The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1914-01-08

The following report of the State
Highway Commission relative to the
Sioux River bridge on the Four-mila
creek road, was presented:
WISCONSIN HIGHWAY COMMITS
SION, Madison, Wis, Aug. 26, 1913
Mr.. F. M. Sergeant,
Ashland, Wis.
Dear Sir: Mr.. Hirst has referred
your letter of August 18th. relative
to the proposed relocation at the
500 River crossing, to me for reply
From your profile it appears that the
existing road deviates from the sec
ton line = a distance of about SOC
feet in order to descend at a low
grade to the point at which 1t is
possible to cross the river valley
with span of approximately 200
feet length. Your profile shows that
at sides of the valley it is possible
to get grades of less than per cent
in the approaches to the bridge in
its existing location. The objection
to this route is that it drifts In win
ter.
The alternative location consists of
continuing the road on a straight
line and crossing the valley of the
500 River with an elevated trestle.
This trestle will have to be about
100 feet above the stream bed and
in the neighborhood of 900 feet long,
the advantages of this trestle being
that it saves the descent to the
bridge in its existing location and
the climb to reach high level again.
Also that it will be free from the
drifting of snow in the winter time.
Sometime ago I prepared an esti-
mate of the cost of replacing the
existing structure with a steel tres
tie of approximately equal length,
this estimate being about $1,000. l
have made no careful estimate of
the cost of the proposed new tres
tie, but would say that it will range
somewhere between $4,000 and $40;
900. the probability being that the
excess in cost over the bridge to
replace the existing structure will be
in the neighborhood of 100000. We
believe that the road in its present
location can be graded so as to give
perfectly uniform grade from the
high level to the level of the bridge
in it's present position, and that the
resulting grade will be much easier
than many others on the same road.
We also believe that it is possible
to build snow fences along this road
in such a way as to prevent drifting,
and we believe that the total cost
of this grading and snow fences will
not be much more than one-tenth of
the excess cost of the high trestle.
We therefore feel that the construc-
ton of this high trestle cannot
be justified on any grounds, and
we must decline to approve this
proposed relocation.
Yours very truly,
WISCONSIN HIGHWAY COMMITS
SION,
BY M. w. Torkelson,
Bridge Engineer
Moved and seconded that the pres
ent location of Sioux River bridge
be retained. Motion carried by the
following vote:
Aye-Galligan, Barnes, Hauser, Ro-
gan, Soronen, Bartlett, Curry, Nor
ris, Johnson, Holm, Yderstad, Wor-
den, Carlson, Pyykola, Peterson,
Nettleton, Meithke, Townsend, Davis,
Robillard. 20.
Nay-Borgenrief, Berman, Mertz,
Handberg, Dahl, Lamoreaux, Robin
son. z.
The following resolution levying
the school was adopted:
COUNTY SCHOOL TAX.
Resolved, by the supervisors OF
Bayfield, county, duly assembled this
1st day of December, 1913, that the
County School Tax be and the same
is hereby apportioned in accordance
with Sections 554 and 555, Statutes OF
1898. That said amounts are cal
culated on a basis of $3.50 for each
person of school age, residing In the
districts which maintained a school
as required by law: