Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1918-07-19
SUGGESTIONS WANTED
New System of Marking the
State Trunk Highways
Is Beneficial.


the white bands appearing all over
the State on telephone poles, and the
black triangle outline containing the
words estate Trunk Highway with a
number and the word evils" at the
bottom of the triangle
This is the visual evidence that a
road or street is on the State Trunk
Highway system. Each trunk high
way has different number and the
marking is to enable the traveller to
pick up number and easily follow
the especial state trunk highway or
highways which takes him to his des-
tination
The State Trunk Highway System
comprises 5000 miles of road.
r Stretches of varying length are main
tanned by patrolman, there being
nearly 500 of these patrolmen now
working in maintaining the system.
Each county is responsible for the
maintenance of the system within it's
limits but the cost of this mainte-
nance. up to a certain amount per
mile, is repaid the county by the state
out of the proceeds of. automobile Ii
cense fees.
Already the system of main roads
of Wisconsin is much improved by
this maintenance and as the patrol
men gain experience and the whole
organization gets in working order
the results are bound to be wonder
fully marked.
The Wisconsin Highway Commits
Sion will be glad to be notified of any
markings so indefinite that the sys-
fem cannot be followed, (which is es-
Decially apt to occur in cities and vii
tages) of any inattention to duty on
the the part of the patrolmen, or Of
any stretches of the state system not
how adequately maintained.
The Commission states that the
only way in which the ultimate re-
suits can be secured from this main
tenance is through the cooperation of
the general travelling public. Con-
structive criticism is welcomed, as
with all the Commissions efforts it
cannot keep constantly in touch with
every patrolman, or see every stretch
OF road often enough to prevent all
blunderS.
For the convenience of the travel
ing public the legislature provided
that a map of the Trunk Highway
System should be published showing
the same numbers on the various
roads that are displayed on the tele-
phone poles along them. With this
map anyone desiring to get between
any two points in Wisconsin can
readily select his route and readily
follow it on the road itself.
These maps may be had from local
stationers or will be sent by Superin-
tendent OF Public Property, Madison,
Wisconsin, on receipt of ten cents.
Stamps not accepted.
The Wisconsin Highway Commits
sion feels that a quite satisfactory
start has been made on what is going
to prove to be the most revolutionary
advance i'm highway maintenance ever
made in this or any other state, dut
that to secure the supreme result the
general public should be better in
formed of what the Commission is at
tempting to do and give to it and to
the county organizations, which are
loyalty cooperating, better informa-
tion aS to abuses which readily may
occur in the conduct Of patrolmen,
their lack of attention to work, or
the lack of intense work on certain
pieces of road which are still real i'm
pediments to travel Each citizen
can help by pointing out to the Com
mission present shortcomings much
more than he can by simply hearing
them.