The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1912-04-17

the homestead of many Well-knOwn
pioneers. Most of the route is over
good natural roads, but the lack of
systematic work is very evident. The
road along the north line of sections
10 and 20 is in particularly bad con-
dition. 1t is but narrow, ill-kept
driveway through many rods of brush
and over a succession of steep hills.
This road is but little used except
for mail purposes and as is usual
in such cases it is sadly neglected. The
farmers of this section want their
mail, however, and they should insist
that this road be opened and kept in
shape and that the brush be cut. What
is true of this road is still more true
OF the road through section IS past
the old Catholic cemetery. This road
does not look as if it ever had dra 6
over it, it needs grading very badly.
II was in this section that the carriers
horse stepped into a hole at the ap.
proach to a culvert. The ground
looked solid, but the water had cut
through underneath. The carrier told
us the next day that the hole, the size
of hoof, had in twenty-four hours,
grown to considerable size. We com.
mend the road in sections Is, 10 and
20 to the special attention of the road
supervisor and trustees.
E. E. Ransom, carrier on route two,
is the senior carrier in the Denison
service, having been on the job since
the routes were first established, elev-
Ter years ago. He drives his horses
right along, making no stop save for
water, and he usually reaches Deni-
son before 2 o'clock, having served
his entire route. That this method
is not hard on his horses is evidenced
by the fact that the little bay he drove
has been on the route as long as has
the carrier, eleven years.
Route Seven.
Route seven is the new route, sand
WICKED in between two and three. 1t
lies in East Boyer, Nishnabotny and
Denison townships. On account of a
bridge being washed out the carrier
lis unable to make his route as laid
out at present. Supervisor Carey tells
us that this bridge will receive the
earliest possible attention and We hope
he will make good his promise. The
carrier now DIVORCES from his regu,
lar route, making the greater part OF
it every day and seeing that the peo-
pie in the cutoff get their mail at least
every other day. The roads in East
Boyer were like those on route two
with but little evidence of dragging
or spring work of any kind. The city
OF Denison has failed to do its duty
in dragging the road to the cemetery
1t seems to us that for many reasons
special effort should be made to
keep this road in good condition. Sure.
l.; the city of Denison should set a
good example if it expects the farm
ers to keep their roads in condition
Dragging Supervisor George FODDER.
berg has been doing good work with
Uenison township roads and we found
many stretches which had received his
care where the driver informed us
a drag had never been before. The
road along the north line of sections
z, 8 and 9, Nishnabotny township, is
H. bad shape and needs grading as
we'll as dragging. The same can be
said of the north line of sections "a,
So and SO in Denison township. Route
seven crosses route three and ascends
the famous Coon Grove hill, one of
the longest and steepest in the county.
The hill road is usually kept in good
condition, but the roads straight west
are in fearful condition. The hill in
front of Paul Schoning's is almost
impossible, about as bad as the Huck-
step hill on route one. Mr.. SchOnlng
says he is ready to drag, but there is
no use dragging until the road is
graded. He says he has spoken to the
authorities about the road number
Of times, but that he has been unable
to get anything done. Travel over
this road is matter of very nice driv-
ing, even in dry weather and broad
daylight The road on the west line
of section q, Denison township, shows
signs of recent dragging, but it needs
attention from the grader and most
Of all it needs to be widened and to
have the brush cut away to prevent
snow banks in winter and slush and