The diamond drill., 1919-06-28

work.
wisconsin Methods Good
And, this leads US 20 say something
about the method OF road construc-
tion In Wisconsin. We have met IL
in many places and find il well suit
ed to getting roads built quickly and
with comparatively small number
Of men.
There isn't SO much hand finishing
on their roads as there is In MichiA
gan. Hand finishing Is source OF
great expense and its results are
generally washed away with the hrst
big rain storm.
The plan that works best is as
follow: The right-of-way Is cleared
and grubbed away ahead OF the grad
ing. The contractor generally en-
ployes good-sized force OF teams.
The plowing is done and the ditches
formed with slushers and wheelers,
the dirt being dumped into the fiji
stations When the bottom ditch line
Is made the road grader is brought
into play and the road bed Is leveled.
even tho shoulders being formed with
the road grader. Some contractors
work very rapidly with this plan. A
man with from half a dozen TO doz-
en- teams VIII need but eight or ten
men other than the teamsters and
they finish their road as they 90 very
close up To the advance work. This
plan works best when the cuts are
not heavy Some OF the road beds
formed are very fine indeed. The bed
gets the advantage Of being trampei
by the teams. feature that Is lack
ing IN station work done with car and
rail or wheelbarrow
FIne Road 10 RhineIaHder.
From tho junction OF the turn apI
Armstrong Creek the traveller may go
to Crandon and Rhinelander over
turnpike road all the way, or he may
go east over an unimproved road to
Pembine Our story deals with the
latter route
The distance from the junction OF
the road TO Rhinelander IS 67 miles.
and our information is that the pike
IS so that It can be negotiated at
good rate Of speed and In almost
all kinds OF weather
There IS little left OF Armstrong
Greek. once lively logging point on
the 500 line There IS, however
much activity about there in the line !
OF placing new settlers and new |
clearing can be seen quite regularly
The soil at this point while not the
best. ia Of fair quality and good crops J
are grown.
Modern Lumber Town.
The lumber town OF Goodman lies
five miles east of Armstrong Greek
The road from the turn to Goodman
IS fairly good, but rough ia some
spots.
AS you approach Goodman from the /
west you get a view Of the very large (
piles OF lumber that stand in the
yards and OF the wood and refuse
piled up to the south and covering
many acres
Goodman Is the property Of the
Sawyer Goodman Lumber Co. II is
in Marinette county and on the 500
line. In addition to the saw mill
there is a chemical plant where the
refuse and small trees not suitable
for lumber is charred and the smoke
distilled.
We were informed that there are
now about $50 men employed about
the mill and chemical plant at Good
man. The total when labor Is plen-
tiful is about i5O We were also told
that there are about 20.OOO.OOO feet
OF lumber In the yards.
The homes OF the workmen are well
built and well kept up and the little
village has a very neat and attractive
appearance. Among the accommoda-
tions noted was large and good
looking movie" house whore the
very latest pictures are displayed
daily
The mill Is Of the latest type The
logs come 70 the mill by rail. the
'only water in sight being that fur
nished BY the daming up Of small
creek which makes good-sized mill
pond
One liz led 20 compare this neat.
wcll-kept village with the hamlets
which surrounded saw mills Ia the
woods twenty years ago when fami-
lies we're housed in rudely construct