The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1903-07-16
THE JULY MEETING.
The Board of County Commissioners
Meets and Saws a Lot of the
County Wood.
lax Budget. Road and Bridge Appro=
priations, and rluch Other
Business Attended TO.

The board of county commissioners
met IN regular session last Monday. the
first meeting since last March and there
was an anxious lot of citizens from
many parts of the county present to see
the board and be heard on various mat
tiers.
All members of the board were pres
ent, and they settled down in their
places at the table as if intent on trans
acting lot of business that had &C
cumulated during::their absence. There
was nothing Of any consequence done
before dinner, but after dinner several
delegations were present to appear be-
fore the board.
L.W. Somerville of Rochester. Mimi.
who is opening fine stock farm north
OF the Thompson ranch, was present
and began addressing the board on the
changing OF the new road being made
by his farm. Mr.. Somerville wanted
the road changed some so it would line
up better with his buildings and fences:
but as the contract was let last fall and
much OF the work was done by the con-
tractors, the board could not see how
the road could be changed at the pres
ent time.
Chas. A. Ness and O. J. OVERLY came
down from Milaca to get some pointers
from the board regarding road matters.
A petition for a new road running north
through AIilaca and Page townships
and into Morrison county was granted
some time ago and the chairman of the
board of supervisors of Milaca township
had informed Mr.. Ness that there was
no money to do any work on the road.
Mr. Ness thought it strange that the
county board would order a new road
and then expect the township to bear
all the expense of building and keeping
the road in shape. He was informed
that township supervisors were ex-
pected to take care of all roads in their
townships with what tax they voted
and with what appropriations are made
by the county board, and the board said
Milaca township was always well re-
membered. Chairman Deans informed
Mr.. Ness that he would see that the
town board put some money on the new
road. Farmers had donated land for
the road and paid their taxes and they
wanted to see some work done on the
new highway.
A petition for change in the county
road running through sectiont six and
affecting the lands Of JOS Wolf and A.
w. Burk was presented. The petition
asks that the road be changed to run
from the center Of section six in the
town OF Princeton west to point in the
center OF present road, twenty nine rods
east Of east end of bridge across West
Branch OF Rum river and connect with
present Milaca-Princeton road. The
petitioners claim that the town of
Princeton refuses to lay out any work
or money on the road as it is at pres
ent: and by making the change in the
road in this place there will be enough
OF 1t to cause the Princeton town board
TO keep 1t IN repair. The board ap-
pointed a committee composed of
Deans. Peterson and Shaw to examine
the proposed route and report.
Harold Mudgett and C. A. Taft pre-
sented a road petition to the board.
praying for a road straight north from
Alilaca up the east side of Rum river to
Cove, distance of about twenty-seven
miles, and which would shorten the
present road over seven miles. Mr..
Iatt, who is new settler and is located
1ouf miles east OF Page, addressed the
board on the proposed new road and
stated that there were many new set-
tiers IN that section who were greatly
IN need OF roads. and that many more
settlers would locate there if the road
was built. Considerable outside assist
ance would be secured towards the con-
struction of the new road. The petition
bore the signatures of 127 signers.
A petition for new school district
out OF parts OF sections 80 and 1927. was
presented by L. W. Somerville and
others. The petition was laid over.
S. S. Sanford was before the board
regarding the repairing of the Sadlev
bridge on the, West Branch. The
bridge has been condemned for lone
time and there is urgent need of it's re-
pair. 1t is claimed that 5000 in remains
will place the bridge in passable condi-
ton for ten years if properly looked
after.
Jas. Robertson, John Teutz and Peter
Olson were before the board Tuesday
seeking assistance from the county for
the construction of some bitches u7nnino
north and south of the main travelled
road east and west from the center Of
section twelve in Greenhnsh A. q