The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1905-02-02
A BRIDGE PROJECT,
Movement on Foot to Build Bridge
Over Rum River to Connect
With Judicial Road.
A Remarkable Recovery of Dayton
Man From a Very Severe Abb
dominal Wound.

d0minal Wound.
Public-spirited citizens are trying to
work up an interest in the building of
bridge over the Rum river to con-
meet with the judicial road that was
laid out about four years ago on the
Sherburne and Mile Laos county line
between Rum river and Isanti county.
When the road was laid out there was
crying demand for the same to furn-
ish farmers living on the east side
OF the river in Sherburne, Mile Laos
and Isanti counties better and more
direct road into Princeton. G. A.
Dickey and Charles Keith were ap-
pointed the appraisers and the road
was surveyed and duly laid out and
accepted, and is now on record. 1t
was supposed that when the road was
completed that it would be no. trouble
to get a bridge across the river, and
the board of county commissioners of
Sherburne and Mile Laos counties
and private individuals agreed to ad-
vance sufficient sums to construct the
bridge. 1t was also figured that few
hundred dollars could be secured from
the legislature out of the road and
bridge fund, but the matter was al
lowed to drop and nothing has ever
been done toward getting the bridge
built. It was intended to place the
bridge short ways below the resi-
dence of B. D. Grant, and run the
road in a southeasterly direction
through sections thirty-three and
thirty-four in Mile Laos county to the
county line where good piece of road
is awaiting travel and which connects
with the main travelled road east into
lsanti county. It is said that with a
bridge over the river at this point that
no less than eighteen sections of good
land, most of which is cultivated,
would be benefited and that all the
farmers living in that section and for
many miles east into thenorthern part
OF Spencer Brook and the southern
OF Wayre EFT would i be ferded
direct road to Princeton, saving them
the necessity as at present of having
to pull all their potatoes and farm
produce over the sandy roads by way
of Silver lake. The road would be
much shorter and prove a great bene-
fit to the farmers, as it would
prove trade developer. as all good
roads do.
B. D. Grant and others are taking
hold of the matter and will try and see
II enough money cannot be raised to
build the bridge. It is said that a
good wooden bridge would answer
the purpose for several years and
hat it could be built for reasonable
amount. There are many farmers who
would be benefited by the road who
are willing to give small sums toward
the construction of bridge, and with
a State appropriation and appropria-
tions from the counties of Sherburne
and Mile Laos, and also from the
village of Princeton, and what money
the business men of Princeton will
advance there ought not to be such a
thing as failure in the matter.
A meeting of all interested in the
bridge project will be held at the office
of c. A. Dickey at eight O'Clock on
next Saturday evening.
The business men of Princeton
should get interested in this project.
The village depends for it's trade on
the farmers and what helps the farm
ers helps the business men.
SUCCESSFUL SURGICAL OPERATION.
DR.. Cooney Performs Successful Operatfon
for Abdominal Wound.
Ben Cyr, the saloon-keeper of Day.
ton, who was operated on a week ago
yesterday by DR.. Cooney for intestinal
perforation caused by the accidental
discharge of 32-calibre revolver, is
reported to be making a satisfactory
recovery, considering the very dan
gerous nature of the wound, which