The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1914-10-17
THAT CONVICTION ROAD
Copper Country People Are Sitting up
and Taking Notice of The Route

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The Diamond Drill has said but
little about the proposed road, from
Amasa to Covington for the reason
that we want to see the road through
to the Gogebic line established
thoroughly first. that line having bee n
first on the list and IL being so
important matter 10 the people of
the west side of the county.
The Gogebic road has been achieved
and now il is up TO the people of the
county to look around and see where
the interests OF the county can be
added to by the next road to be built.
AS We view il the next new venture
that should be entered upon after the
present roads are completed is the
opening up OF road through to
Covington and the copper country
Why3
Only six miles of road TO build
TO give Iron county direct COM
munication with the Copper country
through Covington. and Bsraga. II
would give good road through from
Chicago TO the Copper country some
sixty miles shorter than by way Of
Champion and would open up stretch
of country lying between Amass and
the ID. S. S. d A. road that is heavily
timbered and contains excellent farm
lands All of this can be had for six
mile, of road buiIding.
Now. let's look over the route
From Chicago and Milwaukee and all
points south there is good road by
way of Iron Mountain Florence and
Crystal Falls TO Amasa. the present
end OF the Iron county road system to
the north. From Amasa to Red Rock
there is an excellent townhsip road,
as good as the comfy road and from
Red Rock north TO Diana Siding there
is passible road that, with small
expense, could be made passible until
the new section could be built. Thus
automobiles could travel with ease
from Chicago TO point six miles
north of Amasa. Then comes the
unconstruoted portion, SIX miles OF
lroad through sections 36, 30. "A, 1S.
12 and OF town 40 33 to the county
line. A road extends south from
CovingtoD to section 90. az 33 which
might or might not make good
permanent road but it would furnish
an outlet until Covington township
could make the connecting link of two
miles between the county line and
this piece of road. With the new
improvement mentioned a good road
could be had right through to the
copper country, for the road from
Covington 90 L'Anse. up the beautiful
Sturgeon valley. is in good condition
and from L'Anse north there is a fine
road.
The county road commission has on
its program for next year the improv-
ing OF the north and south road through
this county of the nnbuiI. section be-
tween Alpha and Massndon and of the
Amasa section between the Paint
bride and the Lachapelle farm. With
those two links built, although there
Is a fair road around them at the
present time. the county will be in
position the following year TO look
beyond the end at Amasa and make
some provision for extending to an
outlet north.
OF course, all OF this is contingent
upon Hougnton and Baraga counties
opening up their end of the road. Il
would be nonsense for Iron county TO
build to a blind end. AS evidence that
this matter has already taken root in
Houghton county we reprint the
following from the Mining Gazette
of last Sunday
"A number of Houghton business
men are entertaining overtures from
busin esmen of Crystal Falls aud other
places in Iron county for cooperative
campaign for new highway route,
directly north from Cry ,tal Falls TO
Houghton, shortening the route from
Chicago.
THE object is to establish more
direct route between Chicago and the
copper country and to give Crystal
Falls the benefit of the automobile
traffic en route.
"Houghton men who are 10 favor
OF the proposed new route are pointing
ont that direct route south to the
southern boundary of the county is
rather easy TO establish Starting at
Houghton. the new Otter Lake high
way is available for. automobile right
through TO Aston and beyond Aston
there is good road for six miles.
South OF this 10 Siduaw, a distance OF