Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1919-11-06
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From Stevens Point Journal
The Rapids-W ausau Road

From Stevens Point Journal
The Rapids Wausau Road
The Grand Rapids Wausau road
across Portage county is in two sec
tions. Ore runs from Road Is to
Dancy ard is the route taken from
Stevens Point to Wausau this year
while Read 10 is under repair. 1t
leaves Is at the German Lutheran
church 10 miles northwest of the city
and runs north to Dancy. It then
crosses the Wisconsin river to Knowl-
ton. This part of the highway will
be an alternate route from Stevens
Point to Dancy
As there is only a railway bridge
across the river from Dancy to Knowl-
ton with light wagon pasageway
at the side, built as an accommodation
before the days of automobiles, the
putting of this highway will neces-
state bridge over the Wisconsin riv-
er. The present wagon section of the
bridge, which is of light construction
and will not permit two teams to pass.
could not possibly take care of the
traffic on state trunk line road. It
was thought of late that the route
would be laid out from Dancy to
Mosinee on the west side of the river,
but the official designation of it is "'the
Junction Observation-Disclosures high
way"
Where Rapids Scores.
The second section of this road be-
gins on Road Is two miles west of
junction City. 1t runs straight south
six miles until it strikes the Wood
Portage county line, thence runs two
miles east on the county line, thence
south into Rudolph and Grand Rapids.
This road was laid out with great skill
to prevent the city of Stevens Point
getting any benefit fro nit. If it were
4 z miles further east it would run
directly into the first section of the
road mentioned and would give Stevens
Point a good road, via the present Mill
Creek road, to the Rudolph country.
AS now laid out it would be % miles
to Rudolph from Stevens Point. A
strip four miles wide on the western
side of the town of Carson is thus
denied connection with the Portage
county seat and is made tributary in
a trade way to Grand Rapids. This
part of the roads is going to hurt Stew
ems Point severely.
Sixteen miles of the Grand Rapids
Wausau road are in Portage county
and two miles are on the>county line,
where the expense will be divided with
Wood county. The bridge over the
Wisconsin is in Marathon county.
Grand Rapids Kellner Road
This road strikes Portage county at
the northwest corner of section IS,
town 22, range thence runs straight
south 10 miles to the county line. 1t
runs all this distance on the Portage
Wood line, going through the station
of Kellner but touching no other set
Elements in this county. After leav-
ing this county it goes to Plainfield and
Wautoma.
1t was hoped that this route would
be via Almond, but the commission
has turned down that request. Por-
tage county will be required to paw
half the cost of maintenance of 10
miles of this road which is intended
only as feeder to the business houses
IN the city of Grand Rapids.
Future Possibilities.
While the net result of the commits
s "1's decision will be disappointing to
TINS county, and insult is added to in
jury when majority of the roads
located in the county are those the
county doesn't want, there is left.
through the moving of Highway IS,
possibility of future route being
given this county through Pleasant
Valley, an impossibility while IS re
NAMED where it was. The whole
southeastern corner of the county is
now without state trunk line high
way, and the need of route through
that country especially when roads are
put into such territory as lies between
Grand Rapids and Plainfeld, becomes
palmer. 1t is not believed that
Grand Rapids will be satisfied pern1a-
nently to come through Stevens Point