St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-01-16

posed roadway, upon petition OF a ma
jority of the owners Of such property
and such assessments shall be made and
the roads built under the supervision
of the board of county commissioners.
That state road fund be established
similar to the school fund, possibly
'diverting 20 this fund moneys arising
FROM the sale of lands given the state
by the general government for an ill
ternal improvement fund.
That the moneys arising from the
provisions recently enacted as an
amendment to the state constitution re-
lative to the inheritance tax shall form
a part of state road fund.
That all taxes for building roads shall
be paid in money, unless. in case OF
township taxes. it shall be otherwise
ordered at the annual town meeting.
That all untaXed lands in the state
should be compelled to pay taxes, that
roads and other public improvements
may DO made.
That suitable law be enacted to in
duce owners of heavy wagons to use
wide tires. =
That the highways be classified ac-
cOrdlng TO their importance as to loea~
roads, and that state, county and town
ship boards each be made responsible
for planning and building the roads OF
the three respective classes.
That some law be enacted providing
for the construction OF highways in un-
organic ed counties.
That we request the legislature to le-
peal the present road district system
and substitute therefor laws under
which the county commissioners or 9TH
er officers i'll charge may have the work
done OH the contract plan or by day Ia
Dor, at their discretion.
That each branch of the legislature be
requested to appoint a joint special
committee OIL roads, to consist OF one
member from each congressional dis
trlct, to whom shall be referred all bills
relating to highways.
1t was decided to have an executive
committee, to have charge OF the recon-
me ndations and present them to the
legiSla ture. The members of the com.
mittee are: First, o. II. Case; Second,
Alex FiGdes; Third, Charles f. Staples;
Fourth, J. H. Snyder; Fifth. A. b.
Choate; Sixth, }. :. ElWell; Seventh,
j. Ii. Lets0n.
The committee OIL resolutions, which
was continued to act in conjunction
with the executive committee, was COM
posed of the following gentlemen: At
large. President Choate. Prof. w. Nj.
Hayes, o. d. Gutter; First district, B.
S. Farmer. Spring Valley; Second, j.
Adrian Johnson, St. Peter; Third. I.
L. Smith, Hastings; Fourth. G. F. Nc
Carron, St. Paul; Fifth. William Morse,
Minneapolis: Sixth, F. Davis. Duluth;
Seventh, j. II. Letson, Alexandria.
At the close the thanks of the con-
vention were extended to President
10 tn IA
Commercial club.
List OF Dele gates Present.
All parts of the state were repre-
scented in the delegations. Following
is a complete list:
Charles b. Lowell, Hastings: w. r.
Hoag. Minneapolis; F. W. Lang, Min
neapolis; A. NJ. Burch. Minneapolis;
Frank B. Walker, University Of Minne-
sofa; DR.. r. NJ. Jackson, Faribault; II.
A. Whittier. Mortified; G. ID. Belden,
Austin; c. Paul Jones, Minneapolis;
S. T.Jones. Kasson; Charles E. Hornbeck,
breckenridge; E. W. Randall, Morris;
Wyman Elliot, Minneapolis; D. J.
Cross, Red Wing; Clarke Chambers,
Owatonna; Frank d. Hill. Minneap-
oils; Charles A. Forbes, st. Paul; H.
Il. Wells, Preston; William l.. Ames.
st. Paul; David l.. Curtiss, st. Paul;
w. NJ. Hays, st. Anthony Park; ]. NJ.
Drew, st. Anthony Park: Andrew Boss,
st. Anthony Park; j. Kaufman,
Minneapolis: William B. Morse, EX-
celsior; Gardner Stevens, Minneapolis; ;
c. Metcalf. Winnebago Valley; G. t.
Goodrich, KasSon; William Danforth
Jr. Red Wing; f. Mcnamara, Scott
county; d. A. LydiarG, Long Lake ;
John E. Kuni, Stewart; Card Hagen,
Biscay; N. Y. Taylor, Meekcr county
j. Adrian johnson, Nicollet county;
Luis Jackson, Chicago; Frank Hart, Ans
Okla county; George FL. Wyman, Anoka;
l.. p. Storus, Anoka: Henry Dye, Anoka;
Samuel Kellerman, st. Paul; f. l..
johnson, Goodhue county; Thomas Nc
Hennepin county; A. j. Leek, Steele
county; II. S. Schmidt, Owatonna; e.
Rodeng, Scott county; j. W. Peterson,
Goodhue county; John Coleman,
Anoka; J. D. Ludden. Ramsey
county; E. T. lie Claire, Minneapolis;
F. A. Leyde, Ramsey county; o. I'll.
Case, Fountain: Gates A. johnson,
Ramsey county; Peter DAILY, St. Paul :;
F. &. Gould. Excelsior; George G. S.
Campbell, AleXandria; George S.
Spauldng, Alexandria; n. 7. Ward,
Alexandria; j. II. Letson, Alex
andria; o. j. Robards,- Alex
andria; J. l. Bernard, Pipestone
county; o. J.. Hamery. Crookston
W. &. Gates, II. G. McNair, st. Paul ;
Robert Crickmore. Steele county; +. FL.
Boardman, Anoka county; G. F. Nc
Carron, Ramsey county; William Dan
forth ST., Red Wing; Gus Anderson,
Anton Hill. Marshall county; NJ. r..
Parks. Glencoe; A. b. Choate, Mime
apolis; r. &. Mlllet, Racine: B. f.
| Farmer, Spring Valley; Thomas
| T. Smith, Mendoza township:
| }. t. Little, Dodge county; F. Davis,
Duluth: Charles B. Lowell, Hastings;
James Strachan. Barhesyille; Robert j.
Wells. Breckenridge; Franklin De Cou,
Langdon; William G. Sargent. St. Louis
county: Fred Vursbaunier. st. Paul ;
J. H. Ghueides, White Bear; James Nc
Partden. Ramsey county; Jacob Schwab.
Anoka; Alexander Fiddes, Jackson; j.
Ii. Snyder, Ramsey.