The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1907-09-19
Coed Roads Leaders Offer Keao-
sha County the Use Of All
State Road Machinery
WOULD START THE PLAN HERE
County Surveyor Blood is in Charge o
the Work and May Ask County
to Aid in Giving Machinery
Test in the County

Kenosha county is to be benefited
by the State Good Roads Convention
which was held in Milwaukee on
Thursday as after the close Of the
convention the state officials offered
to the officials of Kenosha the use Of
all the road making machinery OF the
state for the coming fall and winter
and if the farmers and people OF the
county desire to build roads they viii
have the use of the ma chinerys without
a cent to pay. The machinery in.
cludes a plant for crushing stone, two
steam rollers, drag, surfacing ma
chine, wagons, and in fact every sort
of machinery that may De necessary
for the building of the model roads.
1t seems that Kenosha county PEG
pie are taking more interest in road
making this year than ever before
and it is thought that the officials Of
the county will be willing TO accept
the offer of the, state FOX the use
of the machinery.
County Surveyor Alvin FL. Blood was
one of the delegates from this county
to the convention and he is taking a
deep interest in the proposition of the
state to turn the machinery ~over to
the towns of Kenosha county for the
fall and winter months. The offer OF
the machinery was made to the sur
veyor in person and ali that the coun-
ty will be asked to do is to pay the
freight on the Machinery from Madi-
son or Milwaukee to Kenosha.
1t is claimed that with this improved
machinery model roads can be built
as cheap as 50, 500 mile and that
most of the work can be done by in
experienced workmen. Under the
new state law the town officers of the
various towns in the,county can force
the county to aid in the work of build
ing county roads. Under the law the
county must make an appropria ton
for building scounty roads equal to
that made by the Town Boards. A
special effort is to be made to have
the road machinery brought to the
county and put into service on the
lake shore road between Kenosha and
Waukegan. This is one of@the worst
roads in the county and it is thought
that the Town Board of the town of
Pleasant Prairie will be- willing to
make liberal appropriation. for the
Improvement of it. If the town would
appropriate 900 and the county an
equal amount it is thought that this
road could be placed in first class
Ia &c Of
the city to the state line.
While this is only one Of sthe roads
in need of improvement it is thought
that if the work can once be started
and the members of the Boards shown
what can be done, the work will soon
extend to other parts of theacounty.
Every county in the stateswas rep
resented at the conventionsand many
disting uished men from this and other
states made addresses, butDthe dele
gates and others were more interested
in the practical work of road making
than in the discussion of the theories
as to how the roads could be;best i'm
proved. There was a wide variance
of opinion as to the cost of the roads,
the prices being set at from $1,000 to
$4,000 a mile. 1t is claimed that the
$4,000 mile road is decidedly fancy
road but that just as serviceable a
road can be made for S., SEQ mile.
The County Surveyor will prepare a
report on the matter to be laid before
the County Board and it is expected
that some plan will be made by which
the machinery for which the state has
paid thousands of dollars will be
brought to this county and put into
service for at least several months
during the fall and winter.