The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1915-09-02
MILWA UKEE HAS
COUNTY ROAD SYSTEM
Many Miles of Concrete Highway Have Been Constructed In
This Western City and the Work Is Expected to
Be Completed In 1915.

roads once or twice a year" says the
report. Such . crew consists of q
foreman, one team and -four laborers,
Under average conditions this crew viii
cover all joints. cracks and mail pits
at a cost of from SIS to $50 per mile
Of 18-foot road"
FROM 1872. when construction of con-
crete roads was begun, to January |,
1915. the cost of Milwaukee countys
roads was $1.199.489. For this year
SI4o,44o is available, making a total OF
nearly S2, 900. which will have been
spent by the end of the year. Though
this figure is large, the taxpayers APP
parentiy do not begrudge its eXpendi-
ture. No complaint has teen heard,
and 1t is not expected any retrencli-
ment in the present policy will need to
! be made.
Concerning the matter of cost, Com
missioner Kuelling's report Observes:
WINE concrete in its present form has
some disadvantages, we believe that it
now meets modern traffic conditions as
economically as n form of pavement
known. We also believe tina the next
few years will bring about a quality OF
concrete and form of construction that
VIII make a ountry road have a very
lengthy life from a road standpoint,
especially IL the traffic conditions con-
tinne to change in the direction they
now are going
But few objections have been raised
against the roads, among them being
the of their surface for horses.
ana the great temptation they give for
and motorcycle speeding.
Inc former objection has been over
come by covering the roads with a thin
TAR surface, While the latter is being
overcome rapidly by the sheriff's
mounted deputies. The state law. limit
inR the speed eff motor vehicles to 25
miles an hour. is strictly enforced.
Evidence of This Utility.
The popularity of the new roads
and the need of such highways for
The ever growing motor travel, are IL
instrated by a sample traffic census |
AIKEN at a certain point, in 1911 and |
IN lsl4. During two days in October,
1871, from 8 a m. to midnight, a total |
OF SO motor-driyen vehicles passed |
this counting station. Thai was before
the concrete road was built. On a
single day In 1914, from Z a. m. until |
10 p. m, at the same point there passed |
a total OF 1873 motor-driven vehicles, |
Another example OF the immense
change to motor vehicles was shown
a census taken on the Blue Mouna
roaa on a recent Sunday, when 1851
motor cars and only ia horse-drawn
vehicles passed the counting point.
These illustrations" says Mr.. Kuel-
proDabIy show the extremes in
comparison, but they are Indications
Of what we may expect in the future.
On week days h comparison is a
little different, showing that plaa s1,ra
passenger transportation are
more rapidly than freight"
Another important fact is that there
Is q wide use of the roads for side
walks. Hiking into the country has
oeen made less fatiguing and more en-
"A N CO mt N 4
benefit derived by the farming corn
through which the roads lead
a large percentage of farmers own au-
and can reach city markets
With truck, dairy and poultry products
from almost any point in the county in
less than an hour.
The 1itney business has lent ttsa,- -
runs. in Milwaukee county
POINTS formerly considered far distant
placed within 20 or 30 minrfaS
iriye from the city limits. in the an
inclusive 5itney, running on the
'mooth, boulevard-like highways.
Inc roads have proven a maximum
r conditions. Though as smooth az
,ould be desired for motor vehicIe 1
ravel, the cement surfaces ara not
ieariy as slippery when wet as might
,e expected The cement covered
pads are far less dangerous for slid
Ttreets. @
Various good roads experts. tncInd-
delegates to the Northwestern
Q congress, Col. W. G. Edens. rem
the Associated Good Roads
r~ganization of Chicago and Cook
ounty, Illinois. and others. have in
pecled milwaukee, county's roads. All ,
highways.