Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1917-09-12
SUGGESTIONS HEARD ON PROP0S-
ED FEDERAL HIGHWAYS
THROUGH COUNTY.
PROSPECTS VERY BRIGHT

About 200 Grant county citizens in
terested in the proposed federal routes
through the county were present at
the hearing last Thursday afternoon
conducted by the legislative commit
tee in conjunction with the state
highway commission.
]. t. Donaghey, inspector of high
ways, opened the discussion with a
few remarks explaining the features
of the federal law and wherein Wis
cOnsin generally and Grant county
specifically benefits. Mr.. Donaghey
was followed by various interested
parties arguing for slight changes to
better serve their respective commUn-
tiles. The substance of this is as fol-
lows:
The federal route as proposed leaves
Dubuque and passes north through
Keller to Dickeyville. From there it
proceeds to Lancaster via Potosi.
From Lancaster it goes north to Fen
nimore and over the military ridge to
Bridgeport Another route goes north
from Fennimore to BOscobel, crossing
into Crawford county. The east line
of this route proceeds east on the Wis
cOnsin river to a point opposite Mus
coda, but takes the north shore. Par
ties from Boscobel, Blue River and
MuscOda strongly urged change to
the south shore, as no good road eX
lists there at present
Several citizens of Wyalusing and
Patch Grove township urged the re-
tention of the road via Bridgeport in
stead of a new route via Glenn park
as proposed by Prairie du Chen peO-
,OI0 r. hot IN xysny Of
the Importance of the Bridgeport
route from every standpoint, the road
will stand as it is.
Another route leaves Dubuque and
passes to Platteville via Hazel Green.
This was not commended Mr.. Long
bOtham urged the abandonment of the
Dubuque-PO tosi-Lancaster route and
the substitution of the Dickeyville-
Platteville route. He was strongly
opposed in this by several, and it does
not seem likely that the commission
will change it's routing.
The plan at present also calls for
a route from Lancaster to Platteville
via Rockville. Several spoke urging
a reroute here via EllenbOrO. AS this
would materially shorten the route
and also follow the present traffic
lines it is quite likely to be made.
Mr.. James of Montfort urged the
abandonment of the Platteville-Min-
eral Point road for the substitution of
a road between Platteville and Mont
fort and thence east to DOdgeville.
S. A. Thomas of POtOsi urged a
slight change in the route from Du
buque to Lancaster to take in the
village of Potosi. 1t seemed, however,
that a mistake had been made in draw
ing up the map and that the plan orig
inaIly did include PotOsi and should
read that way.
Citizens of Sitter asked that the
proposed route through Gregory Hol-
low be changed to go through Sitter
over the present main travelled high
way. They pointed out the natural
advantages of the present road
through Sitter and stated that two
miles of construction could be saved,
as the present FennimOre-Montfo
road is already in fine shape to the
point of conjunction. This change and
the others were taken under cOnsid
Grafton.
The meeting i'll general was an in
teresting and instructive one. The
visitors endeavOred to carefully in
form those present on the purpose
and plan of the state and government
and the discussion throughout evil
denced thorough knowledge Of the
ultimate possibilities and how to get
them.