New Ulm review., 1913-10-15
':Cood Roads" Enthusiasm

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will be able 20 arouse such enthusiasm
In their own communities % will lead
to fulfillment of the many good plans
which were discussed pro and con st
the convention last week.
The most definite step taken at the
gathering was the organization Of IN
sssoci alton to be known % the Chics-
60, Black Hills and Yellowstone
National HiRhway Association which
thru its permsuent officers to be duly
elected should act as On executive
committee In matters pertaining to the
slvsncement OF road making and
business getting for this section of the
state. Each state thru which the pro-
posed Yellowstone National Highway
is to pass Is to have it, resident sub
association and before the close Of
the convention the various officers
we're chosen, Geo. p. Tawney Of
Winona being elected president, Prof.
Solberg of BrookinRs, s. D., who
had been Ist enshusiastic promoter
of the Scenic Highway, will ass %
Secretary and w. G. Edens OF Chics-
60, treasurer. The Minnesota State
Sub -Associa ciation officers will bs q. NJ.
Palmer and E. F. Soaring, both Of
Msnksto. #
The early hours OF the convention
we're given over 70 an automobile trip
given to convey tho delegates over the
eight miles of concrete road which
Winons County has completed. The
object lesson converted many Of The
delegates and no doubt aroused In
them the ides that the best 10 the
wisest. There has been disposition
every where evident for many yssrs to
use cheap materials and cheap labor
to keep up tho roads of the state. AZ
in everything else, cheap roads ore
cheap and fail 10 give the satisfacti0n
that better article would furnish.
Farmers and business men In general
sre waking up to this fact and tho
con ventson,at Winona,seems 70 h(ys
had the effect of crystallizing the ides
that no money or effort should be
spared to bring oil our roads,
especially the main travelled thoro.
fares, up to the highest standard Of
utility and durability.
When interviewed by The Review,
Mr.. Retzlsff expressed his opinion
that concrete roads are the best
possible but be believes that with the
great amount of fine gravel that
exists in Brown County roads thru
here and in this vicinity could be
made that would come up to { high
standard of efficiency If scientific
methods Of road making we're en-
ployed. This, it is reported, is also
the attitude taken by Mr.. Polkow. Mr..
Crone has expressed himself as being
strongly in favor of concrete roads.
John n. Hohmann of Blue Earth
County sent in paper on "Perma.
nent Roads and How to Prepare Them"
in which he brought out the point that
everywhere people are clamoring for
road improvement and that the time
is ripe for huge stride forward. he
also commended the Dunn Law as
being the best that We have now on
our books and urged that the work be
done in such fashion that next year
or the year after should not see the
necessity for doing it all over again
as has always been the case in the
past.
Senator Elwell OF Minneapolis was
present to urge the operation of the
law bearing his name, claiming that
under 1t all the good points. brought
forward at the Winons convention
could be worked out most harmonious.
ly and satisfactorily. He explained
that in places where the law was In
operation 1t was customary to assess
the cost to the land extending back
from the road for three miles on either
side. He said this would bring the
cost down to cent per acre each year
for 10 years on good gravel road
costing $500. per mile.
Among the resolutions was one deal.
ing With the matter Of urging upon
congressional representatives the
necessity of working for Federal up.
propristions In large amounts to
carry on this great and necessary
work of bringing ell parts of the
country near to markets for the pro.
duce of the farms to facilitate the
ease and comfort of life both for city
and country dwellers. There is no
one who is not affected by the prob
lem Of roads and every one should
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