The Dickinson press. (Dickinson, Stark County, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1883-1927, 1913-04-12
GOOD ROADS FOR COUNTY
SuPTS. met WITH GO. BOARD
Principal Roads Named Every City and Village in Stark County Gets
Benefit from Permanent Road Work. Mnn and Mont Thorough
fare Through County, Gets Auto Money. Will Grade Six
Miles More on Road South Of City.

tendents of highways for Stark county
was held in the jury room at the court
house with the county commissioners
on April 7th. These meetings are
called each year according to law to
discuss general and uniform methods
of road improvements.
A diagram was made by W. r.
Veigel, county superintendent, showing
all the roads out of each town for which
considerable work has been done. and
with the aid of the deputies and
county commissioners, a number of
roads out of each town, leading in
every direction, not over six miles
apart. were designated as main roads.
and on which it was decided to do the
most work, thereby getting connected
system Of good roads. Out of Dickin-
son, for instance, there will be the
Black Hills and Kildeer mountain high
way, the Minnesota and Montana high
way, Daglum road, Regent road, Pelton
road and New Hradec road, each hav-
ing some branches; so out of Belfeld,
Zenith, South Heart, Gladstone, Taylor.
Richardton and Antelope there will be
at least four main roads with others
leading into them on which most of the
money will be spent.
1t was thought by this system, in a
few years, these roads could be graded
and improved so that everybody in COM
ing to town would get the benefit of
some good roads. After these main
roads are once in good condition, leav-
ing no one over three miles from
main road, the lesser roads would be
connected up and improved.
Heretofore the road money was spent
in scattered localities , all over the
county, wherever there was the most
''holler''. A great deal of time and
money was spent moving around from
place to place for a few hours or days
work, and at the end of the season there
were no connected roads. The work
made no showing and it often looked as
though the county's money was lost.
Surveyor Vei9els highway superln-
tendellts for 1913 are as follows:
First district: Vim. Sellman, Octave
Duvall. Ed. Horan and j. H. Towber-
man.
Second district: Carl Rieman. Chas.
Offet, Joe Metz and Frank Dobner.
Third district: Fred Traumann, John
Schultz. Joe Schultz and Vim. Streu.
A good feature of the Monday gather
ing was that every highway superinten-
dent was present. This was pleasing
to Surveyor Veigel and the county COM
missioners.
| The Minnesota and Montana road is
the main thoroughfare from east to
west. The road through Stark is
mostly on tile north side of the North
ern Pacific railroad and it is on this
line that the county will spend the
state automobile fund of approximately
$500.
The Black Hills and Kildeer Mt. road
is the main thoroughfare from the
north, via Green river and the Cuskelly
hill and south over the Heart river
bridge toward New England.
Five miles of road outside of the
city limits. has already been graded
south on the Black Hills and Kildeer
Mt. road and the plan is to grade six
miles more this season, which will take
the work down to the Antelope creek
country. The portion graded last year
will be dragged and kept in good
shape for travel.
1t is expected that the city will finish
the road west from Young park to the
experiment station. This work. started
two or three years ago, has never been
finished.
If the present plans are carried out.
with man like Surveyor Vei9el at
the head, it. will be but a few years
before Stark county has good roads.
All road work in the county is under
the direction of good men.
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