The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1911-11-30
EVERY TOWN TO Be BENEFITED
City Is Properly Taken Care of and
Sand Roads to Both North and South
VIII Be Among First to Be Improved.
Other Business OF County Board.
(From Saturdays Daily

(F'rom Saturdays Daily
The special committee Of the coun-
ty board named to select a system OF
roads in the county for Improvement
rendered It's report to the board this
and it, IS expected that the
report will be adopted by a unanimous
vote The system of roads has been
selected so as to have every portion
of the county benefited by the eX-
penditures of the state and county high
way fund and the report of the com
mittee was completed only after the
examination of every road in the coun
ty. In all the system will be made up
Of more than eighty miles of road but
at this the mileage is declared to be
less than the Is per cent. permitted by
the state law. The roads directly about
the city Of Kenosha have been well
taken care of, as the report of the COM
mittee includes in the system the sand
IUduS W bObH On6 uOI Ill duu oVutA VI
the city, as well as many roads that
run west TO tne/ county line. 1t may
not be possible to do work on all OF
these roads during the coming year,
but the work viii be started on all
of them and what is not done during
the coming year will undoubtedly be
provided for by future county boards.
The road problem was the most i'm
portant matter to come before the
board The question of the building of
the training school for the teachers of
the city was called up this morning,
but Supervisor Markham suggested
that little more time was needed for
and the matter went over
until Monday morning. At the meet
ing this afternoon it is expected that
the fate of the tuberculosis sanitarium
viii be settled.
The following is the system of roads
as proposed by the special committee:
THE Burlington road from Kenosha,
starting on Milwaukee avenue, TO the
west limits of the county. The Wilmot
road, starting at the end of Salem ave-
nue., running west to Langer's tavern,
then along the Wilmot road southwest
to the line between the towns Of Pleas
ant Prairie and Bristol, and west
through Bristol into the town of Salem;
west through Salem to the corner at
the top of the hill east Of Wilmot;
then north on the east side of Fox
River TO Silver Lake, then crossing the
Fox river, running westerly through
Bassett's station and west to q point
north Of Twin Lakes, thence south to
Twin Lakes station, thence southwest
erly to the Walworth county line!
After crossing Fox River at Silver
Lake, running northwesterly through
Fox River station and through the vii
lage of New Munster, thence west
through the town of Wheatland to the
WalWorth county line.
In the town Of Salem, starting from
Liberty Corners, running north through
the village Of Salem, continuing north
westerly into the town Of Brighton for
a distance of two miles, thence east
a nile and half, thence north through
the village of Brighton to the Burling- 1
ton road, thence west half a mile and
thence north to the Racine county line,
along what is known as the Kansas
vile road.
Starting on the Wilmot road direct
" south Of the village Of Bristol,
thence north through the north half Of
tic town of Bristol and through the
entire town Of Paris over what is
known as the Bristol and Union Grove
road.
Starting on the Wilmot road direct
ly south Of the village of Woodwork
and running north into the village.
Beginning at the intersection of the
Geneva road and the Milwaukee road,
thence south to the Illinois state line.
Beginning at the south city limits
OF Ashland avenue, and thence soath
to the state linc.
Beginning at the north city limits at
avenue and running north
along the Lake. Shore road to the Ra
cine county line.
beginning at the intersection Of thc
Milwaukee and Burlington roads,
thence north on the Milwaukee road
to the Somers town hall, west through
the village of Somers and to a point
one mile west of the town line be-
tween the towns of Paris and
Somers, thence south one mile to
the Burlington road. Beginning at the
intersection Of the last named road and
running north and south which is one
half mile. east eft somers station, thence
north to Racine county line over what
is known as the Corliss road.