Proposed change to East Shore Drive - 1927  

The road - as it was on the early plat maps:

1876	1800
1908	1922

The 1927 proposed change.

Sometime after the 1922 plat map - the road in this following area - changed dramatically - the map found proposing it is dated 6 Oct 1927 if it is read correcly in the lower right hand corner. The white is the original road and the yellow is the proposed change.

The area thats was often refered to as "Vonnegut's Row"
	Perry's Point aka Peru Point

1927 - Nov 2 - Porperty Owners To Pave Part of East Side Road

Have Bought Right of Way and Donated It to the County

Straightens Road

Will Go From Artillery Barn to Hollyhock Corner; To Be Finished by Summer

Paving of the East Eide road is to vecome a reality!

For years the lack of good roads around the lake has been bemoaned by all those who travel them, ad for years efforts have been made to secure a hard surface road, but to no avail

But now the ball is finally rolling and a start will be made. While this strip will be but 1149 feet in length, it is hoped that it will set a precedent that will result in the ultimate goal - a paved road around the lake.

The stretch that is to be paved first will start at the Artillery barn of the academy where the school's new road will end, thence past K. K. Culver's property, where it begins an angle over to the Hollyhock or Vonnegut cottage.

This will be paved with an eighteen foot surface of probably Kyrock, with a forty foot right of way.

This land has all been donated by the property owners concerned and the cost of paving will also be paid for by them. It will propbably be the first road in the county that cost the county nothing.

The road will eliminate the dangerous corner at the Kittle cottage as well as giving the cottagers along that stretch adequate property at the rear of their cottages . Traveling along the road will also be much safer to say nothing of the pleasure or riding on a hard surfaced road

The move must come befure the county commissioners in December for official sanction and the final signing to contracts.

It is planned to have the new road finished by the time the heavy summer traffice starts, and sooned if possible

The property owners who have aided in his solving the East Side Road problem include
Laura M. Culver, George Vonnegut ,
Maud F. Wolfe,
Mrs. Bernard Vonnegut ,
Mrs. Emma S Vonnegut ,
George Mueller,
L. V. Bergman,
John S. Kittle,
Norman Perry,
Mary H. Waterman,
Susan E. Perkins,
Walter Vonnegut
Irene Bogardus


The transcaction has been handled by W. O. Osborn who has been at work on the proposition for over two years, and who has spent much time in bringing about this community benefit.

1928 - May 23, - Workmen Clear Way For East Side Road

To Hard Surface

William O'Conner gerts contract to re-route and pave with Kyrock
Actual work on re-routing the East Side Road has started and workimen are busy clearing away brush and trees preoperatory to grading the new roadway. The road is to extend from the Hollyhocks corner on the present road to a point east of the arsenal onf the to-be--paved Road 10.

Wiilliam O 'Conner has been aarded the contracyt at $32,000. for the 5947 feet. Kyrock has been chosen as the surfacing material. The raod is to be eighteen feet in width with wide berms and the right of way ranges from forty to fisty feet. The roadway is to widen at the point it joins State ROad 10 so as to eliminate the danger of a sharp turn; It is expected the roard will be competed about October 1.

This re-routed road will eliminate several sharp and dangerous corners ans well as a bad hill.It will provide a paved road from the Hollyhocks corner in to Culver without a break, which is good news to those who have had to travel the rough sketched on the East SIde Road for m any years. It solves an aggravating problem that has faced those interested in the community for many years, an dit is hoped that it is the beginning of a paved road that will finally circle the lake.

Years later it seems there was a question of lake access from St Rd. 117 at Aubbee Bay.



St_rd_117_index.htm