The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1916-05-18
TO WORK TRUNK
LINES TH0ROLY
Is Tho County Commissioners
Plan For This Coming
Summer
WILL SPEND ABOUT $4,000
Commencement Of Plan to Make
Al the Roads In the County
GOOD Roads

Two weeks ago the Times re-
ported the organization of the
| Richland Good Roads Association,
and their plan for the better use
of road funds by annually improv
ing some road or roads instead of
parceling it out i'm small lots here
and there.
/ The first roads suggested were
the four main or trunk roads of
the county, namely, the Meridian
Road north and south. the Fair
mount, Hankinson, Lidgerwood,
east and west road, the Wahpeton
-Wyndmere road east and west
road, and the Walcott road east
and west, from point on the Me-
ridian road west by Walcott to
the county line.
The club based it's request up
on the fact that heretofore, the
road work throughout the county
has been done in a manner which
did not get the best results, or
the most for the money, because
there was not a definite plan to
work on. They advanced the ar
gument that a system should be
adopted for county road work,
and that this system should begin
with the improvement of the main
roads or highways of the county.
After these were in first class
condition, their maintenance
would be less expensive, and more
lmoney could be devoted to build
ling and maintaining the branch
Hines which led to the main roads
i ffirom the various points of the
Icounty.
This plan evidently appealed to
the county commissioners, as we'll
it should, and the result was that
they decided upon the following
'Iplan for this summer.
Il The Meridian road is divided
,,linto two sectiOns-north and
!, south from Wahpeton to the
county lines. The work on the
north part will be under the di-
rection of Commissioner The0.
Larson; the south part will be
? under the direction of Commits
sioner w. J. Robinson. 1t is PLAN
ned to spend the sum of $4,000
OH the So miles of Meridian road
..|betwecn the north and south
lcounty lines.
The Walcolt road work will be
under he supervision of Com
missioner p. T.. Sletmoe. This
piece of road is twenty-five miles
long, and ON these % miles will
be spent the sum of $500.
: The WahpcLon, Moorcton,
lWyndmerc road will have the per-
snnal attention of Commissioner
knpp"lnan during the summer
'ITiiS road is }5 miles long, and
1.-The sum of $500 will likewise be
spent upon il.
The Paramount, Hank n>on, Lid
I @"rwuud road is :}G miles long. and
he expenditure planned for This
rNad during the coming year is
! uiSo $500 Commissioner Aug
u>t EIo"fs will have This road UNI
der his supervision. The llankiu-
spu-Durrr road will also be en-
liIuS!''! w '.')HiitlI NlolItI II'tlS'
land thr sum of $ 900 expended
upon it.
I Tic above planned expenditures
toia! Si7,5oo. and when properly
expended will go far toward max
| ing II SYSTEM Of good main line
roads through out tn" county.
Tn" board at This time passed
Il resolution to drag only the
labuvr designated trunk line roads
This summer, and contracts will
be let at the approximate cost of
zoe per mile travelled.
The board at lis recent session
| also let contracts for the con-
lsrurtion of a number Of bridges
throughout the county. the total
cost of which. at contract prices,
| is to he SO .O6O.