The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1915-08-14
BARAGA SUP'R'V'S
saw SOME ROADS
IRON COUNTY RECIPR0cATtD RE.
CEpTlOE CIyEK ITS PEOPLE
AMAsA ROAD A TRUNK LINE
viii be Built Through to the Barsga
County Line Next Year On Way
to Copper Country

The supervisors OF Baraga county |
visited Crystal Falls yesterday as a
result of the meeting held at L'Anse
last Saturday when the delegation
from this county was royalty enter
tanned by the Baraga county boys.
Chairman Richards of the Iron county
board OF supervisors asked the Baraga
fellows to come TO Iron county as the
guests OF Iron county people and be-
fore the delegation left for home that
night definite acceptance was given
to the invitation and an automobile
party was arranged for to include the
county board and the road commission
of Baraga county.
Iron Well Represented
Iron county was well represented
last Saturday at the L'Anse confer
e9ce The delegation included Chas.
+. Lawrence. Hon. p. o'Brien. w. J.
Richards, Thomas Conlin. Herman
Holmes, Jas. S. Wall. VIM. Holmes.
]. +. Udd. Jas. +. Corcoran, j. T.
Gibson, John Wall. Ben Nicely and
Andrew Oakland.
The only representative on the
ground when the I. on county delega-
ton arrived was County Engineer
Hillyer OF Marquette but about noon
delegation including the Houghton
county road commission its engineer,
Ben Sparks and VIM. Smith came
down from Houghton along with State
Highway Commissioner Rogers and
Mr.. X. l. Sawyer, the upper peninsula
representative OF the commission.
AT. 200 o'clock the meeting was
called to order by Mr.. Rogers. A very
large audience greeted him, filing the
court room. Mr. Rogers explained the
object OF the meeting was to try and
induce Baraga county to provide an
outlet for the people of the copper
country and an inlet for the people
from the SOUTH that II was immater-
Nal how or where the outlet was pro-
vided but that in getting this outlet
the state would assist in every way
possible.
He explained the new trunk line
law and also the old law which located
the main upper peninsula trunk be-
tween Michigamme and L'Anse. The
question in the minds of the state
authorities was whether the present
road from Nestoria by way of Herman
is a route that ought TO be chosen as
the permanent one. The state, Mr..
Rogers explained, was willing to 20 TO
work and find out by surveys the most
feasible route II some assurance would
be given by the Baraga people that an
effort would be made 10 build a road
after the surveys were made over
some route.
4 Differences Crop Out
Chairman McKercher OF the Baraga
board OF supervisors was the first
speaker for Baraga county. His talk
was in substance knock" for any
road Mr.. McKercher is the supervisor
from Suprr township, the portion OF
Baraga county that lies next "a
Michigamme and includes all the min
ing OF iron ore that is being done in
Baraga county.
Mr.. McKercher said that Baraga
county cannot afford to keep In re-
pair the roads that II already has
That the people OF Baraga county don't
feel like building roads for automo
bilists; that they want roads from the
farming settlements 10 the railroads
not roads that parallel the railroads.
II don't own an automobile or per
, haps ! wouldn't talk this way, SAID
M. Mckercher when Baraga peopl,
travel they travel on the railroads
By-the-way, how many of you gen
! tlemen came here via automobile? ?"
q said the speaker In sarcastic vein.
"Houghton county has complained
. that Baraga county is holding her III
and not giving her an outlet VIII,
don't Houghton county build througI
! her own territory and connect witt
! Iron County Houghton county is
: rich county and along such a rout
I there would be an excellent lot o
lands while along the route from II
= Anse 70 Covlngton or Nestorla th
4 land wouldn't support a grasshopper.
\ MI, McKercher was interrupted sew
4 eral times during his talk by angr