The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1915-09-02
From the Christian Science Monitor.

From the Christian Science Monitor.
Milwaukee-With 65 miles of con
crete roads in use and 80 miles unde
construction. the people Of Milwaukee
county believe that before the end o
the year they will possess perhaps IN
nnest system of country highways II
the United States. The roads, extend
Ing into the state in three directions
are smooth. hard dustless and promis'
to be more rmanen than any othel
kind of road.
A committee of the board of super
visitors, the county governing body, is
In charge Of road and bridge building
In Milwaukee county. Immediate super
vision. however. is given over to q
county highway commissioner who en-
ploys a staff OF assistants n Is hello
directly responsible for all the work
II. j. Kuelling Is highway commissioner.
1t is the plan of the county board
to V Milwaukee county with a net
work of concrete roads. WeiVe hlgh-
ways leadina from Milwaukee out into
the state and forming a part of a pro-
spective comprehensive system of roads
will be concreted from the city limits
TO the our !ine by the end of the
present year.
The county authorities are planning
to complete the system in 1916 with a
concrete connecting road. This road
will begin near Lake Michigan inside
the north county limits, extend west
nearly to the count line, south to the
south county, limits and then east TO
the lake 1t will cross all the other
concrete roads and give Milwaukee
county a circle route" OF concrete, 81
miles long.
The roads, with a few exceptions,
are 16 to is feet wide.
The roadbeds are thoroughly rolled
before the concrete is laid. In many in
stances the roads are built up or cut
- oh ~ Iva v- 4.n +sAL l.- ~%r,zA
rs in the case of railroad beds.
The proportions now used in mixing
soncrete for the roads are one part OF
cement, two of sane and three and one
6alf of gravel. Considerable care is
Exercised In obtaining the right quality
sf materials. for this has been found
70 be a large factor in making good
boncrete. No reinforcements Of any
kin are used. This has been found
unnecessary on OF the uniform
~ solid nature of the country through
which the roads PASS Most of the
roads are faced with a mooth cement
mixture. In a few places, where traffic
conditions demand. a brick facing has
been laid over a concrete foundation.
In the case OF the Whitefish Bay, Ma
tional avenue and Grand avenue
stretches. which resemble b~oulevards
more than country highways, a facing
of asphalt was laid over the concrete
foundation. The Whftfish Bay road.
which leads through a fashionable resi-
eence district. is 40 feet wide and three
miles long.
Bridges We're necessitated on some of !
the roads. They were built of concrete |
and Increased the cost of the roads con-
siderably. Al matter of satisfaction to |
users of the roads. however, is the fact |
that h concrete roadways were con-
tinued unbroken over the bridges.
These concrete roads are all ssstate
aid roads. the state paying one-third
OF their cost. The state furnishes this
aid for the building OF permanent high
ways that are recognized as part Of a
state highway system. To com under
this category, a road must lead ".some-
where'-that is, 1t must be part of a |
mainly Travelled way between two ori
more cities or towns.
The township through which a road
passes pays part Of its cost. though not
the county pays the rest. No part of
the cost Is charged directly to owners
OF property along the road.
Hegardmg the cost, Commissioner
Kueli1ng. In q recent report, showed
that the cost of construction during
1914 varied from S1.10 to S1.45 per square !
yard. During 1913. when cement was
cheaper but labor more expensive. the
cost OF work done under a contract syH-
tenn saried from S1.24 to sI.72. wbiIa
that done by the commissions own
force was from s1.3o to s1.s1.
the costs varied principally, accord
ilg 70 q distance materials had to be
maintenance cost, ACCORDING IN Mr.
hueliings report, VIII differ q little
with the quality of concrete In the ROAD
Is comparatively low.
We consider 1t economy to have i
aInall maintenance crew go over all the