C. Schmidt, Brighton. Robert McCormick, Shipman. Jas. W. Hall, Chesterfield. Geo. Holmes, Greenfield. Wm. Finney, Greenfield. Mendota. Geo. S. Miller, Ancona. LIVINGSTON Chas. H. Lohrenz, New Holland. Edgar Woll, J. S. Hart, Scottville. Michael Kerrigan, John Hanson, San Jose. MADISON Ottawa. Flanagan. Henry Benckendorf, F. S. Cookhill, MACON F. W. Brummworth, Streator. Fairbury. Alhambra. Louis Leittl, John Wolf, W. B. Montgomery, Edw. Kleppisch, Peru. Odell. Maroa. Collinsville. James Adamson, Hiram Fortna, O. B. Jennings, Len Southard, Tonica. Forrest. Boody. Mitchell. Geo. M. Finkle, Marseilles. Aaron Forney, Graymont. A. J. Conover, Decatur. Argalus Stubbs, Edwardsville. C. A. Bernard, Louis Gibbs, Fred Heinle, Wm. Whyers, Serena. Gridley. Argenta. Upper Alton. Robert F. Heth, Wm. Louden, J. G. Leonard, Henrv Weisemann, Ottawa. Long Point. Decatur. Edwardsville. Ira Geft, L. C. Brinkman, W. H. Weaver, Dwight Roberts, Troy Grove. Graymont. Decatur. Godfrey. Edward Flynn, Chanuncey Street, J. A. Brown, Louis Monken, Utica. Pontiac. Warrensburg. Highland. John Bodnum, Gunder Mitchell, G. E. Florey, Joe Schafer, Tonica. Rowe. Casner. Edwardsville. William Murray, Arch Winters, R. L. Moyer, John Schmidt, Ottawa. Cornell. Maroa. Troy. John A. Hanley, H. M. Reed, L. B. Dlckson, Jacob Raeber, Utica. Pontiac. Dalton City. Grantfork. Page No. One Hundred Twenty-six ILLINOIS HIGHWAY IMPROVEMENT BLUEBOOK TOWNSHIP HIGHWAY COMMISSIONERS IN ILLINOIS (Continued) H. L. Gottenstrader, Marine. Arthur Gillmore, Manito. F. W. Hartman, Ridgeneld. J. W. Honghton, Petersburg. Henry Emde, Moro. Ed Horn, Easton. O. Havang, Woodstock. Robt. Armstrong, 'Petersburg. Geo. Bauer, John Flaharty, D. M. Weter, New Douglas. Saidora. Hebron. MERCER F. H. Strackeljohn, Granite City. Wm. Salter, L. H. Menke, Havana. Ed Ewers, Henry Vogel, Richmond. Howard Siedschlag, Roy E. Shover, North Henderson. O. E. Eustrom, Alhambra. Mason City. Spring Grove. New Windsor. Christ Bunte, Clyde Wallace, John Boyle, Chas. Clark, Worden. Kilbourne. McHenry. Sherrard. Henry Schlemer, G. W. Scarcliff, John Pierson, Roy E. Campbell, Edwardsville. Manito. Crystal Lake. Norwood. Nick Raeber, Chas. Roll, Ed Wallace, J. B. Fender, Highland. Mason City. Gary Station. Viola. Jacob Hug, Herman Boeck, Jas. Carver, St. Jacobs. Mason City. McLEAN Pre-emption. A. A. Berger, Granite City. Hei Helens, East Alton. John McCarty, Havana. Del Heater, Easton. E. I. Gardner, Heyworth. James G. Anderson, Wilber Peters, Aledo. J. D. Fender, Aledo. MARION MASSAC Chas. H. Disher, Geo. Albertson, Aledo. E A Miller Orville Henry, C. E Rainey, A. Windl(>, Seaton. Alma. Frank Harker, Odin. W. E. Shaw, Walnut Hill. A. D. Nichols, Unionville. Chas. Speck, New Columbia. Ed. J-iambert, Joppa. II. C. Williams, Alonzo Flesher, Lexington. A. C. Gerling, Bloomington. Homer Caton, Standford. Frank Haas, Millersburg. Ira E. Green, Aledo. Cecil ClarK, Keithsburg. Alma. Orville Gaston, Carter. Sam Barksdale, Metropolis. Will Reed. Metropolis. Wm. Hunter, Saybrook. Chas. Paxton, J. F. Mattson, New Boston. John Hallman, Muscatine. luka. W. C. Soldner, Kinmundy. Marion Shaefer, Kinmundy. Lee Southword, McDONOUGH W. S. Heaton, Vermont. Wm. Hutchins, Bushnell. Chas. E. Dance, Ellsworth. Olio Prahm, Barnes. Stephen C. Wheeler, Covel. MONROE Joseph Huber, New Athens. Frank Einwich, Waterloo. luka. Geo. Jett, Odin. J. J. Blankenship, Patoka. J. M. Morneet, Dix. H. D. Meader, luka. Geo. W. Williams, Salem. W. F. Schaffnit, Sandoval. J. E. Boynton, Salem. C. A. Donoho, Tonti. James Derry, Adair. Charles McElvain, Bushnell. C. H. Kreider, Prairie City. Luther Fowler, Industry. Hudson Crabb, Macomb. W. C. Sanders, Good Hope. Hugh Stoneking, Birmingham. Frank Bonn, Macomb. Rial Irish, A. J. Abrams, Hudson. Chas. Straul, Normal. E. F. Mitchell, Lexington. J. W. Rozhart, Chenoa. J. M. Reynolds, Colfax. H. H. Thedens, Anchor. Geo. W. Van Ness, McLean. John Fitzgerald, Cooksville. Lee Fuller Ralph Reid, Red Bud. Adam Bran, Waterloo. Charles Leiser, Columbia. Gerhardt Bovvin, Waterloo. Fred Johanning, Waterloo. Joseph Krebel, Prairie du Rocher. Fred Reichmann, Valmeyer. Gus Ripplemeyer, Valmeyer. MARSHAL,!, T. I,. Davis, Toluca. C. A. Axline, Wenona. Gus Bade, Varna. Colchester. Phillip L-evvis, Macomb. L. E. Smith, Sciota. Randolph Kennedy, Plymouth. Harry Dorothy, Tennessee. LeRoy. Gilbert Reeves, Gridley. Oren Orendortt, Bloomington. T. A. Campbell, Bellflower, Samuel Stavbus, Danvers. MONTGOMERY John Peiper, Rosamond. John Charney, Farmersville. John A. Wallis, Butler. W. T. Roberts, B. S. Harper, LaRose. Ed M. Owen, Clinton Parish, Colchester. G. P. Whittaker, J. C. Casey, Heyworth. D. H. Kent, Coffeen. Amos Snooks, Fillmore. Wilburn. Glenn Strawn, Lacon. Blandinsville. McHENRY Cropsey. Henry Knapple, Danvers. W. W. Root, Panama. James A. Sanders, W. H. Bell, Henry. Harry Dunbar, Henry Meyers, Colfax Harvel. Chas. Tenison, John Hanley, Lacon. Marengo. B. R. Olcott, J. J. Stack, Hillsboro. C. A. Grantham, Richard Hays, Marengo. Irving. Sparland. Wm. Daniels, Thomas Green, Harvard. MENARD Jesse R. Gipson, Nokomis. Henry. E. F. Comwell, Wm. A. Banister, Robert Roberson, Chas. Salisbury, Harvard. Fancy Prairie. Litchfield. Henry. E. C. Hammond, Geo. Winterbaner, Frank Baker, L. E. Root, Alden. Fancy Prairie. Waggoner. Edelstein. C. R. Cooney, James M. Edwards, Ira Doyle, Woodstock. Greenview. Raymond. MASON Henry A. Russel, W. D. Power, Henry Theen, Marengo. Athens. Nokomis. H. Wetzel, Chris Fritz, J. C. Page, James H. Ryan, San Jose. Union. Atterberry. Litchfield. J. H. Keith, John F. Weltzien, R. V. Stowell, Louis Neiman, Bath. Huntley. Petersburg. Walshville. Page No. One Hundred Twenty-seven ILLINOIS HIGHWAY IMPROVEMENT BLUEBOOK We Can Build Any Road 26 years of experience in Illinois, Iowa, Missouri and Minnesota We have done a large amount of work for Santa Fe, Rock Island and Burlington Railroads We ship Crush Stone for building and road work and Limestone Screenings for agricultural purposes CAMERON, JOYCE & CO. RAILROAD AND GENERAL CONTRACTORS 17 South Seventh Street Keokuk, Iowa On the Main Thoroughfare, Opposite Postoffice EUROPEAN PLAN HOTEL ? T T ? T T DFISTED MPEPPOOf Milwaukee s Distinctive Hotel Rates : $2.00 per day and up Gentlemen's Electric Grill Service a la Carte, 12-2 and 5-8 P. M. CAFE Popular Priced Noon Luncheon If here for the day only, we cordially invite you to make use of our various facilities as follows: PUBLIC ROOMS BARBER SHOP Turkish and Russian Baths, Manicure Parlors, Modern Equip ped Garage, Touring Infor- mation and Stenographic Service. Page No. One Hundred Twenty-eight ILLINOIS HIGHWAY IMPROVEMENT BLUEBOOK TOWNSHIP HIGHWAY COMMISSIONERS IN ILLINOIS (Continued) C. L. Armentrout, Robert Seal, M. F. McMillen, R. E. Cunningham, Irving. Byron. Deland. Mound. Willis Corlew, Geo. Zimmerman, Wm. Vanderwort, W. H. Aldred, Raymond. Davis Junction. Mansfield. Pulaski. Fred Ertmoed, W. L. Alexander, Jas. Kelley, MORGAN Oregon. White Heath. Ullin. John M. Slice Allen Reints, N. L. Langston, Kings. PIKE Wetaug. W. W. Young, Litterberry. John F. Beck, Woosong. W. A. Reathaford, Chambersburg. Sim Taylor, Olmsted. Douglas Turley, Jacksonville. PEORIA C. E. Mullins. Valley City. PUTNAM Geo. W. Nortrup, W. H. Erford, Thomas Wade, W. L. Bumgarner, Chapin. Trivoli. Florence. McNabb. ('has. Schlieker, W. I. Saunders, Allen Johnston, ?.fatt Hansen, Meredosia. Elmwood. Pearl. Hennepin. A. W. Jewsbury, Thos. A. Day, John Grieve, A. J. Sherman, Jacksonville. Brimfield. Perry. Granville John W. McDonald, Fred Jones, Williard Nesbit, C. O. Read, Jacksonville. Laura. Grlggsville. Putnam. John Snyder, Frank Baker, Charles Manker, Alexander. Glasford. Pittsfield. RANDOLPH Wm. Rees, Franklin. T. C. Brooks, Glasford. L. L. Cuningham, Nebo. S. A. Hemphill, Coulterville. John Wilkson, Woodson. John May, Hanna City. Neal Sutton, Nebo. W. J. Montgomery, Sparta. S. B. Jones, Chas. Witherall, J. A. Gleckler, John Uffelmann Murrayville. Prlnceville. Baylis. Steeleville. ' Marion D. Spires, John Buchanan, W. A. Moore, Herman Huch Franklin. Princeville. Baylis. F. G. Jolly, Waverly. Peter McNeil, Mapleton. J. P. Ducey, Pittsfield. James Hutchison, Houston. W. F. Lane, Alonzo Lyman, Herbert Beattie, MOULTRIE Peoria. Pittsfleld. Schuline. J. E. McKown, Sullivan. H. M. Duvall, Lovington. Walter Jones, Arthur. T. J. Stapleton, Lake City. Geo. McLaughlin, Bethany. Farley Young, Allenville. S. A. D. Burdott, Peoria. Henry Graze, Dunlap. John Oertley, Princeville. James Eaton, Ayres Ave., Peoria. Robert Wilson. Peoria. L. M. Holmes, T. P. Johnson, Rockport. George C. Rusk, Barry. Joseph Losch, El Dara. Henry Daniels, Rockport. Anton Smith, Rockport. John Bonnifield, Barry. Henry p. Bockhorn, Chester. Rudolph Zang, Chester. David Ohms, Evansville. James F. Horgis, Fort Gage. Wm. Busche, Red Bud. Anton Wiegard, Modoc. Ira Ballard, Sullivan. G. C. Garrett, Gays. OGLE Mossville. A. H. Bristol, Chillicothe. Fred Secton, Chillicothe. S. W. Eckley, Clarence Dolbeare, New Canton. George Wasson, Hull. Carl Gunlock, New Canton. Fred J. Wierchem, Prairie Du Rocher. Henry Kriete, St. Marys, Mo. Norris McBride, Baldwin. William Paul, Brookville. Com. Public \Voi Peoria. Us, >T. H. Peters, Hull. W. H. Leming, Baldwin. Benj. W. Good, Joseph Horrell, Polo. PERRY POPE Evansville. Wm. H. Dillon, Fred Corgan, Chas. Holloman, W. C. Moore, Byron. Tamaroa. Lusk. Percy. Chas. S. Pegg, Wm. Pierce. Jack Trammel, August Reichmann, Creston. Tamaroa. Eddyville. Chester. Elmer Case, Hugh Norris, Vern Broadway, Polo. Duquoin. Raum. RICHLAND W. P. Graham. Mox Nehring, Milo Landerdale, Henry Greider, Rochelle. Tamaroa. Golconda. Claremont. Henry Prey, Henry Uhles, Thomas Landerdale, J. N. Cawley, Forreston. Pinckneyville. Golconda. Dundas. Daniel Wakenight, Henry House, Frank J. Werner, W. H. Smith, Dixon. Pinckneyville. Golconda. Noble. Charles Hunt, Nich Gill, James Pryer, Wm. Nood, Ashton. Pinckneyville. New Liberty. Noble. Chester G. Pyper, Otto Young, Ernest Walter, E. A. Philip, Leaf River. Pinckneyvillo. Eddyville. Olney. D. M. Delhi, Reuben Cottam, John Lawrence, J. C. Martin, Forreston. Cutler. McCormick. Claremont. William Somers, Hugh McGill, D. W. Smith, C. D. Preston, Lindenwood. Sandwich. Golconda. Calhoun. Sam Carmichael, R. H. Fulton, Joseph Buchanan, A. C. Brown, Stillman Valley. Pinckneyville. Eddyville. Olna. Geo. Stukenburg, Forreston. J.,C. Behnkes, Willlsville. PULASKI J. H. Anderson, Noble. Geo. H. Crill, Monroe Center. PIATT James Bonner, Villa Ridge. ROCK ISLAND C. F. Tice, Thos. J. Martin, J. O. Essex, Jesse W. Reynolds, Mt. Morris. Monticello. Pulaski. Cordova. John Conway, Otis Wiggins, Henry Hoffner, Fred Fillmer, Oregon. Bement. Wetaug. Hillsdale. Geo. W. Fisher, Geo. B. Lawrence, H. R. Barber, N. B. Marshall, Oregon. Lintner. Grand Chain. Hillsdale. Wm. H. Powell, Elmer Eskridge, W. C. Mason, Alfred Mead, Polo. Hammond. America. Port Byron. Charles Dailey, Chas. Doane, W. H. Ashbaugh, Charles Samuelson, Chana. Cisco. Mound City. Port Byron. Page No. One Hundred Twenty-nine i T^LT h> Ud^p--/ M HM. J (JTUSCOLA ,J. C/OL ES o PAN M!JS -A^l c i _ -. ; o TOUVE'R f ~^""T" " . , Y JOLMEV_ 12 I LAWRENCE ' . " CENTRALIA | ~" "~~!"iw-A Y\N 15 ~\) aaaaaoi. I #*>* ^^y v i^ 1 ^!" i I / \ TwBB-.'l MAP of $60,000,000 BOND ISSUE ROADS. NUMBERS INDICATE THROUGH ROUTES AS PROVIDED IN LAW. (SEE PAGES 103 TO 109.) Page No. One Hundred Thirty ILLINOIS HIGHWAY IMPROVEMENT BLUEBOOK TOWNSHIP HIGHWAY COMMISSIONERS IN ILLINOIS (Continued) Peter W. Kelly, S. B. Padfield, Charles Slagle, Harry Royes, 1421 18th St., Summerfield. Winchester. Lena. East Moline. Fred W. Wasem, Bert Chrisman, John Snyder. Henry Raithel, Lenzburg. Merritt. McConnell. 30th Street Road, Geo. Pflasterer, Stonewall J. Sawyers, H. C. Bolender, Rock Island. Marissa. Bluffs. Cedarville. T. W. Matthews, Nicholas Friederich, Fred Fluegel, Milan. Mascoutah. SHELBY Dakota. William Woolley, Sr., Jacob Eckert, J. J. Schaefer, Coal Valley. Millstadt. Ed Morgan Rock Grove. W. W. Wilson, Orion. Win. J. Hutchinson, Milan. Aug. Schlueter, Freeburg. Edward Hobein, O'Fallon. J. F. Bennett, Herrick. Hodge Gutherle, John A. Bridge, Orangeville. Wm. Steer, Winslow. Adolph Dunlap, Sr., Taylor Ridge. Fred Stenzel, New Athens. Wm. G. Schock, T ,-.,.,_ TT j 1 , TAKE WELL Albert Guyer, Milan. Elmer France. Illinois City. W. L. McGreer, Edward Renois, O'Fallon. William P. Kuntz, Smithton. Wm. B. Boul, o\\ er mi i. Mathias Maurer, Tower Hill. Frank Hartman, Assumption. William Curits, Delavan. John Ripper, Pekin. Muscatine, la. SANGAMON Samuel Day, Springfield. T. J. Klrby, Illiopolis. J. T. Hensey, New Berlin. Harry E. Pickrell, Lanesville. A. H. Hughes. Loaml. John Reynolds, Loami. P. L. Hall. Mechanicsburg. August Kumle, New Berlin. W. T. Scott, Belleville. Peter Vogt, Belleville. John F. Adelsberger, Dupo. SALINE Henrv Hicks, Galatia. W. A. Cowger, Galatia. Calvin Gogue, Galatia. A. J. Handcock, Carrier Mills. James Middleton, Stonefort. Ray Baker, Eldorado. John P. Wesley, Raleigh. Jno. L. Hewer, Moweaqua. Dudley Count, Cowden. Fred Wakefield, Lakewood. E. A. Schwenker, Shelbyville. A. L. Henry, Shelbyville. John Folly, Moweaqua. E. R. Harper. Moweaqua. Bert Lewis, Mode. D. E. Elliott, Shelbyville. C. S. Welch, Flndlay. J. R. Snapp, Findlay. Joe Bolliger, Deer Creek. Elmer Mitchell, Delavan. Jacob Eicher, Tremont. John Schleder, Pekin. Casper Hulse, Washington. Samuel Huette, Peoria. W. E. Darnall, Armington. William Thornton, Hopedale. Joseph Hodel, Minier. Clyde Wood rum, Mackinaw. J. J. Schilpp. Delavan. Pawnee. Milton Green, Rochester. A. T. Miller, Farmingdale. W. H. West, Auburn. P. S. Miller, Toronto. C. J. Mulcahey, Buffalo Hart. William McCubbin, Pleasant Plains. C. S. Wills. Harrisburg. John Reed, Mitchellsville. J. N. Young, Eldorado. E. E. Bramlet, Eldorado. J. M. Bourland, Equality. D. M. Hull, Eagle. A. H. Storm, Windsor. J. W. Small, Strasburg. W. R. Williams, Strasburg. Henry Boldt, Trowbridge. Jno. L. Storm, Neoga. Henrv Fromme, Sigel. W. L. Strunk, Morton. Adolph Nierstheiiner, Jr. Pekin. D. S. Fisher, Green Valley. C. F. Hermann, Manito. David Plattner, Tremont. LeRoy Smith, Washington. John Lowe, Chatham. SCHUYLER STARK UNION Charles A. Werner, P>ank Lambert, John Dunne, Monroe Landis, Springfield. George F. Fling, Custer. Charles Finley, Rochester. T. O. Davis. Rushville. Jno. F. Snyder, Littleton. J. R. Higgins. Birmingham. Wm. Allen, Bradford. H. L. Lead ley, Wyoming. Herschel Hollis, Wyoming. Glenn Beall, Tick Creek. John Elam, Dongola. Thomas Beggs. Dongola. Geo. Gurley, Curran. Birmingham. Tonlon. Cobden. W. O'Keefe, Geo. Eifert, Wm. McGuire, S. E. Coonce, Glenarm. Huntsville. Tonlon. Anna. M. Conboy, Casper Katzenberger, Frank Riggins, Chas. Bamhart, Cantrall. Camden. Neponset. Anna. George W. Sponsler Springfield. D. A. Brian, Chas. Eifert, Rushville. Volney Sanford, C. F. Catton, Tonlon. F. E. Winans, A. B. Cauble, Alto Pass. Harry Morgan, Lowder. Rushville Lafayette. Jonesboro. L. B. Claypool, Buffalo Hart. C. W. Fowler, Baden. STEPHENSON Geo. Morgan, Jonesboro. Lon Moore, Springfield. ST. CLAIR C. C. 'Mees, Caseyville. Frank Comment. Edgemont Sta., East St. Louis. Jos. Cookgon, Centerville Sta. John G. Hoff, Masnoutah. Anton Sandheinrich, St. Liborv. H. Aug. Fritz, Freeburg. James F. Kelly, Sheldons Grove. Herman Rebman Frederick. Chas. B. Ward, Frederick. John Clark, Rushville. SCOTT Joseph Gelger, Manchester. Oscar Seillebrew, Glasgow. W. E. Overton, Winchester. Thos. Hamilton, Winchester. Frank Mcllhattan, Pearl Citv. D. L. Mitchell; Pearl City. Henry Ruthe, Freeport. John Gitz, Freeport. Wm. Shockey, Ridott. Tom Fawver, Ridott. Erwin Richards, Lena. J. I. Wilfong, Eleroy. Wm. Coomber, Kent. VERMILION Rob White, Jamesburg. James M. Shaw, Rankin. James I. Sun dusky, Catlin. W. W. Gibbs, Indianola. Paul Atherton, Danville. Wm. Henderson, Ridgefarm. Wm. A. Cooper, Hoopston. Peter Glodkowski, Westville. Page No. One Hundred Thirty-one 1 h /v h d I J. I, :>[i Y1I!'I!3\H',U " ILLINOIS HIGHWAY IMPROVEMENT BLUEBOOK ^iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiitim Good Roads- Build Up Markets Bring Your Friends Closer Promote Prosperity Make You Happy j Are Best in the | Long Run | Boost Them TheE.F. Goodrich Rubber Co. AKRON OHIO I I Makers of The Best in Rubber i Page No. One Hundred Thirty-two . ILLINOIS HIGHWAY IMPROVEMENT BLUEBOOK f TOWNSHIP HIGHWAY COMMISSIONERS IN ILLINOIS (Continued) Joseph Warters, F. G. Moeller, F. E. Fox, C. M. Rogers, Jamaica. Nashville. Tampico. Marion. Russell Rook, Chas. Bailey, John Gaffey, Monroe Beevs, Ridgefarm. Oakdale. Rock Falls. Crab Orchard. Harrison King, F. W. Weeks, Richard Onken, Hiram Yewell, Georgetown. Okawville. Sterling. Carterville. E. L. Hunt, Edward Grote, Frank Bushman, Herbert Wilson, Potomac. Oakdale. Coleta. Marion. J. W. Justice, Emil H. Helms, Chas. Kennedy, Oliver Travelsteud, Danville. Nashville. Morrison. Marion. J. A. Saults, George F. Reed, Wm. Coonley, Wm. E. Swan. Oakwood. Richview. Morrison. Carrier Millo. G. F. Davis, Henry Adderholt, Clark McDeonnon, Sam Watkins, Collison. Venedy. Lyndon. Makanda. Carl Claypool, John Johnson, Zack Hudgens, Rossville. WAYNE Prophetstown. Hudgens. John Green, H. J. Fatherll, Robt. F. Besse, Aud Marks, Sidell. Xenia. Prophetstown. Marion. H. A. Sullivan, P. C. Keen, Wm. Mason, Tom Radford, Fairmount. Orchardville. Morrison. Creal Springs. Paul Wilner, Otto Miller, WABASH Johnsonville. Morrison. WINNEBAGO C. W. Boyles, Allendale. John A. Stolz, Lancaster. L. E. Croft, Belmont. John S. Bruce, Keensburg. C. M. Crum Wm. Cunningham, Rinard. G. L. Brach, Cisne. Eli Kibble, Cisne. Elwell Holman, Cisne. J. W. Williby, J. D. McKee, Morris. Geo. Kolk, Fulton. Harry Buttler, Fulton. Carl Horn, Erie. Robt. L. James, Thomas J. Reardon, Winnebago. J. X,. Shirley. Cherry Valley. Edward Damon, Durand. Charles Holmes, Rockford. Friends'ville. Peter Epler, Mt. Erie. H. A. Wolf, Wayne City. Erie. W. C. Vannest, Albany. Henry Key, Rockford. S. L. McMahon, Robert Woolard, Mt. Carmel. L. D. Henderson, Jefferson vi lie. WILL Durand. George Eicker, F. M. Taylor, \V"m. McGratli Durand. WARREN Fairfleld. Loren Marion, Manhattan. Art Johnson, Pecatonica. Olof Olson, Avon. John M. Evving, Berwick. J. M. Mellican, Cameron. Edward Hanson, Monmouth. Harry H. Adcock, Galesburg. E. A. Cunningham, Roseville. H. S. Malcolm, Roseville. Fairfleld. A. J. Whitacre, Golden Gale. Marion Shook, Keens. Thos. Davis, Wayne City. J. Cunningham, Fairfield. W. T. Zimmerman, Fairfield. Paul Rider, Fairfield. N. J. Puckett, Monee. Ernest Oram, New Lenox. Christ Felton, Peotone. W. T. Spangler, Plainfield. Wm. Higgins, Braidwood. Wm. Seil, Joliet. Wm. Buhr, Beecher. Earl M. Bell, Lester D. Brown, Rockford. Thos. G. Levings, Rockford. C. F. Clover, Rockton. Reed Dilenbeck, Roscoe. S. P. Halsey, Seward. Chati. Sharp, Shirland. William Masch, Winnebago. S. K. Weakley, Cameron. C. M. Borford. Barnhill. Frank Gill, Golden Gate. Ritchie. Cyrus I. Stark, Plainfleld. WOODFORD Monmouth. Thomas Tong, Bert Ridge, W. J. Miller, WHITE Peotone. Minonk. Gerlan. Gus Huffer, John J. Dempsey Albert Hess, R. A. Daves, Springerton. Joliet. Benson. Roseville. J. P. Dartt, Gust Scheive, Wm. Kolb, Sr., Tanlor Johnson Enfleld. Crete. Roanoke. Smithshire. J. R. Lasater, B. T. Yeates, H. W. Packard, Sam Murray, Norris City. Custer Park. Washburn. Kirkwood. Theodore Funkhouser, Peter Schultz, Albert Kirch gessner, John M. Lee, Burnt Prairie. Lemont. Low Point. Monmouth. R. A. Maier, Lancelot Jackson, Fred J. Loser, W. J. Bond, Carml. Symerton. Peoria. Little York. John Weasel, Fred Marti John D. Fandel, Norris City. Metamora. WASHINGTON Lewis Stein, Grayville. Jacob Kraff, O. B. Meister, Metamora. J. W. Koenigsmark, Ashley. John Ackerman, Crossville. Monce. Nicholas Wilter, Jeff Greniter, Roanoke. J. T. Lane, Frank McGoWen, Lockport. Floyd Ekies, Nashville. Epworth. George Bridge, Secor. Frank Mierkowski, Oliver Aldridge, Elwood. Arch Nethercott, Du Bois. Carmi. Alex Nicholson, Gridley. Fred Pruehsner, 225 Cora Street, C. C. Erskin, "Nashville. WHITESIDE Joliet. El Paso. Peter Szabelslu, Chas. Wolf, James Zerinn, Dave Snyder, Du Bois. Sterling. Lockport. Secor. Ed Hake, Thomas McCue, A. E. Bundo, J. S. Sharp, Hoyleton. Sterling. Wilmington. Eureka. F. H. Weber, Richview. E. U. Taylor, Rock Falls. George Mundt, Manhattan. George Ludwig, Eureka. Herman Vortmann, Matt Grennen, C. F. Sterns, H. O. Zeegler, Venedy. Mike Juenger, Rock Falls. James Derim, Colp. John Cox, Goodfield. W. M. Scorch, Coulterville. Deer Grove. Johnston City. Carlock. Page No. One Hundred Thirty-three lie K (I U I J ILLINOIS HIGHWAY IMPROVEMENT BLUEBOOK ILLINOIS MARKED THROUGH ROUTES Page No. O>( Hundred Thirty-four ILLINOIS HIGHWAY IMPROVEMENT BLUEBOOK ILLINOIS ROADS ARE DOING THEIR OWN VOTE SOLICITING From The Chicago Daily News, October 25, 1918 "GOOD ROADS" [Founded in 1892] Construction Transportation Maintenance The NATIONAL WEEKLY for Road and Street Officials, Engineers and Contractors and Men En^a&ed in Highway Transportation FOR twenty-seven years "GOOD ROADS" has labored in season and out of season for intelligent road better- ment everywhere. 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