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Travel permitted over work
Negaunse to Delta county line. at
Lathrop. fair. Mud Lake to Princeton.
light earth. sometimes sandy. Little
Lake to Lathrop. apt TO be muddy in
very wet weather Entire route easily
passable at all times.
Negaunee. to Palmer. under con
struction; regarding and reconstruc-
tion OF entire road. Trafiic maintained
over work in some portions, and by
short detours in others.
Gwinn 10 Little Lake, water-bound
macadam constrl elton. About one
fourth mile torn up at time. Traffic
permitted.
Barron mine. north OF Floodwood TO
Dickinson. good Patrol gangs al
work. No construction.
Carlshend to Little Lake, sandy for
about a mile and half Balance is
good.
Dickinson--Iron Mountain to Quin-
nesec. Surfacing Iron Mountain city
end and traffic directed by way Of
Lake Antoine Detour at Quinnesec,
south. in good condition. and plainly
marked.
Norway 70 Quinnesec, surfacing
over work.
Menominee Menominee TO Delta
county, good condition. Two miles
between Birch Greek and Hanson
nearing completion, spaulding TO
Dickinson county line good. No 9TH
er work in progress.
Alger-Trenary to Chatham, good.
Munising to Marquette county line.
good Laying water-bound macadam
west of Eben Junction. and at For
est Lake.
Delta--Lathrop trunk to Negaunee.
excellent, with exception OF about
miles OF dirt road Latter i'm good
condition Matchmaking in progress.
Marquette trunk to Marquette and
Munising, excellent. About half mile
OF dirt road. Graveling in some OF
the stretches. Ford River to Menom-
inee, excellent. Widening and gravel
ing in progress. Manistique trunk;
first thirty miles first class macadam,
then FIVE miles OF sand. two OF clay.
four under construction. another mile
OF sand, four of macadam and the bal
ance sand, TO county line Entire
route passable at all times. No de-
tours.
Schoolcraft- West TO Escanaba.
good, Now possible TO drive to Es-
| canada in two and one-half to two
and three-Quarters hours. Five miles
under construction, to connect with
Delta county line.
East to Newberry. good condition
One mile gravel. under construction,
of which 1900 feet are now ready for
travel, and about 300 passable.
Luce -Newberry 10 Manistique (see
Delta county reportl Construction
here to begin this week Newberry
to sault ste Marie, all surfaced with
macadam, with exception OF five
miles, which Is good dirt road, well
graded aud maintained at all times
Chippewa -Pickford to De Tour,
gooi. 500 to Brimley, good Within
next three weeks ten miles of latter
route will be surfaced with tarvia.
Traffic will be permitted over work.
Saulte Ste Marie to Cedarville,
good Eight miles south from Pick
ford under construction. First two
miles rough going during wet wealth
er; balance good. No detours. First
eight miles south OF 500 being sur
faced with tarvia Pickford to Trout
Lake, via Rudyard, good. Between
Rudyard and Fibre, ten miles Of clay,
heavy driving after continuous wet
spell. Five miles between Picekford
and Rudyard under construction, also
bridge eight miles east OF Rudyard,
Travel permitted over work. No de-
tours.
aIacklnac-St. Ignace to Sault Ste.
Marie, very good. Construction In
progress on Plckford- Cedarville road.
Detour. Passable at all times.
ST. Ignace west TO county line, fair.
Passable at all times This stretch
has been designated by the state de-
partment TO receive immediate atten-
ton. due to the heavy annual traffic
from below the Straits. II will be one
OF the first Jobs to be taken up by the
state in the performance OF It's high
way program for this and next year.