The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1913-01-30
WILL START WORK EARLY
Every Town in the County Has Select
ed Roads to be Improved With Funds
Appropriated This Year and State Is
Expected to Give Amount Asked For.

Highway Commissioner NJ. G. Me
Geehan is whipping contracts into shape
in order to be able to start the work
on roads of Kenosha county on the
first day that the weather will permit
and long before the frost is out OF the
ground it is expected that contracts will
be closed for large amount OF The ma
terial to be used for the building Of
roads in the various towns of the coun-
ty A contract has been made with
the Welch Gravel Company of Burling-
ton to furnish gravel for roads to be
built in the town of Somers, the contract
price being 40 cents a yard. To this
must be added the freight charges of
five cents yard.
At least two pieces of concrete road
will be built in the county during the
coming summer. The work in Pleasant
Prairie is to be on the Sheridan Road
and concrete roadway IA feet in
width will be put in. 1t is expected
that two miles of this roadway will be
completed during the year. The plans
will also include the building of a con-
crete roadway on South Park avenue, as
it is not thought that the State High
way Commission will take any further
steps to remove this piece of road from
the County Highway System and the
to the board demand the building of a
concrete highway. There is some diff
ference OF opinion as to the improve
ment of the Lake Shore road in Somers,
directly north of the city. The petit
lions demand the building of a con-
crete roadway but the town has decided
to put in gravel road. 1t will be up
to the State Commission to decide be-
tween the petitioners and the town
board and the engineers have Indicated
that the state viii insist on the build
ing of the concrete road.
Much work is to be done on the Will
mot road to the west of the city. The
town of Pleasant Prairie will start a
maca dam road at what is known as the
-Four Corners and continue it to the
crossing OF the tracks of the Western
division Of the Northwestern road.
West of this point the road will be i'm
proved with gravel. The town of Bris-
toll is planning to grade and gravel the
Wilmot road from the east to the west
line of the town and in the next two
years appropriations Of road funds will
be spent on this road by the town.
In Salem the work proposed is an i'm
provement of the Salem road from Brass
Ball corners to the village of Salem,
and if possible to the south of the vii
lage. This will be improved with
gravel. In Randall the Town Board will
improve the Bassett's road from Bas-
sett IS Station west as far as the money
provided will permit, The Fox River
road in Wheatland is to be improved
from Fox River northwesterly The ap-
preparation in Wheatland is but $500
and all improvements will be made with
gravel. In the town of Brighton $4,000
will be spent in grading and improving
with gravel the road between Brighton
and Kansasville.
Somers will improve the Burlington
road running west from the Dunno
backe road and will also gravel the
roads leading east and west from the
village of Somers. Paris will take up
the work of continuing the improve
ment of the Burlington road west from
the Somers town line and the board of
that town is hopeful that the work
viii be completed to the west limits of
the town. All of the work is arranged
for with the understanding that the
state Legislature makes provision to
give the county the full amount de-
manded. If this provision is made the
work in the county will cost close to
$4,000. The Highway Commissioner
hopes to have his forces we'll organized
in all the towns before the opening Of
the road building season.