The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1905-04-11
COUNTY BOARD
TO RUSH WORK
ON GOOD ROADS
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for the maeadamizing from Lake Pha-
len to Leip's place, which is about 2H
miles, and from White Bear to Bald
Eagle, which will be three-ouarters
miles.
The road will be sixteen feet wide
with drainage bitches. 1t will be roll
ed with ten ton roller to start with
and when thoroughly packed we will
put on six inches of limestone. which
VIII be sprinkled and packed with the
pig roller. Then there will be three
inches OF gravel, which will be rolled
and when that is completed we win
have road that will easily last twenty
years without any repairs. / don't
know what the bids for this work will
De, but the entire job will cost some
where in the neighborhood of $40, 600.
or $4,000 a mile.
Bids for this work will be received
at our coming meeting, and we will
wait Tor a few days before awarding
the contract in order to allow all inter-
ested persons to express their opinions
oe1ore the board. In this way, if any,
body has any good objection to the
work or the contract, we can hear
ABOUT 1T and give the objection its due
consideration.
When we get through with the
White Bear road we will start with
Rice street. These are the two main
travelled roads from the country dis
tricts of the county and once these are
In shape 1T will be possible for nearly
everybody to get to st. Paul with ease.
We will have $4,000 for Rice street
ana VIII try to build road similar to
the White Bear thoroughfare as far as
North Oaks farm, which is about Az
miles. With these two roads in shane.
the problem thereafter will be simnle
dIthough IL VIII no doubt take many
years to build all the roads in the
county up to this standard.
Means More Good Roads
As we complete the permanent
roads, our repair expense will be less
and less, and the money that is usu-
any expended in patching will go into
making new roads. Under the new law
We VIII be allowed to hire crews and
do work to the extent of 500 without
contracts on any one road. This will
enable us to do a great deal of emer-
gehcy work, and as there is $4,000 in
the repair fund We can keep the roads
In fair condition while building the
permanent highways.
one OF our first repair Jobs will
De On Lexington avenue at Benefits
lake. Lexington, except at this spot,
Is In good condition, but here it is
low and utterly impossible. 1t is so
pad, In fact, that it drives the farm
ers from this section who use the
road leading to st. Paul into Min
neapolis to do their trading. We will
spend about $500 on this stretch and
put 1t into condition so that it can be
used the year round.
The Alton road leading out from
Dayton's bluff will be one of the early
ones to be rebuilt, and the Dodd road
on the west side will be treated in
like manner.
Expect Council to Act
'The council has $4,000 which will
be expended in improving the streets
which connect with the county roads
and this Will be of great help. As a
matter of fact the farmers complain
more of the roads inside the city linn
Its than of those lying wholly in the
county. From the city limits to the
point where the city paving begins is
town, but with the commissioners and
the council working together we
should soon be able to haul any kind
of load to the heart of the city with
out any trouble
"On the west side the board has
jurisdiction over but a narraw strip,
but the Dakota county board has sig
nified It's willingness to meet every
Improvement we may make.
There are about 200 miles of high
way under the control of the county
commissioners in Ramsey county.
They are mostly sandy and therefore
expensive to put on permanent
basis, and it is not difficult to see
that it is a long and expensive job
to put them all in first class condi-
ton. 1t will be years before all the
country cross roads will be built like
the White Bear road, but with the
main roads radiating out in every d.
rection, the farmers will have but
short haul until they get on a good
road that can stand any kind of
load.
I'VE have got everything to suit US
now, and all we have to do is go
ahead and build the roads,