The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1919-08-02

tho Theodore Roosevelt Memorial
Highway a transcontinental route
from Portland. Me-, 10 Portland. Ore
gon. they adopted As their motto;
Good Roads Everywhere"
The only way to get permanent
roads now Is to build roads that start
somewhere and so somewhere.
In but few sections Of the country
"a the Illustration of this motto SO
sirikingly carried out as II is in the
upper peninsula Of Michigan. Never
before has such concerted action
been taken to build good. permanent
roads that start somewhere and go
somewhere" and reports from coun-
~ engineers throughout the peninsu-
Ia indicate a determined and cooper
ated effort to place upper Michigan
among the leading touring and high
way-marketing centers OF the country
Practically every one of upper Mich
igan's fifteen thriving counties is
hard al work on It's road program for
the season. and the greatly increased
tourist traffic this year. which is over
flowing the hotels and taxing the SER
vice capacity Of the garages. Is signi-
hcant OF the results already obtained
The accompanying may shows prog
rcss OF construction on all the main
touring highways OF upper Michigan
70 July /. 1919. Some few OF the
ttretches marked here as mot always
misunderstanding not advised have
since been improved to allow easy
traffic at all times
Construction and improvements.
with general conditions and fore
cast Of the work TO August /, fol-
lows:
Gogebic-County line TO Ramsay
General condition. good; work in
progress. maintenance only. Ramsay
to Ironwood, good; construction of
bituminous macadam between Ramsay
and Bessemer. Detour marked and
easily followed; bridge detour at
Ramsay. Watersmeet north to Onton-
agon county line; all new grade.
Military road from Wa
tersmeet to Winona; general condi-
ton, good; some small washouts, but
passable with careful driving. Long
stretches OF clay road in good condi-
ton except during rains and for four
or fiye hours thereafter Grading
miles 70 the north Hauling sand
north of Bruces Crossing
South Shore Road From Bergland
70 Trout Creek. General condition.
good at all times, except about three
miles southeast OF gainesville and
three miles west Of Topaz. which is
Gay. Poor only In very hot weather
Clay stretches are under contract to
be surfaced.
Hough;on Baraga to Calumet,
Trunk No. 10; general condition very
good Construction recently com
pleted from Franklin TO Boston.
Houghton TO Ontonagon-General
condition, fair. Detour from Hough-
ton TO South Range In good condition.
Road between Atlantic and Painesdale
under construction and will be com
pleted this year
Keweenaw County line to Eagle
Harbor; very good, All macadam
road passes through some OF best
scenery in peninsula, Many scenic
detours.
Baraga--Houghton county line to
Michigamme. Federal Aid No. 3. Gen
eral condition, Houghton to Keweenaw
Bay. good; Keweenaw Bay to Baraga,
fair: Baraga to L'Anse. very bad
L'Anse TO Bovine g miles,, heavy
sand: old road In use from Bovine to
Nestoria. Improvement and construc-
ton under way between Keweenaw
Bay and Bovine, and Bovine and be-
tween Nestoria and MIchigamme.
Nestoria TO sidnaw. general condition.
poor; work in progress, maintenance
only.
iron County--watersmeet to Sagola.
Wa Iron River and Crystal FailsI
General condition. good; steps taken
TO open new road from covington to
Crystal Falls; work may begin this
year.
Marquette Marquette county to
Trenary, Trunk No. Is. General con-
dition, good; one mile Of gravel being
constructed between Yalmer and
skandia; light gravel work, Humboldt
TO Champion. Traffic permitted over