Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1915-06-12
TRIANGLE D ROAD
Good Progress Has Been Made Weather
Permitting Road Will be Com
pleted by June 10Th.

Although there has been considerable
rain during the past week the weather
has not interfered materially with the
construction work which is being done
on that portion of the Scenic Highway
which lies between Hill City and Sylvan
Lake. The crew has lost very little time
and exceptionally good progress has
been made, since the work which re-
manned to be done was mostly earth
work and the removal of trees from the
right. of-way. The moist condition Of
the ground has really been beneficial
since tree roots and stumps can be more
easily removed and plowing and grading
work can be more cheaply done while
the earth is moist than if in dry con-
dition.
The men working under the super
vision of the Forest Service who have
been in camp about half way up the
Sylvan Lake hill on the Hill City side,
moved camp on the 10th to the Sylvan
Lake grounds near the cottages. The
road is now completed to the top of the
hill on the Hill City side ofSylvan Lake.
There remains to be done about | 900
feet of work between the top of the hill
north of Sylvan Lake and the Sylvan
Lake hotel. Considerable work has al
ready been done upon this stretch of the
road. If rainy weather does not inter.
fere too much with the work Of the con-
struction crew, it is certain that this
short stretch Of road can be finished by
Saturday, June 10Th, or not later than
the middle of the following week.
With this stretch of road completed,
the Black Hills Scenic Highway will
then be in good shape for travel through
out the Black Hills. Our reporter un-
derstands that automobile owners of
Hot Springs and Edgemont intend to
make run over this road some time
before the end Of June. From the en-
thusiasm that has been shown by the
towns at the terminals of the road in the
Black Hills it is quite probable that the
traffic on the road will be quite heavy
the day the run is made
The towns at the terminals Of the
Scenic Highway within the Hills have
not only shown their enthusiasm and
appreciation of this road, by advertising
widely the scenic features along the
highway, but have given more substan-
tial assistance in the way of cash con-
tributions for the purpose of defraying
expenses in construction work. 1t was
foreseen short time ago that the Gov
ernment funds available would not be
sufficient to complete it for this seasons
use. The recent contributions for con-
struction work on this road are:
Edgemont -------------------S 100 90
HOT Sprlngs--------- 500 OO
Hill City 100 90
DeadWoou --- ------------ oOO w
Lead ---- 3OO OO
j. c. Spencer, owner of the Sylvan
Lake property, paid Sl,000.00 for con-
struction work upon this road and the
citizens of Custer have paid for more
than $4,000 worth of work. The fact
that the towns have assisted financially
in the construction of this scenic high
way indicates clearly that the value of
the road to the Black Hills in general is
fully appreciated by large number of
citizens. 1t will be travelled by very
large number of residents within the
Black Hills for general purposes and at
the same time is a road which has great
er scenic attractions than any other of
similar length.