The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1914-12-24
ROAD WORK FOR 1914
Continued from Page i.

Dunn is just another illustration
Of his untiring efforts toward his
goal, which is: To see every far
mer supplied with a good, hard, we'll
drained road to market
Adequate machinery at St. Cloud
for the crushing of the rock and
the resulting steady shipment to
Princeton would have saved the
county upwards of a Thousand dol
lars. The irregularity of the ship
ments caused innumerable small
losses that would have been other
wise obviated.
''The examples of the results to
be obtained by the use of this ST..
Cloud granite as surfacing material
on loose, sandy sub-grade are such
that there is going to be an increas-
ing demand every year for this ma
terial, and unless there is efficient
machinery installed at the plant at
ST.. Cloud, so that the shipments
may be sent out regularly, it will be-
come necessary to find some SUBJ
stitute.
"Innumerable difficulties are en-
countered in establishing sufficient
drainage in the sloughs on the ten
mile piece of general construction
extending south from Cove. Side
and. Off take bitches have been made
in all of the sloughs and these have
taken care of the drainage in all but
three swamps. These sloughs extend
back from four to seven miles from
the road and there is an extremely
large volume of water seeping
through them to the Rum river.
With the cooperation of the people
of that vicinity, it will be possible
to put in ditch that will fully take
care of the whole drainage system of
that district and will reclaim a good
many acres of hitherto valueless land.
GAS an example of what can be
done with road filed with holes
and improperly drained at an ex-
oremely moderate expenditure of
money, one might take the road lead
ing from the village of Milaca to
Book. The filing of the holes, the
digging of a few short off take
bitches and the sending out of a
man with road drag at the proper
intervals after a rain. has placed
this road in such shape that there
will be no trouble getting over it
with good sized loads at any time. OF
the year. Mr.. Carl K. Eckda]l, the
county commissioner from the third
district, personally took charge of
this work and demonstrated what
can be done by the spending of a
very little money in the proper way.
strictly speaking no road is per.
manent, whether it be of. concrete,
brick, or of any known material. In
order to minimize the extra cost
necessary to rebuild roads as they
wear out and to distribute this cost
over the span of years of the life OF
the road, the maintenance fund was
set aside and the maintenance force
was Initiated. ..f....
| HThis being the first year that the
maintenance plan has been put into
force there were many holes, drain.
age propositions, and culverts to re.
place. Unless person goes over the
whole system Of roads In the county,
it is impossible for him to realize
where the money has been placed.
The mere fact that it has been ex.
tended over 1875 miles makes it i'm.
possible for the casual observer tc
realize it. Of course. there are some
places that would bear improving,
but they will be taken care of in
time. The expenditure of the main
tenance fund over this vast extent
makes the earnest cooperation OF
1.-The whole county the most valuable
asset that scould be had, in order
that nothing may be left undone tc
keep the roads free from all obstruc.
tions and rough places of any kind.
The county board has always
given it's hearty endorsement to any
and all plans that seemed to point
| to the blishmentof a permanent
system of So bstantial highways thai
would be connecting links between
the different parts of the whole
county.