The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1921-12-01
$111,OOG VOTED TO CARRY
OUT ROAD PROGRAM
Provides for Expenditure of
Money in All Parts of Bay
field County. Little OppOsi-
tiOn to Issue.

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The Bayfield, County Board at its
meeting on Tuesday evening of this
week voted bonds in the sum of Sill
00e, in addition to the regular levy
of mills on the assessed valuation of
the county, to carry out the road pro-
gram of the Bayfield, County Road and
Bridge Committee, as submitted to
the Board, which program was adopt
ed by the Board.
There was but little opposition to
the road building program as whole,
but scrap did develop when Super
visor Peavey of Washburn opposed an
appropriation of $26,229.16 to meet a
State and Federal appropriation of
double Che amount to apply on the
Sand River Road between Bayfield,
and Cornucopia, because he stated
this road run to a dead end at the
Douglas county line.
Mr.. McLane of the Wisconsin High
way Department imnleliated took the
floor and stated that the Washburn
Supervisor was badly misinformed
when he stated that Douglas county
was not providing connecting link
for highway to the cities at the head
of the lake and asked that personal
feelings and prejudices be kept out
of the road building program of Bay
field county. The Highway re-
preventative laid all cards face up on
the table and explained matters before
the Board and the Peavey motion to
hold up this part of the program was
voted down by vote of Is to 8.
s. A motion was then made to adopt
the Road and Bridge committee pro-
gram as whole, and the opposition
that had previously developed melted
away when this motion was put to a
vote and the program was declared
adopted.
The resolution calling for bond
ing the county in an amount sufficient
to carrying out the program and to
provide funds in excess of the regular
levy Of 2 mills. was then brought up
for vote and was carried almost un-
animously.
Among the projects contemplated
in the road program for 1922, and
which the board voted carried out,
are the following:
$22 100000 to meet Federal aid on
job of construction between Grand
view and Drummond.
$26,229.16 to meet Federal Aid on
Highway No. 13 near Sand River be-
tween Bayfield, and Cornccopia.
$50O0.OO for surfacing State High
ways No. 112 and 125 connecting with
Highway No. 10.
$51O4.6O to be spent on the
Namakagon road.
The county projects contemplated
in the road program are as follows:
County Funds on State Trunk
highways
State Trunk Highway No. "a start.
ing 1a mile west of corner below Bi
bon swamp and running west about
two miles ---------------- 3,O0O.Ol
Bibon to Mason corner, recon
struction. -------------3 3,500.00
Nash to Washburn widening ane
graveling -----------------3,OO 3,OOO.O(
Bayfield, to Red Cliff, reconstruc
Beginning center line of Section 27
51-4 and running east about LIZ miles
reconstruction ---------- 100000
Cornucopia and west about A miles
reconstruction ----------- 3,OOO.O'
Village of Port Wing, state trunl
Highway No. 13 top surfacinl
slabs ,-------------- 100000
State trunk highway No. 1S Sisk
iwit bridge and Westerlund cul
vert, filling approaches ---- $4,000
State trunk highway No. IL
Slaughter House bridge ---- 2,O36.O
State Trunk Highway No. "a start
ing at Ashland County line and wes
! mile surfacing - 5000
Sioux River Flats on State Trun
Highway No. 13, reconstruction
---------------------1 1,5oO.O'
State Trunk Highway No. "a SEE
tion 6-43-7 relocation ---- 10000
State Trunk Highway No. IL;
Benoit to Ashland Junction, recor
struction ------------- 10000