Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1917-12-08

Your committee believes that the
sums named in the above recommended
tions win 50 nearly complete the first
three units. roads l. and road ..
"Guerney Unit" that they will he in
good. passable condition if labor can
he secured with which to do the work.
and We further believe that there is all
the money available in the road No
and Quincy Unit" funds that can be
expended to advantage during the seas
on OF 1918 if the above recommendation
he adopted by your Hon. body.
We do not think that there is stuff
cent money in :he Road Epson
East" fund with which to complete the
work and recommend an additional ap-
preparation of Five Hundred Dollars.
which We expect viii complete this unit
Of work in good shape and we would
suggest that this Improvement be made
as early In 1918 as is possible, there be-
ing It heavy traffic over this highway.
on Upson-Saxon road No. s, Towns
of Anderson and Kimban units adjoin
and there is a total fund OF s7.S248O.
which is as much as can be worked
out is one season in this section of the
county as il is difficult part of the
county i'm which to secure labor
on road No (. Carey-Kimbau Il is
hoped that we may be able TO complete
this road during the early part of the
season of 1918 so as Ia enable the farm
ers and settlers on Sec. 1S-46-2E to get
out to the trunk line highway and al
though the appropriation asked for will
not complete this road by any means.
it will we hope. make 1t passable.
We recommend that the remaining
. SEQ remaining of the 100000 apprO-
priation be apportion2d to the highway
maintenance fund. which together with
$500 which we understand can be APP
propfiated from the county treasury.
viii make a fund OF s. 600 which we
recommend he used for general high
way maintenance and the repair and
crawling Of road No. 3. between the
court house and the western limits of
the Village Of Hamilton.
We wish To cali the attention OF the
County BOARD to the immediate neces-
sity Of furnishing tractor or truck ma
chinery with which 10 handle road
planes. drags and light graders. Dur
ing the past two years it has been i'm
possible To secure the necessary teams
amy time of the year and seldom posi-
hte to secure any team help al the time
Of wear when the work is most neces.
s3ry and the greatest value secured for
the expenditure: your committee recon-
meuds an appropriation OF $4,000 for
the possible purchase NJ this kind of
machinery together with road planes
and drags for the ensuing year The
County Board should also at once make
necessary arrangements for a building
i'm which TO properly house the road ma
chinery. tools and camp equipment
owned by the county at the present
time and which will he purchased in
the future
In connection with the appropria-
icons suggested by ;nis committee. We
desire "a state that We have thought il
for the best interests of both the coun-
ty ana the Town OF Emerson. that the
county board disallow the request o.
said town for county ana state aid for
which this town has applied for 1918
In the hest Judgment Of the committed
the amounts appropriated by the town
and asked ef the county would make
fund insufficient To be expended with
proht either To the county or town and
We recommend that the petition he DIS
allowed and that the said town BE- re.
QueSted not To spread the amount ap,
proprated by them on the 1917 tax
Eotl IT the county car aCcor1nliSh the
road WORK which Is laid out for 1915
then sufficient appropriation can be
made in conjunction with the Federal
system. the State. County and the
ioWn OF Emerson with which II COM
plete the road from Mercer to Mantle
wish lo connect with the Federal route
ia Villas county and from this route to
fo"@!I this work 10 he done during the
season uf 1919 The appropriations for
y atoh We have asked for highway main
te anee and sraveiins is expected to /
carry this part OF tie work until the