The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1911-08-19
News Snapshots
Of the Week
The County Road Work

The county road work Is progressing
as well as can be expected Some
complaint is heard because 80 much Of
the road Is tore up between here and
Iron River but that contingency is in
evitable. All OF the road has been con
tracted ont and the men are doing the
best they can to whip IL into pass
able condition before the fall rains set
in.
The company account work on For
tune lake hill is about completed. the
crew now being busy graveling the
new grade. The gravel is hauled from
the pit east OF Fortune lake
The Payne d Long contract No. /.
stretching from the top of Fortune lake
bill to the east side of Cnicagon lake
divide. is rapidly Approaching compile
ton along ito east end. There is bat
little grading TO be done from the top
Of Fortune lake hill 10 the sand plains
30 that the work there il not heavy.
A grade 30 feet wide Is established.
the right-of way cleared and grubbed
along both sides so that the course
looks like new one altogether
The big job on this contract IL the
cut through the gravel hill on the
plains and that piece of work Is being
attacked on boIn sides. Fiue gravel Is
met with in this cut and that material
will make q good bed for the road in
tnat vicinity. The west end OF this
contract required but little grading
and is about completed
II is the intention of the commits.
sioners to begin the graveling OF this
piece of road as soon as the grade is
finished 30 that by November we
ought 10 have fully graded and grav-
eled road from the city to the Chica-
gon divide.
The contract covering the piece be-
tween the east side of the divide and
Cnicagon creek is under contract 20
Mr. McRae of Stambaugh He has a
big job thore, the cuts being heavy and
much OF the course being through
heavy. green timber. If Mr. McRae
finishes this job by November be will
be- doing very we'll II Is not the in.
tention to gravel this piece of road nor
the TulIy road this tall
Next west Of the Tully road IL an
other Payne & Long contract, reaching
past the Bates Oh, ESQ factory 60 about
the Winton hill This piece OF road is
tore M along most OF It's course but
there is comparatively little grading to
be done 80 that IL ought 10 be got into
shape before winter
Lying between the Winton farm and
the McDermott farm is another Payne
* Long contract, the biggest piece OF
work ON which is the cut through the
Winton hill. This cut will eliminate
one of the most dangerous curves on
the whole system.
From McDerniott's = place TO Iron
River the work is company account.
All of this grading is completed and
the force is graveling The gravel il
handy there. being hauled from Iron
River. near the OH waterworks. This
piece OF road will soon be completed
one of the best effects OF the work on
this piece il the elimination OF dead
mans curve approaching McDer- |
motifs house from the. west The
road Is comparatively straight and 1
where a curve Is left IL Is gradual and |
the road widened out so tnat one can
see long way ahead
The Mansfield grading is going along /
fairly well A big hll remains between
n point about mile east OF the city
limits and the Armenia mine.
The commissioners are going TO let a
contract today to cover the
road IL possible this fall as
the engineers say that there Is more
traffic on that piece Of road than on
any other in re county system.