The daily Minnesota pioneer. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1854-1855, 1855-03-17

and qpartcr miles*-both of them heavy
works be balance which may remain OF the
appnopria ion WIN lie appliedSto such other
/ port ons of the roads as may most require it.
+ z1SevDad fnssn n,snt1ef SeeasTigfr 10 tie
Tpsnasbdgo dSency, at long Fvdsrie.-This
road has been surveyed and staked out through
out it's whole extent. The portions construct
ca are, commencing at its western terminus er
the agency, as follows: A bridge OF, 20 feet
span aud causeway across Turtle creek and
marsh, the portions between miles stations I'D
and 7th, distance, of four miles; bridge of
| 80 FEET spain over BeAr~ Head creek with Its
embanked approaches ;-sA.ab bridge ofz42a feet
span over Swan creek, with the necessary en-
bankments; twd1Gidges, each Of four spans of
% feet, over Swan river, with the embarked
approaches and the portion between the 25th
mile Station and tie Mississippi river, dis
tanee Of nearly three miles. The recent APP
preparation of 900 it is proposed to apply
next spring, as the former ones have been, to
| the portions of the road where it will be most
! required. .,rrl 7sslo.i -r.4 -.r7a.E : F
Road from Wabashe to Mendota.-
This road was surveyed and staked out in the
fall and winter of 1851, by my predecessor,
but. the work proving abortive on account OF
| the time in which it was done, / was necessi-
tated in the summer of 1858 to have it sur
| veyed and staked out again.. The portions
completed are the bridge of thirteen spans,
each of Is feet, and causeway over the slough
at sWabasha, a small bridge over Smiths
creek, with tsapproaches, and the grading OF
the adjoining hills. The construction of the
portion Of the road from Reeds landing
along the side Of the bluff Of the Mississippi
and through the ravine back of Racicot's to
the table land above, and the construction OF
the portion of road extending from the table
land above, down along the side of the river
bluff at Mendoza to the beach below. The re-
cent appropriation of $4,000 it is proposed
to apply to the construction Of a causeway
and the necessary bridges across Hay Greek
marsh, and the construction Of q bridge over
Cannon river and bottom, (both of them very
heavy works,) and the balance wherever most
needed on the road.
For all these roads find that, in consequence
of my having taken the costs Of the roads
| built by the general government in Wisconsin
which they have been worked has been higher
tor, and the undertaking in some degree the
cost of labor in the distant and more inacces
sible parts of the roads, have moderated the
cost of their completion. Taking, then, the
data which have been furnished me by the
contracts which have been already completed
as basis, l estimate the balances necessary to
be appropriated in order to the completion O
the roads, exclusive of the appropriation:
which have already been made, as follows =
For the road from Point Douglas to the mouth
of the st. Louis river, $4,000 0C
For the road from Point Douglas
to Fort Ripley, 1890 DC
For the road from the mouth of
Swan river to the Winnebago
Agency, at Long Prairie, 1868 0(
For the road from Wabasha to
Mendoza, l9,434 OF