Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1922-01-11

harrison CnFlS. H6ef Bridge 3UU.U0
harrison Wing Hollow
Bridge --------- 10000
Harrison Wing Hollow
Bridge No. 2-------- 10000
Smelser East Big Patch
Bridge No. l -------------- 391.45
Smelser East Big Patch
Bridge No. --- $4,000
Mt. Hope 2 Bridges $780, 10000
Millville Bridges ------ $500
Total number of bridges
built ---------------71
TOTAL COST -----------S4 SAG ,093 81
On Sept. 20 we went on trip with
Mr.. j. t. Donaghey in his Buick 6
to inspect some of the Federal and
State Aid work which was complet-
ed. The roads were good.
We adjourned to meet again the
following week weather permitting
and make a tour of the county, in
specting the 1921 work and making
plans for the 1922 work.
On Oct we met at the court
house and in company with Commits
sioner Mink and his assistant Fred
H. Dugdale started on our tour Of in
Spection in Henry j. Kettlers WHY'S
knight Car.
The first job was the grading and
culvert work in the town of Liberty
done by day labor. Adam Mink fore
man continued east on County Trunk
Line e where we found about miles
of road covered with gravel and mine
tailings. This is an excellent i'm
provement and was done by day labor
under the supervision of w. c. Living
ston, commonly called Pins our for
mer Co. Treasurer.
We proceeded north on the County
Line Road, where we found about
miles of road covered with mine tail
ings u of which was done by Grant
Co. and the other u by Iowa County.
This was in excellent condition.
Turned west on State Trunk Line No.
10 over Rallies & Shaffer's sections
to Fennimore. Stopped at Duster's
restaurant where we were served a
fine dinner and then on down Shaw
Hollow into the town of Hickory
Grove where we found Judd Dobson
with crew of men and teams re-
locating grading and filling and build
ing culVerts. This is a big job and
a much needed Improvement, then on
to Castle Rock where we found an
other good piece of work about SIS
miles long which was also done under
the supervision of Mr.. Dobson
Then on to Muscoda where we
found a short stretch of grading and
gravel surfacing done by Frank
Sikar
Next visited Beam Hill in the town
of Watterstown. Tom Haney of Blue
River has been the foreman here and
this was the largest job in the CouR-
ty this year that was done by day
labor and is certainly fine improve
ment. Then back to Lancaster by way
of Homer & Gregory Hollow over
Broaden & Wetters Sections.
We inspected a concrete bridge
built by Tucker and the grading and
guard rail by Adam Mink
At $50 a. m. Oct. 7th we started
out on S. T. L. No. 65 toward Platte
Vile we'll patroled by Chas. Roesch
and John Golden. At Ellenboro we
found day labor crew surfacing the
East EIlenboro hill with gravel and
mine tailings. From Platteville to
Cuba City the road had been nicely
graded necessary culyerts pipes put
in and then covered with mine tail
ings and is we'll maintained by Hen
~ Rosenthal
The road from Hazel Green to the
| 3 mile house excepting where the
Federal project was located) was
graded with the County grading out
fits and is being surfaced with gravel
and tailings under a contract given
to Stadel & Lightcap of Hazel Green
The business men of Dubuque gave
&c 600 90 toward this work
We dined at Dubuque and then re-
sumed our journey, crossing the Eagle
Point High Bridge where we found
the Lacrosse Dredging Company
pumping sand for the fill across Sun
fish Slough, from the High Bridge to
the Burlington Railroad crossing.
VIM McMahon's crew were prepar-
ing to raise the Sunfish Bridge as per
Contract.
Passed through Dickeyville, and on
to the Platte River where a crew un-
der the supervision of VIM. McMa-
hon were building an immense bridge
and found Jake Udelhoven doing q
fine piece Of grading. G. E. Rich &
Co. have the contract for the concrete
road work. This was Federal Aid
work. A little further on found Peter
Miller, grading, building culverts and
guard rail. A State and Co. Aid pro-
iect done by day labor Mr.. Miller is
second to none on road work, es-
pecially building culverts.
On to Lancaster and then out on the
Hurricane road, town of South Lam
caster to inspect a bridge built by
Burns Bros. and grading and surfac-
ing done by Adam Mink.
Stayed at Lancaster all night and
at $3.50 next morning started north on
No. 80, then down in Mt. Ida town
where we found Jonathan Payne MAX
ing heavy cuts and fills and building
culverts, a much needed improvement
and being well done.
From Werley we went to Conley
Cut where C. E. Rich & Co. were
driving piling for the Concrete Bridge
to be erected there. Next visited Hen
ry Riley and his day labor crew work
ing on Russell Hill. The good work
done here must be seen to be appre-
ciated.
At the Russell Hill in the town Of
Woodman Mr.. Kelley left us and we
proceeded on through the towns Of
Melville and Mt. Hope to State Trunk
Highway No. 49, Went west on No.
10 and County Trunk Lines to the