The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1922-10-05
Members of Board Make
Annual Inspection of
Roads Today.
WORK NEARLY DONE
Report of Highway Commits
sioner Shows Less than Two
Weeks Work to Be Done.

Kenosha county has added more thar
fifteen miles of improved roads to its
system during the building season ane
today the members of the county board
accompanied by a retinue of county
officials went out for the annual road
inspection trip. The board members
gave the entire day to the trip and il
was expected that they would inspec'
every new piece of road built in the
county during the year. A meeting o.
the board was held at the courthouse
just before the members of the party
left for the annual inspection, but nj
business of Importance was taken up.
Seven and half miles Of concrete
roads have been built in the county
this year and the last 5000 feet of tbs
concrete is now under construction.
eve will complete the work on tht
Geneva road the latter part of mex
week" County Highway Commissioner
Herzog declared to the members-of the
board, "and it should be opened by thu
early part of November This viii
mean that the Geneva road will bt
completed to the Fox River bridge. This
contractor is working from the ives
end of the road east and there is less
than 5000 feet to be completed"
Build Many Gravel Roads.
While new concrete roads have at
tracted wide attention, the gravel road,
in the county have not been forgotten
and during the year more than sever
miles of new gravel road has beer
built. This has included the gradins
and surfacing of many roads, whicl
while not a part of the state system
have been of great value to the county
These roads are all in excellent condi
ton. Highway Commissioner Herzo'
informed the board that the shortag,
lof cement had not held up road worl
in Kenosha county. "We have cemen
enough on~ hand now to insure tn.
work for another week or ten days ans
We will need only few carloads NOR,
to carry out our whole plan Tor tn,
year. I am convinced that we will &c
this material in time to prevent an.
delay in the work as planned"
The completion of the concrete por
ton of the Kilbourne road from tn,
Burlington road to the Somers roat
was one of the interesting pieces o
work for the year and this road wa
the first to be inspected by the county
board members this morning.
To Dine at Twin Lakes.
The days trip Of the members Of thu
county board and the officials was no
taken up entirely with inspections. Tn,
members of the party found time t,
stop at Twin Lakes for the noon con
troll and dinner at which covers wert
laid for twenty-five and was served a
the Cat Shop" there The dinner wa;
in charge. of Supervisor Zerfas of tn:
town of Randall. After dinner wa
over there was the usual list of toast
with the highway commissioner actiht
as POSTMASTER. The speakers include,
members of the board and guests o
the road inspectors. After dinner tn,
members continued the work of inspec
tion and investigation which will b,
used in working out the road program
for next year.
Members of the board appeared t,
be we'll satisfied with the work which
has been done this year. Kenosh;
county is one of the first counties l.
the state in road work and its worl
is in better shape than in most Of tbs
counties.