The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1899-08-17
MAKING DIRT ROADS.
MODERN ROAD MACHINERY HAS SOW
Ed THE PROBLEM.

Produce Hard and Durable High
ways-Road Taxes Should BE Paid
In Cash.
The proa+os+ oro,, oe oa ,. =
water A rad nov aos,,r 10 ,,a,at 49,. soo !,
If the wafer can no Font off. Henoa
the ffrst thtno - oonsidar ~ oons+-, ,,s' !
ING a Rad q - b,,,Id a. 81 that az -,
FOR WIFI r,,n or n,h,s ,s oooon,n,,sha,
nv hnild,no - h,ch IN tha n,IddIo ~
.crovn,no" - ond o,y,no the anf,ro
road surfa 90 .ho,.a s,oot,, er,st
wate,s - q u; b
viii REQ M. ,,s;, ,ss,,Y -, - "a
he hyif III yai,s. *
fhhxanIt. l.;tl, i,5a,5, & 81 saods
js fiat th Ia, as,
Inc wapo5s ana ha,.Sas, ssanfs asre .6st:.
mitted tn uaar +narnsS1ou-n MIN ents
are formed These hold the water and
allow r. 70 s,ni, into The o-ornd Witch
becomes sof+onod 90 thot 6nttnred
travel makes matters worse and
worse.
The nroh,oro ne h,,,,dtng roa,,s ubicb
wf1l shed wafer hos been solved nv
rho road Grader a. 800 naob;no THO
American farmer is outck to reaI,ze
the yatue of machinery and tho rand
p,pxvth In tho uso ne tho reanor N,
hinder and rho senarator is an aIo-
ouent tribnte to the practical pentns
of American apr,c,,ltura Tho growtb
of the nse op nod Graders bae boon
wonderful dining the last few vears
and Indicates that rho farmer has dis
covered q practical solution of tho
nrohl,m how m hn,ld his local airt
roads
Rnt something moro ts NODDED To
make a tboronpb,p GOOD road hesides
a road machtne To nronar,v finisb a
ART ,,,aa .r,,au Nth the nse of q
grada. !. ;sh,.,,ia j,, sha,,r,s,l,1y r,l,oa
90. Eor9.,,aa t,1s .;l.s s.,,t;n,',,,1 mo .
n "a sra~rolI h,,t y shnn1T ~, rroao
hS.;rd ond s,no.atb Tha .ana-+n.ro !.
trua ,of orayaf roaAs rbis' ran no hest
accomn,isbad NTH fna rso ~ rn,ierS
Horse: r,nalers weioh,no from f,ya n
a,oht tans az raes+ sn,anan.,r .,sed
sar rho nrrnosa All Ioosa stones
sho,,,d ~ ro-ao,ssod r,,or, ~ rood s,~r
foco hofor, ,,o,,,no IS vol, &c Gods
+nrf ,o.ves st,cts or a,y ,ther mot,
Tor tho+ mi, tan,1 80 softon tho road-
bod mad. tba+ - thoroneblv and
reru,ated,v ro1,ed ,s vol fittad 70 stand
tha 800 - go, ana oan 10 Ynodo
into . na,eoo+ n-atarshad
Tho nsa of macbinerv in .hui,d,ng
roods ha. hoar .ar;o,,sly hondioonnas3
Inv its cost r Is fraonentlv thonpht
wrong that farmers shon,d no Obliged
to tav themsoIvas FOR the nprchase of
roatl GRADERS and road rollers in add,-
+,on ~ HAVING 10 stand tho regular
noad tax Tboro % n;ich iustica IN
tb,s nos,tion fnr the AVERAGE FARMER
rravs his f,1lI share, of taxes. and these
shrnld mt be added to or increased
without some very excellent reason.
Rut the Farmers Of the United states
arp badly in want of GOOD roads. and
the clanoor FOR their cons4rnetion is
uvcrr,nO from wear To wear. Olfte a
nufifl1ef az tpsyrfs have solved the road
nusestchinerr problem bv voting TO. par
4heAr faIss IN cash fnstead Of working
tham ont and usinQ part of this fund
for the. nnrchase Of machines. which
avoids the necessity Of levying an ex-
.tra tag Tor the purpose. This plan has
bean adopted Ia New York and Wis
cnnsin ana probably elsewhere. The
town clerk OF West Chester. Westches-
tnr county. NY. SAYS. & has always
baen followed there. In the town Of
WALTON. Delaware county. N. T.. the
.cash road tag was adopted In 1850.
Some wears later the taxpayers voted
nv q large majority against returning
to the old system of working out the
tax. James Hill. chairman town of
Baraboo. in Wisconsin. reports that in
1898 the town adopted the plan of pay
inc its road taxes in cash. He de-
c,eres that "our peopIe think we have
accumulated more the mast wear under
the cash system than we did in four
wears under the old labor system"
Similar results are reported from
many other towns in wisconsin and
New York.
Road taxes NAV he collected in cash
without hardship to the poorer farm
ars who NAV desire to continue work
inc ont their share Of the taxes as
heratofora Only mart Of the tax would
ayer no required dnring any one wear
70 nov For machinery and the re-
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