The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1914-04-25
COUNTY ROAD REPORT
Commissioners Issued Statement Showing
How Much Money Was Expended

How Much Money Was Expended
We are in receipt of the report OF
the county road commission which
will be published in full next week.
The report is so interesting, owing
to the interest created IN ROAD work in
this county and the many statements
made, some of them true and some of
them false, that we are led to sum-
Marie here the report so that our
readers who are interested may have
the figures in detail.
There was spent on the roads of Iron
county last year the sum Of SAC, 647. 25.
This money was sercured as follows:
sac, GOA. % from the tax levy, 50, PAL.
90 from the delinquent taxes that
came in. $4,000 from Florence county,
$12 from the county clerk and 81, 730
from the balance on hand.
There was on hand on Jan. /, 1914
(this report covers the year from Jan.
/, 1918 to Jan. /, 1914 $3.50 90.
The above figures do not include the
amount received from the state for
reward which is as follows 81, 1875
from previous rewards, $29 80 interest
on the same in bank and 49, $40 90
for 1913 rewards. making a total of
so, I'll. 30 which Is on deposit in the
savings departments OF the several
banks Of the county to be held there to
pay the $3.50, 600 issue of bonds as they
become due. The interest is added to
the principal.
The road between this city and Iron
River is divided into two sections
That section between this city and
Chicogan creek bridge is called the
Crystal Falls Iron River road and there
was spent upon that stretch OF road
the sum of s577.6 for maintenance.
The piece between the Chicogan
creek bridge and Iron River is called
the Iron River-Crystal Falls road and
on that there was spent the sum of
$i5, 33l. IL and this was spent as fol-
lows: On the Tully section of this
road 80, 400. SO was spent OF which s.,
427. $50 were paid d. F. Boyle q Go.
on their graveling contract and the
balance in rolling. engineering and
superintendent. In re-surfacing the
piece between Winton's place and
the cheese factory there was spent $3,
371 30 all of which went into labor.
supplies excepting S4i0 90 in oil. The
balance of the fifteen thousand dollars
were spent in maintenance of which
81, sl4. AS went into labor and the bal
ance into rolling, guard rail, supplies.
etc.
On the Iron River Beechwood road
there was spent the sum OF 80, 547. 04
Of which 50, 343. 90 went into re-surfac-
ing and the balance into maintenance.
The Atkinson road cost 1886 40 and
of this all went into maintenance ex-
cepting $i7s. ~ that went into grad
ing.
On the Amasa road there was spent
the sum of S763 SO all for maintenance
and on the Mansfield road there was
spent $g49. 90, the big item in this
being 1888. az for guard rail,
On the Mansfield Sagola road 1.-THE
piece between the Mansfield mine and
the Dickinson line) there was spent
IS, 773. so OF which 81. e06. 90 went to
%. +. Boyle & Go. for grading and
1873 30 to q. I. Olson, both payments
being on contracts. The balance went
for culverts, engineering etc.
On the Crystal Falls-Alpha road
there was spent the SUN of s., pol 90 Of
which SO. 965 went TO d. F. Boyle &
Co. on q grading contract, 5000. 90 TO
the Illinois Bridge Go. on bridge
contract, 1888 50 into right-of- way and
the balance into engineering etc.
On the Mastodon- Brule River road
there was spent the sum Of 50, 0l9 43 Of
which 81. 724 80 went for the new
bridge. g.. O0s Oh for labor. 1878 So for
supplies and the balance for engineer.
ing etc
The balance of the money was speat
for general Office work $g45 90, balance
on 1912 contracts $685.. 81, repairs to
permanent equipment ssO4o7. secre-
tary's salary 800 90, engineering for
the townships i.9740O and location
surveys 81. ee4.oo
The report - very complete and
shows to the people inst how each item
was spent. II also shows that there
was spent on the west side roads the
sum OF si9.2i4.5 So and on the east side
&21. 2s5. as, differences between the