The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1913-05-16
|ROADINBAD SHAPE
| TINE FOR REPAIRS
Better Highway Enthusiasts Are
| Given Hints By Com
plainanfs
State Commission May Cancel
Designation Unless 'Tis
| improved
Writer'S Say Conditions Vow
Are Wores Than at
Any Time
They kdvise Action On PART
Of The County and Of
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HinA n Fo0u fOddS enthusiasts are
f. Vno Il. til following communica-
tia reject, I'd " The Free Press:
~ The Free Press: While roads
in <1,~ ly al ecti us of this county
and er c,4aties are being much
impr, ~ it - true that the roads
betwe,. Tankato and Lake Crystal
are practically at a standstill.
con petition of Interested property
owners the road which we call the
main road from Mankato to Lake
Crystal has been made state road,
and here the matter rests. Making
this road a state road has not seem
ed to make the. road any more pass
able.
"There are three roads leading
from Mankato to Lake Crystal
which are all much used; one by the
way of the Garden City road to a
point beyond Rush Lake, thence be-
tween Loon and Crystal lakes to
Lake Crystal; one by the way of
Welsh lane to Cranes farm, thence
by the way of Cray station and the
Judson creamery, and the third the
state road in question.
Worst of the Three.
The writer has. many times driven
over all three of these roads, and
at present the so-called state road
is in much the worst condition of
the three 1t seems as though the
local authorities and property owners
are very Indifferent to the improve
ment of this state road, and if this
indifference continues, would it not
be well for interested parties to have
one or both of these other roads de-
clared state roads and then for the
local authorities and property own
ers along the line, with the aid OF
the county, and the Commercial and
Automobile clubs, to put them in
good condition for travel? If a road
has heretofore been designated a state
road and it seems undesirable to
continue it as such, the county board
and state highway commission may
cancel such designation and aban-
don the road as state road under
the provisions of the Dunn road law
ut seems to be the intent OF the
law to designate as state roads only
such as it is desirable to proceed
to improve as such-Citizen"
Another Complaint.
Anotbor oop,pIaipt hoon
ceived by The Free Press, and it
reads as follows:
"To The Free Press: The writer
made a trip Monday from Mankato
to Lake Crystal and while / have
travelled this main road for sixteen
years, | found it in the worst con-
dition that | have ever found it in
that time If the people take no
more interest in bad roads than they
now do, would it not be we'll for the
commissioners to designate the road
north through by Cray station as a
state road or improve that one as it
is a much better road now than the
main road, and would not be much
longer route than the other? Why
not improve the Garden City road?
1t is in good condition now. From
the turn of the road at the old Pugh
farm clear through to Lake Crystal
the teams are now travelling in the
ditch at the side of the road as the
cut is so rough and full of ruts to
be almost impossible. 1t would seem
| that parties interested would try to
have it fixed up. Just now after
the rain it could be rounded up in
good shape and this should be done
by road grader as the crown of
the road is fiat and holds all the
moisture and a road drag will not
put it in proper shape to shed wa
ter. | do hope that something can be
done to improve this travelled thor
oughfare.- Who Is Hopeful For
Better Things"