The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1899-07-27
FOR \ Good HIGHWAYS.
Our Beautiful Village Will Continue to
Grow and Prosper if Our Peo-
pie So Will 1t. -.
Good Wagon Roads an Absolute Neces-
slty-The Business Men of
Princeton Must Assist.

Pesslmists and wiseacres predicted
that the building the Coon Creek and
BrookSPark cutoff would kill Prince
ton as business point. The UNION
has steadfastly maintained that the
building of another railroad 20 miles
WaysWould not injure the business of
this town in the least, but on the con-
trary would stimulate the settlement
and Development of the country lying
west ofthe cutoff and east of the Prince
ton branch of the Eastern Minnesota.
AS far as this village is concerned
there are more Improvements going on
this summer than ever before in it's
history: A frst-class system of water
works. and electric lights, which will
coverthe principal. business and resi-
dences,portion of the village, are being
put insA-the plant is one that is capa-
bic ofssupplying with light and water
town FOUR times the present size of
Princeton; direct telephone communi-
cations have been established between
here and the cities, also with the
townssnorth and east of US: four SUBJ
stantial brick business blocks and num-
erous5 private residences are in course
OF erection; our streets are alive with
farmers teams every day in the week;
our merchants are laying in immense
stocks OF goods in anticipation of a
heavy trade this fall; the produce buy
ers and potato magnates are making
more extensive preparations than ever
before for handling the crops that will
be marketed at this point within the
next few months; the three brick yards
Immediately north of the village are
working extra crews and are unable to
supply the demand-at the present
writing there are orders for 100000
bricks ahead; our real estate men re-
port great activity in their line of bus
mess, and new settlers are locating on
land tributary to Princeton daily;
every. aaia:ss WHO'S willing to work can.
find plenty to do at remuneratiye
wages, common tlaborers receive from
S1.75 to $500 per day. Yet there are
some doubling Thomases in our midst
who continue to croak and predict that
little later on we will have no rail-
road facilities accommodation
train probably every other day, etc.
Did 1t ever occur to these pessimists
that railroads are operated by their
owners mainly for the purpose of MAX
ing money? Self-interest alone would
prompt the management to provide
proper passenger and freight accommo-
dations for town that furnishes more
local business to the road than any
other town between Minneapolis and
Duluth. A town that ships out be-
tween $500 and 1000 cars of freight
per year, besides furnishing a good
passenger and express business is GER
tainly entitled to and undoubtedly
will receive proper consideration
at the hands of the Great Northern
Railway company. No, Princeton is
to-day one of the prettiest and best
business towns in the State, and it will
continue to grow and prosper if its
citizens are true to it's interests.
Nothing will prove more conducive to
the growth and prosperity of Prince
ton than good roads. The business
men of Princeton must assist the farm
ers in getting better roads-roads over
which good loads can be hauled at all
seasons of the year. 1t will take some.
thing besides cheap talk and printers
ink to improve the roads. A fund of
at least 81 1000 should be raised with
out delay in this village for the i'm
provement of the roads leading into
the village. We propose to discuss
this matter of good roads more in de-
tail in the next issue of the UNION.