The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1919-08-02
INTERESTING TERRITORY ALONG
SOUTH SHORE RAILROAD
A FINE FARMING DISTRICT
kuch Road Work to be Done on
Trunk Line to Bring 1t Up to =. =.
the Standard

Another circle trip that Crystal
Falls people can make in short time
and with comparative ease is one TO
the north by way of Nestoria, Bruce's
Crossing and watersmeet.
This trip measures just 1874 miles
and can be made in one days running
time with comparative ease. There
are about 80 miles In all OF poor road
but, outside OF about three miles OF
this poor road, all of II can be made
safely at a rate OF 15 TO 20 miles per
hour.
The tourists best direction is to
leave by way OF Sagola and thence
north TO Nestoria. The road to our
county line east is standing up well
due mainly to the fact that the macad-
am was covered with a carpet of loose
sand which has preserved 1t and pre-
vented unraveling.
sagola township authorities have
graded the two miles Intervening be-
tween the Iron county line and Sago-
Ia and they are now covering the
space with gravel. This will greatly
relieve the travelling public as the
short piece OF bad road was rather
irksome.
" The Dickinson county road north TO
the Michigamme river Is better this
year than at any other time and Il
standing up well considering the
amount of traffic. The loose gravel
put on the road this spring beyond
F1oodwood is getting settled into
place and the driving is not at all bad
over this stretch.
The Marquette county road between
the river and Republic is standing up
we'll so far. but II IS giving signs OF
the heavy traffic that II is being called
upon 10 sustain this year.
In fact the gravel roads all about
here--roads that have stood up well
in past years. are giving signs OF
yielding under the expanded traffic
There are skeptical ones who do not
believe that we are getting as much
OF the tourist traffic as our newspa-
pers would lead US to believe. To all
such we would say that trip over
the roads Just now is evidence enough
but for confirmation OF the statement
there are records kept In the county
engineers Offices which tell the story
Mr.. X. l. Sawyer, county engineer OF
Marquette county and one OF the lead.
ing road authorities in the state. tells
us that his census this year has
shown so per cent increase over any
previous year. Last year there was q
flight decrease over the previous
Year which was 40 per cent over thai
81 1917. From these figures one car
get some idea of the task that oul
road authorities are put to and Of tho
way road construction is heading
Humboldt Road Is Yielding.
Tourists will learn with regret thai
.he fine stretch OF gravel road be-
tween Republic and Barron mine Il
yielding to the heavy traffic. II is evi
denced In the numerous soft spots
where the automobile wheels hay.
worn on all OF the gravel and tn.
dirt Is coming through. This was Z
particularly nice drive and eyeryon,
who has driven II has remarked abou
it's attractiveness.
There is gravel In abundance alonl
the road and II can easily be put baci
in condition again, but 1t means a yea
or 20 OF soft" driving before II d
again In the condition Il has been fol
the past three years.
This piece OF road-~in fact the en-
ire roadway from Witch Lake 70 th'
barron mlne--ls winding. hill,
drive. the right-of-way following az
Ma road that was laid out for expedi
Sncy rather than adaptability
II reminds as OF a story we hear'
~ The "surveylng out" Of certain
road in a county Of the upper PENN
snIa years before tho automobile