The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1923-06-21
ROAD CONDITIONS I'M
SOMERSET COOMTY 4
Highways In Various Sections ms They
Were Shortly Before Going
TO Press

Maine and will soon have more reason
to substantiate pretension for by July
flrst Road Commissioner Ephriam
Corvette plans to see a decided I'M
provement completed on Madison
avenue between the top of Dyer Hill
and the residence OF Cyrus Goodrich.
Tourists have paid little attention to
the detour signs at either end OF this
stretch, often to their sorrow, for
altho two minutes further the route
by the way OF North street, using
Dyer on the north and Maple on the
south, as O means to the end, Is far
more satisfactory.
Work has been begun In earnest on
the Skowhegan-Norridgewock high
way on the south side Of the Kenne-
bee and altho passable 1t is not adj
yisable. The north side road Is In
very good condition.
Fairfield is Offering decided i'm
provement to the autoists and down
river parties will find us considerably
nearer because of this new boulevard
which permits passing at this time.
The road to Pittsfeld via Canaan
was not exactly to the motorists lik-
INK early Ala tH0 oC0oOh 10 NV" Ah 6ONN
condition with the exception OF a
short stretch near .Pittsfeld.
The road to Hartland Is all right
and the Madison-Farmington road is
In good condition.
The road going to Madison from
the White schoolhouse Is closed to
trafic forcing one to follow the cleo
trio car line from Skowhegan to
Madison or go via Norridgewock on
the north side OF the river.
From Mercer to New Sharon the
road Is reported as being In bad
shape, sadly in need of repair which
1t Is not getting.
Motorists to Scion will be unable
to go from Skowhegan by way Of the
Twelve Corners over Robbins Hill
owing to a bridge being out. There
Is choice of routes however. either
turn at the Corners to the left to the
Patterson Bridge road or go to Black
we'll, thence to Scion.
Canaan's road commissioner re-
ports that he has visited recently six
teen Somerset County towns and
found the roads In the various COM
munities to be good, bad and in
different" He thinks that no one
town has anything better to offer In
the road line than its neighbor and
allows that they are all rough this
year and furthermore states that
there is no dirt road built nowadays
that can stand automobile traffic.
rain playing havoc with the best OF
them. The roads of Canaan are In
as good condition as those of the
towns whose officials he has visited
In this and other counties. There
are no detours.
Road Commissioner Jones OF Nor
ridgewock will put the road men on
the stretch over Burrill Hill this week
which has been In need of repair as
Is the Walker road, so called, toward
Madison. Some OF the back roads OF
the town have been real good this sea-
son, however. No detours are nee
essary in Norridgewock but will do
well to- avoid passing over the south
side to Skowhegan while building Is
In process.
Athens roads are in good shape. No
new road Is being built and no de-
| tours are reported. Later. however,
wbtk will begin on the end on the
state road which will probably neces-
sitate another line of travel.
/. Madison road men are busy In the
construction of a State, aid to Whorfil
CAknSt Ind dkhAf N aad& s4aSsfsed
by 0ficial Of the town as being in
decent condition.
In reading road report OF this
kind one must bear in mind that one
single day may make considerable
difference in the condition of any line
OF travel. After q heavy rain one
naturally expects our dirt roads to
be impaired temporarily but to be put
into better condition ultimately. Such
has been the case with the Skowhe-
gan-East Madison road which Is now
extraordinarily good, having been
we'll scraped. The Lakewood road
is good, too,
In general It may safely be said
that vast Improvement has taken
place In the roads of Somerset Coun-
| ty since automobiling began.