The diamond drill., 1913-11-08

ures. fis.ooo and the grading 'about
tt2. 600. The county will get back
nearly the cost Of the macadaming Of
this piece Of road. The next piece
OF road he looked over was that be-
tween this city and Chicagon bridge.
He pronounced that piece of road a
model gravel highway. When his at
tention was called to the wearing off
OF the surface Mr.. Rogers said that
when the people of this county get
older in the road game they will not
AXE the wearing of of the surface OF !
their roads so much to heart. "Ofl
course the roads wear, said Mr..
Rogers THAT shows that they are
used and you can't expect piece of |
road TO last for ever. Your county
will have to make up its mind that
the roads must be kept up by constant
repair
The next piece of road looked over
was that known as the Tully road.
Mr. Rogers and part OF the county
road committee don't aroee on this
road very we'll The county road
committee, or part of them, said
that the gravel is not Of good quality
Mr.. Rogers says that il is of an ex-
cellent quality. The county committee
Thought the surfacing was not well
done. Mr.. Rogers thought otherwise
and pronounced the road first class for
It's kind.
The only criticism that he passed
upon it was that, for trunk line, he
didn't think il wise 10 make 9-foot
surfaces. When it was explained to
him that the county had but limited
amount OF money which the commis-
sion had TO distribute over the entire
system OF the county to the best ad-
vantage; that it is the intention to
widen out the road as money is pro
vided, he stated unqualifedly that the
commission was doing what was best
for the county.
The next piece looked over was from
the cheese factory to Iron River This
road is now being covered with mine
rock from the Rogers mine and Mr..
Rogers was we'll pleased with the way
the road showed up. The foundation
, is excellent and with the surfacing of
D ore bound with oil, as is planned, that
! end of the road will be boulevard.
I II is a section that has the heaviest
traffic OF any piece on the trunk sys-
8 tenn and cannot be expected TO stand
0 up under the heavy pounding like other
10 sections of the highway.
n TIE last piece inspected was the Iron
% River Beechwood road This is the
q finest dirt road in the peninsula and
n was so described by Mr.. Rogers
'r There are eight miles in this piece oi
ID road that cost the county about $50
70 600. IL will eventually be gravelet
all the way along and be continued OF
N to the Gogebic line to form portion
SO of the trunk through to Gogebi,
l. county.
D. The Crystal Falls Florence road wa
10 inspected next day and the same goot
d word that was said for the other por
tions OF the system was said for this
r, piece.
I'd Mr.. Rogers did some figuring on tn
Is. position of Iron county that ought L
RS be an eye opener to the people of Tn,
n /; county. There are in all 80 miles O
Is, road in this county that will get trun
Is. line reward. On extra wide roads
ho such as the Msnstieldroad, an etxra re
ward is paid making the paymen
ny nearly $3. 600 per mile.
The county will receive in rewar
money from the state 1904. 600 Q
enough to pay for the bond issue an
still have the roads. a fact that but fe,
have taken into consideration.
&c The total mileage of this road Ynicl
has been furnished with matelic sur
face is 3l.5 miles. Along this distanc
ne there is guard rail wherever the fill
Q. high enough TO spell danger and iro
RS culverts have been placed whereve
n. necessary.
ms Some Of this distance has not beer
}" surfaced according TO the state spe
n, cifications, as for instance the Florenc
lie road which has simply been mad
n psssible. The distance that conform
on to state specifications is 22. miles.
by The present system has been built n
IN under the supervision Of Engineer Bur
X. ridge who is spoken of by Mr.. Roger
or as one OF the very best OF tho road en-
ir gineers OF the state.
}" Mr. Rogers discussed patrol syste,
On for our roads with Mr.. Burridge an
he next year section men will be at worl
to all along the line TO keep up the roa
n and keep down speeders.
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