River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1919-12-25
$19s.sS s193.&

No part of the 1918 appropriation was
used and there is the 100000 annronr;,-
ton made at the 1913 session in additio.
s 20 the above balance Of SlS22O upon which
OF Defense has been disbanded.
y. w. KENDALL.
Treas. Co. Council of Defense
d. W. Campbell was elected Poor Agent
Ior term OF three years by reclamation.
Communication from State Higbwsv
Commissioner was read
WISCONSIN HIGHWAY COMMISSION
Madison, Nov. IL. 1919
County Board of Pierce County:
Gentlemen -
In the IVORY of laying out the State Trunk
Highway System of 5000 miles two wears
ago and In adding to this system 25OO
l TlIles TINS year, both the Legislative State
Trunk Highway Committee and the State
highway Commission were impressed with
the fact that it was impossible to meet all
the demands for these roads and that of
necessity there remain many roads in the
state of considerable Importance especial
~ locally, which could not be placed in the
Trunk Highway System Upon the RECON-
mendation of the Legislative State High
way Committee, the State Highway Com
mission determined that an effort should
be made to include all these important
roads left out in q maintained county trunk
highway system which should be marked
on the ground and indicated on all maps
issued by the Commission in much the same
manner as the State Trunk Highway Sys-
TEN is marked and indicated.
Attached to this letter is small man
of your county showing in brown crayon
the roads of Importance in the county
which the Commission believes offer dis
tinctly new and more direct routes between
certain points than the State Trunk High
way routes, and which, il properly main
tanned and marked, would be Of general
public value
These roads do not include all roads of
county interest. Those county roads which
do not connect points of Importance, not
directly connected with the state trunk
highways or do not offer short cuts over
present lines have not been included, and
while counties will undoubtedly find it adj
visable to include in their county trunk
highway systems more roads than those in
d1cated, greater number than this could
not successfully be Indicated on our small
scale maps nor, in our opinion is a greater
needed to be shown for the convenience of
the public in general although local needs
may require larger mileage.
The proposition is this. If your county
board Will adopt any or all of the roads
indicated as county trunk highways and
provide for a satisfactory patrol system of
maintenance upon them in 1920, the Com
mission will furnish the county with q
these county trunk roads uniform for the
whole state) and will show these roads on
all it's published maps as guaranteed county
trunk highways, well maintained, and give
them an individual letter designation
which can be marked the telephone
poles exactly along the lines Of the present
state trunk highway marking and mapping.
1t is not necessary that the roads select
ed for maintenance by the county board
should be precisely on the exact routes but
q rlln infn fyyn rYff fhnrsa
must be an exact connection at the county
line and both counties must agree to main
tain the road.
Roads other than those guaranteed to be
maintained by the county may be shown
on the state maps, but they will not be in
Dictated as guaranteed roads, as we feel that
il the public is encouraged to use certain
roads they should have the guarantee of
adequate maintenance. Other roads, shown
they will know there is not patrol mainten-
ance and will simply take their chances.
we trust to have the cooperation of the
county board in this effort to enlarge tn
number OF roads safe for travel at all
times in Wisconsin. In many ways the
proposed plan would be practically as
satisfactory to the localities through which
these roads pass as if they had obtained
a state trunk highway, and we believe when
they are marked and as the people get con-
f1dence in these secondary roads a great
amount of travel will be drawn to these
lines.
our maps are our contract with the pub.
lie as to the maintenance of highways and
we must have from the county board salts
factory evidence that the roads selected by
the county board as roughly indicated ON
this map or closely parallelling these lines
nave been provided to be patrol mainten-
anced in 1920 and that the funds have been
made available.
We would like to have the earliest possi-
bic notice of the action by the county board
ID regard to these roads as We are already
preparing our 1920 maps for printing and
the process of printing and circulating
these maps is one of takink several months
and they should be in the hands of the
public by April L. 1920.
The division engineers will explain this
matter to the county board or its road COM
mittee in more detail If desired.
Yours sincerely,
WISCONSIN HIGHWAY COMMISSION
By A. r. Hirst State Highway Engineer
The Board proceeded to the election Of:
aCounty Highway Commissioner a County
Road and Bridge Committee and one mem
Der of County Committee on Common
Schools, on motion of Supervisor Park.
The Chair appointed Supervisors Eich-
man and Wild as tellers.
The first ballotordered to be informal
Whole number Of votes cast was 20 Of
which number;
C.. T.. Kendall received IL votes
W. I'll. Richards received 16 votes
It. Smith received / vote
Blank / vote
Supervisor Park moved to make the in
formal ballot formal, motion carried, and
w. I'll. Richards was declared elected Coun-
ty Highway Commissioner for a term OF
one year.
Fred Smith Of River Falls and Ed Wild
of Rock Elm and Ell. G. Fielder of Prescott
were elected members Of the County Road
and Bridge Committee for the ensuing year.
Charles Strive of Oak Grove was elected
member Of County Committee on Common
Schools for term of three years.
Supervisor Hartman moved to adjourn
until o'clock Tomorrow morning. Motion
prevailed.
SATURDAY, NOV. Is.
Board convened pursuant to adjourn
ment. All members present except Super
vlsors Halyorson and Tombleson, excused.
Journal was read and approved.
Resolution relating to Prescott Hudson
was accepted and adopted.
RESOLUTION