The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1909-03-05
ROAD WORK TOCEASE
MEL TING SNOW WILL PUT STOP
TO HAULING GRAVEL.
Much Good Has Been Accomplished On
the Highways Leading Into Man
kato; Farmers Are Greatly Inter
ested; More to Be Done Next
Year; the Results.

The work of graveling the roads
will undoubtedly cease for this year
with the disappearance of the sleigh
ing, which cannot be long delayed.
Some hauling was done yesterday fore
noon and this morning, but in the
do any hauling.
A great work has been accomplished
this winter by the united efforts of
the farmers and the business men, vet
only beginning has been made. 1t
seems every way likely that next win
/ ter will see far more gravel hauled
than was hauled this winter The
farmers everywhere around Alankato
are becoming interested, and it will
be but few years when a piece of
poor road will be as rare as good
road was last June.
! Snow Interferes With Good Job.
| The farmers who have been work
| ing on the Mapleton road yesterday
completed the strip from the top of
the Silver ravine to the city limits.
They did this for the city, receiving
was so drifted and packed down that
a very satisfactory job could not be
done, and after the snow has disap-
peared, the city should put the road
grader to work there
The work on the poor farm road
has been completed. The farmers on
the Phol road are doing some work,
| but began so late that not much can
be done this winter. Doubtless much
more work will be done there next
winter
Work On Eagle Lake Road.
Work has been progressing steadily
upon the Eagle Lake road, with all
OF the teams that could be procured,
and the work is well along. The same
is true of the work from Madison
Lake this way, on the same road.
Another winter will doubtless see the
slough beyond Eagle Lake graveled
and any other portions of the road
that need fixing attended to.
| Soiiniucidpie SldNel HAS DeeH nauleu
the past two weeks on the Schultz
road. and probably more will be hauled
next winter.
The matter of improving the prairie
road to st. Peter is being agitated
This road is so sandy that gravel will
not improve it. What is needed is
quarry strippings and riprap well
broken up, and it is more than likely
that another winter will see something
undertaken on this road. Some help
ought to be obtained from Kasota
and st. Peter to fix this road Tho
Engesser Brewing company, for in
stance, sends a big wagon load of
beer to Mankato eight times week,
and it would be greatly benefited by
having a better road to haul over.
frequently wheat from the elevators
is nauled in the same way, as it is
cheaper than paying freight rates.
The road to Minneopa Falls is one
that needs fixing badly.
Road That Needs Crawling.
Another road that will soon be ask
ing for help will be the Belgrade road.
This was graveled some years ago,
but needs it again. The township has
done splendidly in constructing the Bel
grade hill road, and the next move
of these enterprising people will doubt
less be to gravel the road beyond, so
that it will be passable at all times.
The farmers on other roads have
been asking for aid from the Com
mercial club, but it is the policy
of the club to nelp the roads first
where the farmers are willing to CO.
operate and show liberal spirit.