WAUPACA RECORD LEADER

May 20, 1915

 

NEW TRAIL WILL HIT THIS CITY

 

REPRESENTATIVE OF “YELLOWSTONE TRAIL” MEETS WITH OUR BUSINESSMEN

 

COST WILL BE SMALL TO WAUPACA PEOPLE

 

Road Will be Used by Thousands of Tourists Every Year

Will Benefit Everyone

Conditions Will be Improved for Farmers

Everyone’s Co-operation Needed.

 

            O.T. Peterson of Hettinger, North Dakota, traveling representative for the “Yellowstone Trail”, an organization formed to promote the building of good roads between the Atlantic seaboard and Seattle, spend Monday in this city.  This association has thus far constructed a system of good roads between Minneapolis and St. Paul to Seattle, Washington and this connects at the latter place with the Pacific coast road into California.  A considerable amount of the trail has been dressed with crushed stone and gravel and in the hilly sections the grades have been considerably reduced, most of them ranging in grade from 5, 7 and 8 percent inclines.  Through the mountains the road is almost entirely of stone; some stretches costing as high as $100,000 per mile.  It is intended, and that is Mr. Peterson’s purpose in coming through this section of Wisconsin to arouse interest in the project and secure the support of Good Roads Advocates, in extending the trail from St. Paul to Eau Claire, Stevens Point, Oshkosh and Milwaukee.  It is said that one great advantage to automobilists traveling over the Yellowstone Trail is the fact that they are not required to carry an extra supply of gasoline, water or provisions, as between the twin Cities and the west, there is but one stretch of twenty-five miles between towns.  This condition does not prevail on the Lincoln Highway, where it is necessary to carry extra supplies.  Another feature of the northern route is that as a rule the weather is much cooler and therefore makes touring much more pleasant.

            The trail will pass through Waupaca; the road to be designated by the committee.  A meeting of the representatives of each town in Wisconsin, though which the road runs, will be held in Marshfield on the 25^th day of May.  Erle Whipple was selected as the delegate from Waupaca to attend the meeting.

            In building the road the only thing this city will be asked to do is give twenty-five dollars to the association for publicity purposes and guarantee to have signs painted half way to the next town to show the road to tourists.  An effort is being made in the United States senate to get a bill through so the government will aid in the making of such roads, but in the meantime the state will be asked to help in this project.  Many states are now setting aside a certain amount each year to care for these roads and undoubtedly this state will do something before long.