The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1913-07-19
SHARP CURVES PREDOMINANT IN
OTHER COUNTIES
MACADAM STANDING UP WELL
Observations Of our Crystal Falls Motor
Tourists on Trip Around
Lake Michigan

81 lRnaco, WconcsuoJ
o 80, the time is no bluff. It's just
ticking 20 OIL the clock. II any reader
has an idea that this anto touring is q
condition OF late sleep, bIg eats and
lots Of leisure. ne has another guess
coming, especially when one Is day
behind In his schedule.
However, expect that ! am expected
10 tell what saw. not what felt.
The most vivid thing in my sight just
now is the SIX miles of sand between
Breyort and this place.
But 20 90 back we left Crystal Falls
exactly on schedule, 300 O'Clock last
Thursday Captain Richards was the
last one of our townspeople we met and
exchanged greetings with. We sailed
along merrily through Alpha and
Mastodon. Mastodon Township has
done a lot OF work on the old StageI
road that has put il into excellent con
dition. We took the new county road
as soon as we met il and would advise
All tourists 10 do the same. The roll
ing has not been completed on the first
portion and the gravel used IL quite
large. nscessitating low running Both
Of these conditions will soon be
changed and when they are, Iron
County travellers will have nothing "a
complain OF AS 20 roads between Crys.
tai Falls and Iron Mountain
Right now the Florence way has u
over the Sagols way many times over.
Our first delay was in the SWAMP
jHst before coming 10 Brule bridge
The roller was off the road into the
soft muck Of the swamp The work
men had it about righted and, aftel
wait OF half an hour, the machin'
was righted 90 that by the use o'
planks for one wheel and the assist
ance OF tile men TO push us past th'
roller we got ON our way again swim
mingly. The roller il trying to
smooth down.the gravel on the swamI
section Of the ROAD and il is hare
piece of work, owing TO the soft ma
ture Of the material in the ill
The new Brule bridge is dandy
the most substantial that we have seer
in the County.
II anyone tells you the piece OF roat
in Florence county between the bridg'
and the macadam is not passible don
believe him It's o. X and few rocl
from the bridge We got on the rocI
road which stretches from that poin
10 Spread Eagle where there is but
short stretch of good dirt road betweel
there and the Dickinson Co. macadam
Right here we want TO disgress d
compliment Iron County authorities ol
their disposition regarding curves.
You don't appreciate what Enginee
Burridge and the County Commits
sioners have done for US until you <
on some other roads With broad
sweeping curves one can drive alon
in safety but in every other county tn
curves are bad Delta county has fey
curves on the roads we travelled and /
next 10 Iron in easy curves with Man
istique coming along. Forenc
County. Dickinson County, Menomine
Comfy. Luce County, and Mackina,
are frights for shott curves and in tn
latter county it's unsafe 90 travel wit
out a whistle The late constructe
roads in Dickinson are an improve
ment over the first ones.
Florence has the Iron ore road.
Dickinson has trap macadaui. Menom
inee and Mackinaw gravel and Delt
aud Manistique lime stone mscadam
The jasper roads Of Florence haven
been given the heavy traffic necessar
to the acid test yet. Dickinson macs
dam Is standing mp we'll otwithstant
ing reports 10 the contrary. III
Dickinson system of the road "sectio
men Is telling in the excellent cor
2 ditioH OF maintenance We passed
couple Of them az werk with raKt
barrow and shovel II don't cost muc
and does maintain the road.
Limestone macadam shows muc
ware In Delta County. the stretch b,
tween the line and Escanaba being IN
Of short pitch holes that might ha,
been avoided had the road been petro
ed and patched. The macadam
much superior TO the gravel we pass,
80 far. but none Of the gravel has sue
excellent cementing Qualities as n
Iron County gravel about Fortui
Lake.
The ride from Iron Mountain