The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1910-06-30
NOT SATISFACTORY
Assistant Engineer Mullen of State
Highway Commission lnspects
Roads in This Vicinity.
fie is Not Satisfied With Road Work
in BaIdwin.-Pleased With
Road in North Princeton.

evening train and, in company with
r. G. Dunn in Mr.. G. A. Jacks auto
mobile, viewed the Germany road
which it is proposed to permanently
improve this fall. By appointment,
Chairman Schmidt of the board OF
supervisors of the town of Princeton
met Mr.. Mullen and talked over the
proposed improvements. Mr.. Mullen
gave Mr.. Schmidt some valuable
pointers and among other things
suggested that a cheap road roller,
weighing three or four tons should be
manufactured, the cost of said roller
need not exceed 500 or S25. He also
suggested that the road should be
surveyed from the village limits to the
Holthus corner, aud that the town
should have the survey made at once.
The improvements contemplated will
be of a permanent character and the
roadway will be Is feet wide. Mr..
Mullen also promised that some
crushed rock could be had, but the
capacity of the rock-crusher at St.
Cloud is limited and be could not say
definitely what amount of rock would
be furnished.
On Saturday morning, Mr.. G. A..
Jack again kindly placed his automo-
bile, with himself as chauffeur, at the
disposal of Mr.. Mullen and Mr..
Dunn, and they viewed the stretch of
road in the vicinity of the brick
German church in the north end OF
the town of Princeton, which has been
recently graded and surfaced with
gravel. Mr.. Mullen expressed him
self as highly pleased with this piece
of road and hoped the town would
build more of the same kind. He
suggested that the Minnesota road
planer, an improvement on the split
log drag, could be used to advantage
on this road. In fact he was sur
prised that split-log drags Or road
planners were not in more general use
in this vicinity. He has forwarded
several blue prints of the Minnesota
planer to the Union Office. The
planer can be built at trifing cost
not to exceed SIS.
Mr.. Mullen also visited the state
experimental road in Baldwin south
of town. He suggested that the split.
log drag should be used on this piece
of road to I'll the ruts and that the
road should be treated to fresh
coating of straw. The deplorable
condition of the culvert at the old
Chadbourne place attracted his atten-
ton and he expressed himself sur
,prised that such a jump-of was per
'mitted to exist for day even.
The road across the Baldwin fats
State Road No. Twas also gone over
by team-it was impossible to 60 over
it in an automobile. Mr.. Mullen wa.
far from pleased with the condition
of this road. He said the state high
way commission allotted more crushet
rock to Baldwin than to any othe
town in the state, and the towl
authorities did not seem to appreciate
the favors that were shown them
The work done this year was not com
pleted according to specifications
which require two inches of grave
surface. Screenings were placed OF
the north end, but not uniformly
there being places two or three fee
square where large rock come to til,
surface, it being evident that the larg,
rock we're not properly spread in tn
first place. It will be necessary tt
surface this stretch Of road witt
gravel two inches thick, and as Their
is only limited amount of screening
to be had the highway commission
cannot furnish any more for that pur
pose. In hauling the rock for thi
years. work there was good deal O
large rock dropped on the road bull
last year. Mr.. Mullen was emphati
in saying that this rock should b
raked to the sides, and the ruts mad
in last years. road, where screening
we're not placed, should be rake
level and this section of road surface
with gravel also.
In talking of this road Mr.. Muller
said: ''We have tried to be liberia
with the Baldwin people and hav
done so thinking they would do thei
part toward building piece of first
class roadway but there is decide
lack of energy shown and unless the
get busy and fix things up as suggest
ed, there will be no state money pal
for work done in that town.
We expected that the state enginee
would not approve of the work don
On this road and have repeated