The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1922-01-19


the construction of Highway 10 with
a view of having it changed to the
Wannebo route? And, while you
are about it, Mr.. Peavey, since you
ask for clean bill and retraction
from us, how it came about that you
labored for many years to have the
Wannebo road put on the county
trunk system, then owning thousands
Of acres of lands tributary to it, and
never once thought how the establish
ment of that road was going to, effect
you personally? If that is true it
was a most remarkable concealment
to the left hand of what the right
hand was doing. There are many
people who would like to know how
it was done, and the story of its &C.
accomplishment would be read with
absorbing interest.
Peavey still claims that he was right
and Division Engineer Mclean was
wrong about what Douglss county
had done toward providing con-
nection in Douglas county for Route
ID, and points out as proof of his
claim, that the Douglas County Road
Committee only last week, Sin re-
spouse to the demand of the Bayfield,
County Road Committee, aided and
goaded by the Peavey Charges on
Douglas county,s bad faith" had vot-
ed and ordered reinstated on their
county system the six miles necessary
to connect with route 13 in Bayfield,
county.
We heard what Mr.. Peavey said at
the county board meeting and also
heard what Mr.. Mclean said in reply,
and we assert, from our knowledge
of the situation, that Mr.. Peavey en-
deavored to nnislead the Board and
that Mr.. Mclean uttered no word of
untruth. Peavey tried to make the
Board believe, that because of the at
titude of Douglas county, nothing
was being done toward providing a
connection to Superior for Route IL.
Mr.. Mclean asserted that he knew
different and told of seeing ten miles
IF gravel put nthat road this year.
| It is well to bear in mind that the
Douglas county road runs east from
Superior and hits the Bayfield, coun-
" line five miles from the lake, while
Bayfield, county's continuation to
Route 13 hits the Douglas county line
i've miles north of that point. To
fleet the connection it was obvious
that five miles of north and south
road, either in Douglas or Bayfield,
counties, or on the line between them,
would have to be constructed. Co.
operation does not call for one coun-
| ty to do all and if Douglas county
had insisted upon Bayfield, county com
ing half way on the line or half way
| in this county, it could hardly be
reasonably charged with being un-
fair. The fact that the Douglas
committee was induced to go all the
way north to provide the connection
indicates that they were inclined to
be more than fair, and the fact that
this connection can be made for but
$4,000, while Douglas county has
already expended around $100,000.0O
upon the balance Of their connection,
indicates that Mr.. Peavey did not
know what he was talking about when
he said Douglas county had done
nothing to provide Lake Shore route
Peavey, with his usual "see what
have done" air, tells that his goading
forced the Douglas committee to come
across. Piff1e. The Douglas coun-
ty committee, Wen wager, cares as
little about Peavey's rawlings as the
Bayfield, County Committee.
Peavey asks this question:
did Peavey and the Wsshburn
News rended these town of Bayfield,
County a service or not z"
The only theory upon which that
question could be answered in the
affirmative would be that Of the
darkey who said: 81 all'us like to
get kicked on the shins-it feels SO
good when it quits hurtin'."
!; If Peavey had his way on the Coun-