WAUPACA RECORD LEADER

July 6, 1916

 

THE CITY – “FELLERS” WORK ON THE ROAD.

 

Five Hundred Loads of Gravel Placed on South Weyauwega Road –

One Mile of Road Surfaced.

 

 

            Last Thursday and Friday were road days on the south Weyauwega road. At 7:00 a.m. on each day, about twenty-five city “fellers” shouldered their trusty shovels; grabbed their lunch baskets and were whisked away to the clay and gravel pits where they found twenty smiling farmer lads waiting for their wagons to be loaded.

            The shovelers were divided into two squads, one at the gravel pit and the other at a clay bank.  All day the teams plied back and forth, getting first a load at one place and then at the other.

            Arlington Stearns was the early bird. He arrived on the scene at 6:45 ready for action and he was one of the last to go at night.  He hauled ten loads in the forenoon and nine after dinner.  This is going when we consider that he made a three-fourth mile haul.

            With the thermometer standing at 92 degrees in the shade, the work went merrily on.  The teams were loaded quickly at all times, the record being thirty-five seconds to a load.  Considering the fact that many of the city “fellers” were not accustomed to this kind of work, a remarkable record was made.  During the two days, 500 loads of material were placed upon the road.  The work began on the east side of the hill east of Wm. Mykel’s and extended for nearly a mile to the west.  This was a bad stretch of road and the improvement will be greatly appreciated by all who travel.