Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1917-09-28

system limited by the law TO 0OOU miles
was laid out, and the state highway
commission was to do the work. These
trunk lines were to inter-cOnnect cOun-
ty seats and reach cities of 5000 and
over. 1t was not necessary to hook up
one county seat with another i'll direct
lines
Raising the Money.
Funds for these roads are allotted
as follows: one third as set forth III
subsection ,, of section 1914, of Chap
ter 175. session laws of 1917.
,. The joint federal and state funds
available each year for construction
on the trunk system shall be allotted
by the state highway commission to
the several counties in the following
manner: One-third shall be allotted
in the ratio that the mileage of public
highways in each county, as determin-
ed from time to time by the commits
sion. bears to the total mileage of
public highway in all the counties;
(FOr the purpose of this subsection
half the mileage of all county line
highways shall be considered as lying
in each county; also streets and high
ways in incorporated villages and cit
les shall not be included in the mile
age of public highway computed as ~
ing III any county, ; One-third shall
be allotted in the ratio that the area
of each county bears to the total area
of all the counties One-third shall be
allotted in the ratio that the valuation
of each county, as last equalized by the
state tax commission, bears to the to-
= tai eOualized state valuation of all the
counties
The maintenance of the roads is
partly kept up by payment from auto
licenses to each county, based on its
mileage percentage. Under this law,
Rusk county will receive from Federal
and State funds i'll 3 years $4,000
paying out $4,000 raised by taxation,
a total of $4,000 for construction and
maintenance. The maintenance fund
continues thereafter to be the cOunty'S
percentage of auto license fees. The
total amount of expenditure for con-
for three years. The total mileage
allotted to the county without the
north road to the Sawyer line is 80.
All these points were gone into by
Mr. Kuehling and also the eXplana-
ton of the system of signs and routes,
the fact that there was no law on how
the roads would be constructed. 1t is
necessary to understand this law as it
is important in its bearing on the case.
The Discussion Now Begins.
Like in a Quaker meeting the audi
ence that pretty well filled up the
seats in the big court room. sat when
Engineer Kuehling asked if anybody
had anything to say about the north
road.
Then the spirit moved c. c. Graack,
Chairman of Flambeau township. He
said the best route was straight north
from LadySmith to the town of Hub
bard thence west across the Chip
pewa and north to EXeland. MeSSrs.
Ryan and Olsen. Of Haugen, spoke
strongly for the Ladysmith route, as
against the Rice Lake-Hayward road.
Mr.. ROhlfe. of Hayward said the
line from Hayward would not cost %
per cent as much as the Rice Lake
road would. Mayor Thompson, of
Ladysmith, supported ROhlfe's state
ment. He called the section a jun
GLE
Il didn't see any tigers" said Mr.
Kuehling.
They're there all right" said the
Mayor.
Mr.. Arpin spoke for Bruce but it
was agreed that the road was longer
that way.
Mr. Kuehling asked Mr.. Olsen, of
Haugen, if the route from Rice Lake
to Hayward was passable
Il don't know Of anybody who ever
tried it." was the rejoinder.
There was a great deal of discus
sion as to distances. Mr.. Kuehling
said the Rice Lake-Hayward route
was 81 miles. 1t was agreed that it
was about 60 miles from Ladysmith.
BY some changes in the proposed route
to RadiSsOn and thence to Hayward
it was finally cut off to 5S. That left
miles of Overrun on state mileage,
with Rice Lake on a spur. If the
road were built from Rice Lake to
Shell Lake it would be 81 miles of
excess. That would have to be taken
from some other section.
Sawyer Solid for Ladysmith.
VIM. Blackburn called for a vote of
those from Sawyer, between the two
routes. All voted in favor of the Lady
smith route.
rs there anyone from the west end