Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1922-04-29
IRON COUNTY ROADS
IN GOOD CONDITION
Full Crew of Patrolmeu Now on the
Job. Maintenance Will Be Given
Big Share of Attention
This Year.

tion that is heard on all sides these
days, especially from motorists,
who are getting anxious TO get out
and burn up the dust. This desire
has been augmented by the pleasant
weather of the past few days, re-
sulting in the drying up of the
roads, which, up until short time
ago, were almost impossible on ac-
count of snow and mud.
As far as Iron county is con-
cerned the general report is that
the roads are in excellent condition.
A bad spot may be encountered here
and there, but in general the roads
are i'll fine shape. Automobiles
are now travelling in all directions
over the main travelled highways.
The sunshine the past few
days have done much to make this
possible.
The road work in the county
this year as laid out so far will not
he very extensive, that is as far
as new construction is concerned.
A good deal of attention will be
given TO maintenance and con
siderable time and effort will be
directed along the line of keeping
the many miles of fine road in the
county in good condition. The
highway patrolmen are already at
work, many of them taking up their
duties during the week, and yester-
day it was reported that full crew
of patrolmen is on the job.
One piece of road work that will
be given attention this year will be
that part of Road No II near
Moore. The bad curves in this road
will be eliminated and when the
job is completed it will be much
safer road TO travel over. For this
part of the county road work $40
900 has been appropriated.
The relocation of the main high
way at the Mercer sink hole is an
other part of the county road work
that will be given attention. 1t is
expected that the job will be COM
pleted this year, as part of the
work was done last year.
There will also be some gravel
ing of main highways this year, al
though this part of the work will
not be very extensive, it has been
reported. Highway No. 10 from
Hurley to Kimball will receive
some attention in the way of gravel
ing.
From Villas county comes the re-
port that the highways are in an
almost perfect condition. Tourists
desirous of driving from the cities
to the lake region in Villas county
have been advised that they can
now make the trip without fear of
meeting up with bad roads.
The Ashland county highway
committee recently made a two
day trip over the county's roads
and reported them in excellent con-
dition. with but few bad spots
thatwill soon be fixed. The season s
work in Ashland county will con-
sist largely of graveling and level
ing the surfaces. The washing out
of bridge at Odanah has prevent
ed travel on Road No. 10, but the
bridge is rapidly being replaced
and autos may soon travel over this
road with safety.
Motorists will be glad to learn
that it will soon be possible to make
the trip to Duluth and Superior
without going through the barrens
between Ashland and Iron River.
A new road between these points
is under construction, in fact most
of it has been completed. This new
road is located south of the barrens
and runs parallel with the Northern
Pacific railroad. 1t has been com
pleted as far as Moquah from the
Iron River side, and although il
runs through very sandy country
it is reported to be a good road
The matter of graveling this road