The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1919-08-01
DEVELOPMENT BUREAU
REPORTS ON HIGHWAY.

w Heu, Ou 4 c0IouIy ~, A0A0S sAaS AhcsAA-
bers Of the Commercial Club Of Du-
luth, MIMI, laid the foundation for
the Theodore Roosevelt Memorial
Highway-a transcontinental route
from Portland, Maine, to Portland, Or
egon, they adopted as their motto:
"Good roads everywhere look good
in print, but it is. a good argument for
good roads nowhere, for the only way
to get permanent roads now is to
build roads that start somewhere and
90 somewhere" And in but few Sec
tions Of the country is the illustra-
ton Of this motto SO strikingly car
ried out as it is in the upper penin-
sula Of Michigan. Never before has
such concerted action been taken to
build good, permanent roads shat
start somewhere and 60 somewhere,
and reports from county engineers
throughout the peninsula indicate a
determined and co-operated effort to
place upper Michigan among the lead
ing touring and highway-marketing
centers Of the country.
Practically every one uf upper Mich
igan's fifteen thriving counties is hard
at work on its road program for the
seasan, and the greatly increased
tourist traffic this year, which is over
flowing at hotels and taxing the serv-
ing capacity Of the garages, is signi-
ficant Of the results already obtained.
The accompanying map shows prog
ress Of construction on all the main
touring highways of upper Michigan
to July /, 1919. Some few Of the
stretches marked here as mot always
passable-touring 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 /, follows:
GOGEBIC.
County line to Ramsay. General
condition, good. Work in progress,
maintenance only. Ramsay to Iron
wood, good. Construction Of bitum-
inous macadam between Ramsay and
Bessemer. Detour marked and easily
followed. Briodge detour at Ramsay.
Watersmeet north to Ontonagon coun-
ty line. All new grade.
ONTONAGON.
Military road from Watersmeet to
0ntonagon. General condition, good.
Some small washouts, but passable
with careful driving. Long stretches
Of clay road in good condition except
during rains and for four or five hours
thereafter. Grading five miles to the
north. Hauling sand north Of Bruce's
Crossing.
South shore road from Bergland to
Trout Creek. General condition. good
at all times, except about three miles
southeast Of Painesville and three
miles west Of Topaz, which is clay.
Poor only in very wet weather. Clay
stretches are under contract to be
surfaced.
HOUGHToN.
Baraga to Calumet, Trunk No. 10
General condition, very good. Con-
struction recently completed 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 Harbar, very
good. A1l-macadam road passes
through some of best scenery in pen
insula. Many scenic detours.
BARAGA.
Houghton county line to Michigan
me, Federal Aid No. 3. General con
dition, Houghton to Keweenaw Bay
good; Keweenaw Bay to Baraga, fair
Baraga to L'Anse, very bad; L'Ans'
to Bovine e miles), heavy sand. Oh
road in use from Bovine to Nestoria
Improvement and construction undel
way between Keweenaw Bay and Bo
vine and between Nestoria and Mich
igamme.
Netsoria to Sidnaw. General con
dition, poor. Work in progress, main
tenance only.
IRON.
Watersmeet to Sagola, via Iron Rive
and Crystal Falls, General condition
good. Steps taken to open new roa,
from Covington to Crystal Falls
Work may begin this year.
MARQUETTE.
Marquette county road to Trenary
Trunk No. ID. General condition
good. One mile Of gravel being con
structed between Yalmer and Skan
dia. Light gravel work, HUMBOLDT :
Champion. Trafhc permitted ove
new work at slow speed.
Negaunee to Lathrop. General cor
dition, fair. Passabls in an weather
Stretch between Little Lake end II