The Philipsburg mail. [volume] (Philipsburg, Mont.) 1887-current, 1894-04-05
FROM BOULDER DlsTRlC r.

Our Correspondent Discourses on Roads
This Week.
But there is road from Winchester town,
A good broad highway leading down,
And there through the flash of the morning light
A steed as black as the steeds of night,
Was seen to pass as with eagle flight
." @M Sherida7,'s Ride.
No steed, what ever his color or con-
dition may be, will ever be found "to
pass as with eagle flight" over the pro-
posed new road from Philipsburg to
Boulder or the Royal but "there is a
road from Philipsburg town, good
broad highway leading down. and this
should be improved. *.@
The new road mentioned IN a recent
number of The MAIL if 1t is to material
ly shorten the distance between your
serves and ourselves would haye to as
cend to the altitude Of Stuarts lake
from the burg and keep at a high altl-
tude all the way, crossing in it's course
three distinctive divides: first, that be-
tween Flint and South Boulder creeks;
second, that between South Boulder and
Tigress creeks, and lastly, that between
Tigress and Copper creeks. And then
in order to reach the Royal would still
have to come down to and cross the
basin Of Boulder or Clear creek near the
Nonpareil mine and thence "clime up
again. t.may not be generally known
that territorial legislature re-bapt1zed
Boulder and named it Clear creek,
1t is doubtful if good road, and one
ally, could be built on the above line at
anything like reasonable cost but it
is beyond doubt that such road
would be Hanging on to the skirus of
the clouds" most of the way, and become
utterly impossible in winter, unless kept
open by continuous heavy traffic
The next route that may be considered
in this connection would have the same
exit from the burg as the first, but
crossing the two first named divides
only, and would strike Clear creek right
at Princeton. In this case the saving
IN distance would be immaterlal, if refer
ence be had to fairly good grades, but
the objection to deep SHOWS for six or
) nine months applies to it as we'll as the
first route
Y The third line that may claim alton
ton would be the one by Wyman's mill.
This would strike Boulder creek at
Curry's camp near South Boulder creek.
In leaving Philipsburg this line ascends
long steep grade past the cemetery,
and after attaining the summit would
have to descend long heavy grade into
Clear Creek valley. The saving in dis
tance by the last named route hardly
deserves consideration it would not be
over a mile. The old and this road
(which is at times travelled now run
nearly parallel most of the way.
1t will be generally admitted that all
bulk freight to or from Boulder district
will find it's landing at Flint station on
the railroad and any new road would
. have but little, and that very light
travel over 1t. But some OF the Lines
described would form fine ''scenlc routes.'
There may be something in a new roac
to the contractors, but nothing for the
= people either of Boulder or Flint Greek
a mining districts.
The present road from Flint station
: up will soon be in wretched condition
: and unless all signs fail be subjected tt
- heavy traffic. Not dollar of county
I, money has yet been expended in it's i'm
:. :, provement (unless it be the amount paie
= the viewers, and right here Is where
= the county commissioners can do some
: thing good with little money by putting
this road in repair as far as the Non
= pareil mine, where the Royal road begins
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