Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1923-10-11
ROADS
AT COURTHOUSE
State Highway Committee, Legs
lative Committee, County Com
mittee and Citizens Present

There were never so many at a
road meeting as at the hearing at the
courthouse today.
/ Besides large number Of citizens
the members of the three committees
state, legislative and county-were
present.
Senator George Staudenmayer Of
| Portage, chairman of the Legislative.
{; committee, presided.
! At the opening short address was
made by A. r. Hirst of the state high
way commission in which he empha
sized the fact the automobiles were
not paying their share of the road cost
Propositions Made
At the present time there are
about 5000 miles of state trunk high
ways and $500 more miles will be
added. Sank county will receive a
portion of this milage. Among the
propositions made were the follow
ing:
l. The East Sank road north from
Prairie du Sac through Pine hollow,
past the lake over the Warner road
to Baraboo, presented by Fl. Groto-
phorst for the local comittee, the
other members being T. F. Risley and
Herman Kasiska. f. E. Morey for,
the Welfare association presented an
endorsement. J. T. Donaghey of the.
State Highway committee called at
tention to the two bad corners in
the Third ward and the crossing at
tho station.
g. The first named committee pre-
scented the Baraboo- Merrimack road
now being graded. Chairman G. w,
Andrews Of the county board spoke for.
this road and Mr. Hirst said it woulu
cost 100000 to build bridge at Mer,.
rimack to continue the road to Lodi
and Madison. Sank county must pay
a portion # the bridge were built.
3. The first named committee like
wise presented the road from Merri-
mack west to Pine Hollow then over
the bluff as in the first proposition.
Number IL To Remain
There has been some discussion
about changing the location Of No.
- but when this was mentioned at
the meeting Mr. Hirst emphatically
said that the road would remain
through Sank and Baraboo as sure
as were the laws of the Modes and
Persians.
4. The improving of the old lake
road, the one east of the Warner road
by H. G.. Mertzke.
5. The road from the Hazelti1e
school house on No. II, to the Wa:-
ner road by Mrs. Walter Pierce.
6. The road from No. II past the
Skill farm to the East Sank and
Warner roads, by A. K. Bassett.
z. Connect No. 80 through North
Freedom and La Rue to- LoganvilIe.
by William Hill.
8. Connect No. SO at Alderman,
through the Narrows Creek Narrows,
county farm, Lo2apville and HillDoint
with Richland county by Reinhold
Popp.
8. Reedsburg over the old stage
road through Dellona to Kilbourn. by
Patrick Dowd This was endorsed by
Charles Powell who said he had tray
eIed the road. for SO years.
10. Reedsburg to. the Cady or Aims
worth corner to the head of Mirror
lake and east to Delton, by Arthur
Weidman. The road on the south side
Of the lake was also discussed.
II. Reedsburg to Mauston past the
church and I'D the West Hay creek
valley by Joe Greenwood. Another
road to Mansion was also discussed.
IL. trenton, Walton to Vernon coun-
ty by Fred Vol. .
Is. La Vale to Mauston by S. A..
Tcwne.
ID. Prairie du Sac, Merrimack to
Portage by A. Shapks.
In closing J. T. Donaghey explain
ed the financial situation and said
that each community must get behind
their projects in order to succeed.
/ Among those present, besides those
already mentioned, were the follow
ing: w. o. Hotchkiss, state geologist,
.Assembly.nan D. S. WEIGH, Baraboo,
member Of the state highway commit
tee; c. E. Hanson, River Falls, Rich
i ard. Kamke, Merrill, and 7. A. FRED