Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1917-11-01
Wisconsin

inc Cudlu Ol SOOU EOduS Ill 0dCu COuu-
ty that are part of our state trunk
system. According to the rulings of
the United States office of public
roads, we will be compelled to hold
the number Of jobs for each county to
the very minimum, and think possibly
that in Sank county it will have to be
confined to three or four big projects,
which may include almost any number
of miles, continuously expanding the
money only on the portions of that
mileage that has not been heretofore
improved. In other words, we could
have a project extend from Baraboo
to the county line south Of Wonewoc;
select portions Of that entire distance
to be improved, leaving such portions
as are now in good condition until
some future time. This plan would re-
suit in improving certain sections that
the local people have been very negli-
gent about appropriaking funds for
and would connect in short time the
good pieces of road that we now have
over the entire system in the state.
more from MOLOFS
Construction will be confined to no
particular type Of Improvement. In
some counties it will be best to build
but earth roads we'll drained and cul-
verted and proper grades obtained.
In other sections it will be best to
do both grading and surfacing with
gravel wherever possible to do SO, or
with macadam, concrete, brick or any
other type that is thought advisable,
considering the traffic that such road
must take. Under the provisions oil
the state trunk highway law, the au
tomobile licenses will be increased
after January /, 1918, to $40 for Ordi-
nary cars, and SIS to $25 for motor
trucks; 81 for motorcycles and $25 for
garages. From the total funds re
ceived from the license fees there is
first deducted the cost Of the number
plates, which is about twenty-five
cents each. twenty-five per cent Of
the remainder or about $2.45 per car,
comes back to the county in the
ratio of the cars registered from each
county as compared to the total regis
tratiOn OF the state This amount will
be used for the maintenance Of roads
on the state aid system; that is, roads
built under the state aid law not com
prised in the state trunk highway sys-
TEN. There is then deducted from the
construction funds required for the
states share each year under the fed-i
eral act, which amounts in all to ST.
925,415. This, of course, will be spent
over the period of at least three years, |
which will result in a fund being re-
quired each year of $640,000. There
must then be deducted the cost Of lay
ing out the state trunk system and the
marking and signing of the same, |
which must be done under the proyi-
siOnS of this law. After such system
is marked the highway commission
must cause to be published a map cor
responding to the marked system,
which must be sold practically at cost
to anyone wishing the same.
About 100 Miles in Sank County
According to our estimates as to |
the number of motor vehicles that will |
be registered for the next three years
Q918, 1919 and 1920, there will re- !
main in this fund about $4,000 to be
used entirely for the maintenance Of
the state trunk highway system. Ac
cording to our estimates the first main
tenance mentioned will amount to
about 5000 per year for Sank county.
The latter one mentioned for the state
trunk highway system is based en-
tirely upon the mileage of the state
trunk highway system in each county
as compared to the total in the state.
Sank county, as we see it at the pres
ent time, will have 100 miles Of state
trunk highway; therefore, it will be
entitled to about $4,000 Of state trunk
highway maintenance per year.
Patrol System
We expect to install in all Of the
counties of the state patrol main
tenance system. The state trunk high
ways in the counties will be divided
into sections Of probably about eight
or ten miles each, with a patrolman in
charge of the same. The patrolman's
time will all be given to the mainten-
ance Of his section, which will consist