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Highway work contracts set for primary road 17 project
Contracts let for dirt, bridge, and culvert work on primary road 17 between here and Attica as part of a three year highway program. Iowa Bridge Co. of Des Moines wins the bridge and culvert bid at 25,990.60 for 2,280 feet of tiling, total project cost 27,358. Elarton & Elliott of Bussey win the dirt work bid at 33,490.54, with February start and August 15 completion. January surveys will extend the improvement from the east end through Marion and into Monroe county toward Hamilton as road 17 nears connectivity to St. Louis and Des Moines. Damages rulings in Huffman and Ridlen cases resolved. Plans target near completion of roads 17 and 59 from Spirit Lake to Cincinnati by 1928.
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Attica
Iowa Bridge Co
Des Moines
Elarton & Elliott
Bussey
Marion County
Monroe County
Hamilton
Knoxville
State Highway Commission
St. Louis
State Line
Albia
Missouri
Huffman
Ridlen
Ira Huffman
District Court
Calvin Ridlen
Spirit Lake
Cincinnati
Knoxville Journal