Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1904-07-08
THE ROAD QUESTION
The Advantage to be Gained
From the Building Of,
Good Roads
Richardson. :1n1v 2.

Richardson, July 2.
! Editor Herald: saw in the county
papers some items showing that every
body is not satisfied with the wagon
road from Pierz to Mile Laos lake.
After going over the country road
once, either in wet or dry time
once is enough to make any person
disguised and cuss the country.
For miles beyond Kramer's ROAD
that has been Travelled and worked for
twenty years, no persJn, excepting
preacher, can ride over that route
without saying cuss words Don't
think stone has ever been removed
from the track
| We have known several persons
looking for land, and home, that
after going over that road, we're thor
oughly disguised with Morrison coun.
ty: One man from Cottonwood county,
looking for homo for himself and
three SONS, got as far as Christmas
lake, had seen enough, came back to
Little Falls, and went to Cass county.
Had this man came on the road that
Pulaski and Richardson are trying to
get opened up, via Lastrup and Sulli-
van Lake. to Vinelsnd, Richardson
would have had at leas; one more
settler.
We are told that Pierz and Little
Falls donated several hundred dollars
for road to Mile Laos lake, the
county appropriated q few hundred,
and the commissioners were to locate
the best route, but somehow the
county commissioners located the
route on the old trail, and refused to
even look at the route via Lastrup and
Sullivan lake, where it would accomo-
date a great many settlers and through
what will soon be a fine country with
out the aid Of the county dads or any
other nation. The town of Richardson
have voted bonds twice to build good
roads but got left by following ad-
vice of those that we're not interested
in the Sullivan lake route
The settlers of Richardson are deter
mined to have some good roads
through the town and good road to
some live town, and have voted bonds
the third time. The legislature passed
a law to loan money to towns to build
good roads and Richardson is going TO-
get loan, or fine out the reason why.
If Little Falls, Pierz and the county
commissioners have more money they
want to spend on the south load,
which needs lot of 1t, in the woods
and rock, with no settlers interested
to keep up the road, it's alriaht.
Richardson will have good roads, a
postofce at Sullivan lake, with roads
that will make the mail carrier smile
instead of swear. We have got tele-
phone line started. Will make it a
neighborhocd line in the vicinity of
Sullivan lake. but will make no effort
to get to Little Falls at present, az we
think there is a prospect to connect
this part of the county with some
other town just as near.
We have hopes of the railroad from
st. Cloud, but are loosing hopes of
the electric. If the sickness of one
man stops the whole business the COM
pany can't be q company to tie to.
We have made this letter long. but
would like to add a few lines as to
the route of the road from Pierz to
7ineland Richardson will make
good dry and level road through the
town from southwest to northeast,
will soon have the last low place
cordouroyed and covered and if the
county commissioners will look over
this road and help us q little, We
will get all the stumps- out and have
all places graded. The town east Of
this will put good road to connect
US to q road south of Vineland: Pulas-
ki will make. their road in good
shape through the southeast corner Of
their town. Granite is getting fine
road northeast of Lastrup. Before the
snow flies we hope to see 90 miles of
the best road there! in the county
from Pierz to Vineland, via Lastrup
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