The Republican journal., 1903-10-22
STATE ROADS IN WALDO COUNTY.

Eighteen towns IN waldo County nave
taken advantage of the State road law and
improved their highways greatly The law
became operative in 1901, and but one town
in the county, Northport, did any work
under it that year. That town designated
the shore road from the Lincolnville line to
Saturday Cove, thence by the stage road to
the Belfast line, as the State road. Owing
to misunderstanding about the money
from the State Northport did no work
under the law in 1902, but resumed it in
1903 The work has been in improving the
grade of the hills, blasting out rocks, widen
ing the roadbed and building culverts.
Belfast has worked on about half a mile
of Northport avenue in 1902 and 1903. A
trench from to feet deep and feet wide
has been dug in the middle of the road, a
covered drain laid in the bottom, and the
ditch filled in with rocks, graded from
coarse to fine from bottom to top A coat
ing of coarse gravel has been laid over the
whole roadbed and rolled The ditch is
laid at a sufficient grade to allow good
drainage.
Brooks began in 1908, and made 152 rods
of drain similar to that in Belfast.
Burnham began in 1908, and improved 40
rods of road by filling in stone and earth to
depth of from 1 to 3 feet and graveling
the top.
Frankfort had piece of road along the
river front that overtiowed at the highest
tides. In 1902 and 1908 this section was
bou iuby
tons of crushed stone and $50 cubic yards
! of gravel.
lslesboro, in 1908, improved about 60 rods
of road by laying a drain in the centre,
clearing the bitches and turnpking the
surface.
Jackson, in 1902 and 1908, repaired cul-
verts and improved the grade of her high
way. The work in 1908 was on 46 rods.
Knox, in 1908, underdrained, built cul-
verts, took out the rocks, widened and
turnpiked 125 rods.
Liberty, in 1908, pulled out roadside
bushes, rebuilt water courses, turnpiked
and gravelled 233 rods.
Lincolnville worked in 1902 and 1908 on
the shore road. In 1908, $50 rods of road
Wclc luuplOtcu3 Ol iH6 GAiC wy
of Duck Trap hill and filling in at the bot
tom.
Montville, in 1902 and 1903, underdrained
her State road, enlarged the culverts, and re-
duced the grade Of the hills. The work of
1908 was SS rods, and included an under
drain sc rods long.
Morrill, used rock and earth in raising
the road-bed and enlarged and heightened
the culverts in 1902 and 1908. In 1908, 26O
rods were thus improved.
Palermo pulled bushes, removed rocks
and stone walls, and widened and straight
ened the road in 1902 and 1908. This years
work was 100 rods.
Prospect, in 1908, built culverts of
Quarred stone, turnpiked, widened and
gravelled mile of road.
Searsmont, in 1908, improved IS rods OF
road by laying covered drain in the
centre, rebuilding causeways and grading
up the surface 1S inches.
| Searsport, in 1908, laid drain 80 rods
long, and gravelled the surface.
Thorndke, in 1908, laid a stone drain 40
| rods long, built stone culverts to drain a
swamp and graded $50 rods.
Troy improved her road in 1902 and 1903.
This year 100 rods were turnpiked, cul-
verts of split stone were put in, and ledge
blasted from the bitches to allow free
drainage.
Winterport, in 1908, turnpiked and gray
elled 4192 feet, with S64 feet of covered
drain.