The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1917-08-02
Balch & Company Have Started Work on
County Road Contract at Nash and
are Doing Good Work.

tit for travel, there is now
chances that the work will be
completed some time this fall.
The Bayfield, County Road
Committee have stood pat in
their decision to GUST Ogren OF
Port Wing from the job and the
contract has been awarded to
Balch & Company Of Minneapolis
and this concern now has men on
the job and an outfit that is
capable Of finishing the contract
about September LIST.
Balch & Company began
operations last Saturday morn
ing. Before evening they had
graded the road for a distance
of nearly a mile so that it was
passable for cars and wagons.
There was not a time under the
other contractors when two cars
could pass at a time on this road.
Balch & Company is a concern
that can handle the work and
they intend to complete their
contract in specified time. They
have taken the contract at a
price that it can be finished at
and the county committee should
hold them to the time limit.
The road extending over the
long bridge and fill at the head
Of the bay was in firightful con-
dition as late as last Saturday
and unless something is done in
the way of improving it the road
will be impossible fora cars.
Heavy trucks have caused deep
holes to appear in this road
making it frightful for travel.
There are two roads leading to
Ashland, one around by the head
OF. the bay and the other by way
of Ashland junction. The coun-
ty committee knew that the bay
shore road would be torn up for
some time, yet work was started
on the Ashland Junction road at
the same time and last week this
road was torn up and unfit for
travel by automobile.
The trouble is that road work
| is not laid out Systematically.
When work is being done on one
road, the other work should be
let alone until a time when at
least one road is passable. AS
it has been during the present
summer there was not a road
leading to Ashland that was fit
for travel. The Nash road was
torn up and work was also being
done on the Barksdale road.
Some care has been taken by
the county committee during the
past two weeks in this respect,
on the road leading to- bayfield,.
They have seen to it that this
road was kept in condition for
travel while work was going on.
| A short time ago the road was
torn up for mile or more at q
time, compelling cars and teams
to pillow through mud and sand.
Some patching has been done
on the county road in the towr
: of Bayview the past week. Com
plants were coming in fast OF
account of the condition of thiI
road and Commissioner Sundel
granted temporary relief b!
having the road patched up
Two men piled sod and clay OF
the road in patches. VIVA
should have been done was tn
taking out of the corduroy an,
regarding the road.
We presume it is the inten
ton of the committee to d
this but when no one can tell.
Some members of the count,
committee do not like thes
articles one tit. One refuse,
his paper at the post Office whel
the articles began to appear
We shall tie more than please
to furnish him a copy of tn
paper weekly without charge.
Our readers are intere sted i
what is being done in the ex
penditure of money on count
roads. They are putting up tn
dough" in the way of taxes