The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1914-02-19
Remonstrance.
Il Highway Commission.


Wisconsin Highway Commission.
Dear Sirs:
We, the town board Of the town of
Pleasant Prairie are not satisfied with
the last contract for thing done on
the Sheridan road. All those last rains
there does not any water run out
of the tile and the thing we done last
fall, the water runs out of them, a fine
stream all the time, when there is any
wet weather. Mr. Mcclellan, the coun-
ty highway commissioner, did not lay
those tile according to the last survey
that Mr.. Blake made. We let the con
tract for the last survey and the CON
tractor started to lay the tile on the
last survey, and the last profile and he
quit by orders Of Mr. Mcclellan and
took the tile south, the course that Me-.
Blake did not like. Mr. Blake made
q final test of those tile about two
weeks ago. We have proof that those
tile are foot on more above what the
blue print calls for This last piece Of
thing cost in the neighborhood of ST.,
200 and the north piece, that was laid
last spring where the concrete was laid,
was laid think all right but when they
grade the dirt up to the concrete they
stripped the tile You can see the GIN
lers and burlap for rods and some
places the tile is bare and they run very
little water. ! think there are breaks
IN places or else the sand is worked in
them / claim there is nothing better
than thing to drain the highways, when
it is done right, but when it is not, it
is only throwing money away. Mr.. Nc
Geehan went and put an inspector on
that last piece of work that i don u
think ever seel any tile laid or if he
did, he allowed a bad job, according to
our opinion. Mr. Blake ought to be
able to tell you all about that last
tile that was laid on the Sheridan Road
There were lot of old willow roots,
and in place Of grubbing them out,
they rneled under them and laid the
tile Mr.. Blake and | got spade and
dug down till we found the tile, and we
could put our fingers in between the
tile in that sandy soil, when the con-
tract called for cinders and hurlap at
evety joint. We claim that the thing
is not done right, and we claim it is not
going to be any benefit to the highway.
There was another piece done on the
Geneva Road that don It work. 1t was
put in the center of the road and the
ditch il about two feet below the tile.
] never heard of water running up hill
without it was forced up | don t see
any sense of digging canals, as / call
them, on the side of a concrete or ma
cadam road, when it is tiled to drain
said road, making the, road dangerous
to the public to travel.
Yours truly,
Town Board
(Signed)
p H. Tobin, Chairman,
Jake Mahoney, Supervisor,
Hans Hansen, Supervisor.
Madison, Nov. 9TH, 1913.
Mr., Patrick Tobin,
Kenosha, Wisconsin.
Dear Sir:
Your letter in regard to the tile drain
on the Sheridan Road and the Geneva
Road is received. Mr.. Blake IS findings
on these roads agree entirely with your
conclusions, and we are preparing let
ter to send to Mr.. Mcclellan in regard
to this matter, and l trust he will find
some methcd of rectifying it. / can
see no possible excuse for the way the
tile was laid on the Sheridan Road.
AS to the old tile being uncovered
and damaged by Mr.. Wade, l believe
that if this is not working in salts
factory way, Mr. Wade is responsible
and can be made to repair the defects,
as he was not compelled tt skin the
bitches as low as he die on this road
Yours very truly,
Wisconsin Highway Commission.
BY A. R. Hirst,
State Highway Engineer
Supervisor Luke moves to adjourn
until tomorrow morning at 9 O'clock
Motion carried and Board so adj
iougned.
R. III, Jones,
county Clerk