The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1911-02-23
Milwaukee Men Start Move
ment for the Building Of
Drag Road to Chicago
.KENOsHA Co. ASKED TO HELP
Road is to Pass Through All of the
Larger Cities and Each County is to
Be Asked to Aid in Work Of Building
Long ThoroughfarA

The maintenance of a model drag
road ninety miles in length extending
ali the way between Milwaukee and
Chicago and touching Racine, Kenosha,
Waukegan, Evanston and all other
cities between the two larger cities is
the movement that was started by the
Citizens Business League of Milwaukee
on Saturday evening and organizations
| Of business men in all tho cities to be
touched by the proposed highway have
been asked to join in the movement.
| AS start for the movement the Mil
waukee Sentinel has offered to build
that portion of the road in Milwaukee
county and it is going to be active in
pushing the project in other parts of
Wisconsin. The matter is to be laid
before the county boards Of the three
| Wisconsin counties interested and it is
expected that part of the work will
be done at public expense and the re-
mainder of it at the expense of inter
ested citizens. With this great road it
is planned to make Wisconsin the play
ground OF the great middle west by
opening Il splendid route for the use of
automobiles and other vehicles. The
plan is similar to that advanced by the
promoters of the fGreat White Way
which seems to have fallen by the way
side.
The project has been under consid.
GRAFTON two months by a committee of
the Citizens Business League. Secre-
tary Francis A. Cannon of the league
last November went to Iowa to inves.
| tigate the famous river to river drag
road running from Davenport to Coun-
Gil Bluffs. The road is $50 miles long
It was promoted and brought about
through the efforts of the Des Moines
Capital, owned by Senator Lafayette
Young.
In each county an individual com,
mittee handles the work for the coun-
ty. Dragging of the road was begun
in April. In July a triumphal tour was
made across the state at the opening
of the road. led by Gov. Carroll. The
road is considered one of the best in
the country, smooth level and well
dragged.
| "The farmers on the route did the
dragging, said Mr.. Cannon on Satur-
day. cit has increased the automo-
bile business through the towns on the
route 60 per cent and brought thou,
sands of tourists to the state. The
telephone poles through the route have
been painted with white bands, across
the state for 500 miles.
"It is proposed to do between Chi.
cago and Milwaukee what has been
done in Iowa. The King split log drag
is a simple apparatus, the use Of which
is being urged by the secretary of ag-
riculture and the highway commission
ers of every state. 1t can be built
cheaply by any farmer. It can be us
ed after each rain. A team drags up
one side of the road and down the 9th
| er. IT carries the dirt toward the CEN
ter and gives drainage.
cit squcezes the water out Of the
road and smoothes the rough and mud
/ dy surface. This surface dries, form
| ing hard crust. By using the drag
continuously a thick crust is formed,
smoothing the impervious road and Of
fering excellent drainage
| In one place in Iowa, where drag
ging had been done for five years, Sec
rotary Cannon was shown demonstra-
ton in which pick was used and q
hard crust fourteen inches thick was
dug up.
The proposed Chicago road will touch
| hdoihO, iA0AoSu1 c@Hu w duheSdu. Inc
cooperation of committees in each of
those cities will be secured and the
Wisconsin society of Chicago and 9TH
er organizations are expected to CO.
operate at that end of the line.
When the road is finished it is plan
ned to have triumphal tour of it. It
is proposed to have a large committee
of Wisconsin tourists meet Chicago au-
tomobilists at the state line. Tt is pro-
posed to have the governors of both
states present and to form triumphal
procession leading to Milwaukee.
! The committee of the league which
has been working on the project held
an enthusiastic meeting on Saturday.
and from now on work will be pushed.
| The members of the committee are: n.
| Stanley Green, chairman; A. L. Sever
ance, Frank n. Smell, Harry w. Lewis.
John II. Kopmeier, George A. West.
Richard Wagner, and A. w. Shattuck.
all of Milwaukee
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