The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1912-04-17
INSPECTING The
RURAL ROUTES
Denison Postmaster Begins Seven
Day Trip Of inspection Over
the Rural Routes.
SOME ROADS SADLY NEGLECTED
Goodrich, Milford and East Boyer
Townships Have Some Splendid
Stretches, Some Bad Ones

On Monday the DenisOn postmaster
began an inspection of the seven rural
routes leading out of the city. 1t is
his intention to traverse all of these
routes, accompanying the carriers on
their regular trips. The first route
inspected was number one lying for
the most part in Milford township.
The road was found in excellent con-
dition for the most part, especially
considering the large quantity of
snow which has but just disappeared.
Mr.. Geo. Hutchinson is overseer OF
dragging for Milford township, and
ne has evidently gone at work with
energy and brains. More than half of
the carrier route has already been
dragged and arrangements have been
made to drag almost every mile of it
after the next rain.
The city of Denison is doing some
excellent work in the northeast cor
uer of town, but much remains to be
OOuO OA Ll1c lO0O 1OoOAA6 W OOAA
Smiths place. This is bad cut and
should be widened, ditched and the
underbrush removed. Next comes the
small piece of road which lies in
Goodrich township. This has had lit
tie attention and needs better drain
age, dragging and the removal OF un'
derbrush. The road in Milford near
the Shives residence is laid out by
nature to be a good road, but it has
been sadly neglected, through whose
fault is not known. The weeds were
not moved last year, the underbrush
grows close to the roadside and in
winter becomes veritable trap for
snow. This piece of road needs but
little care to make it as good as any
OIL the route, but it evidently has not
received it. Just beyond the home OF
w. T. Huckstep is the worst piece OF
road on the route. There is steep,
sandy hill which is dangerous for
travel in the daytime and which would
be as much as ones life is worth to
travel at night. There are holes three
and four feet deep in the middle OF
the road and on both sides of it and
it requires skilful navigation to ne
gotiate it in daylight without an up
set. Someone will get killed in this
had cut and Milford township will
have a bill to pay that would have
fixed all of it's roads for twenty yea.
The people of the township know of
this dangerous strip Of road, there
has been AMPLE notice and warning
and work on it should not be post
Ioned another day. In few miles
the dragged roads commenced and
conditions We're excellent until the
southern part of the township was
reached. In the vicinity of Henry
Jepsen's the route traverses a success
sion of steep hills over a road that
seems to be used only by the carrier.
One cut was still too full of snow to be
passable. But very little work seems
to have been done on this stretch OF
road. petition is on file asking that
this portion of the road be changed
and unless there is united effort on
the part of those interested the
change will be recommended.
Route one lies through one of the
most beautiful and productive por-
tons of Crawford county, the people
are prosperous and wide awake, and
there is every indication that they are
taking an active interest in the affairs
of the community and that they will
soon be numbered among the banner
townships of the county in the mat
ter of roads Mention of route one
would be incomplete without special