Iowa Highway Commission Field Inspection Trip Of The Iowa Great River Road

Author : Iowa. Highway Commission
Publisher : Rarebooksclub.com
ISBN 13 : 9781230155418
Total Pages : 78 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (554 download)

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Download or read book Report of the State Highway Commission on the Iowa Lakes and Lake Beds written by Iowa. Highway Commission and published by Rarebooksclub.com. This book was released on 2013-09 with total page 78 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1916 edition. Excerpt: ...an acre was executed subject to termination upon other disposition of the land as provided by law. Mr. A. J. Roup, Jr., and Mr. Frank Fisher, who owns land to the east and west of the lake, now hold the land, and use it for hog pasture. Recommendations. The Commission recommends that the lake be drained and the land retained by the state until such time as its value as farm land is established and it will sell for $125.00 per acre or more. These recommendations are made because the lake is of no value as a resort for the people, and that due to its location no artificial water supply seems practical. A ditch in section 33 will furnish an outlet. There is 17 feet of fall from the lake to the ditch. The entire outlet will cost $2,300.00, some part of which will be paid by land outside the lake. Probably $1,300.00 will be assessed against the lake bed. At $30 an acre, the tile in the bed will cost $1,110.00. Something should be added to this for getting the land under crops. BABCOCK LAKE--JOHNSON COUNTY. Lake No. 49. Survey made by the State Highway Commission. Inspection made September 30. 1916. Babcock Lake is situated in sections 30 and 31, township 81 north, range 7 west of the Fifth Principal Meridian. It is most easily reached by driving from the town of North Liberty, a distance of seven miles. Swan Lake, in the same county, lies two miles southeast of Babcock Lake. A casual investigator would, no doubt, simply call this tract bottom land along the Iowa River. It is only upon an examination of the government plats, that it becomes apparent that it is a lake. A more minute scrutiny of the ground results in the discovery of a slight depression in the form of a capital "J"; the top of which nearly touches the river and whose...