The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1916-11-02
Federal MONEY
FOR STEARNS CO.
STATE HIGHWAY COMMISSION
PROMISE $4,000 GOVERN
MENT AID IN 1917.
PROSPECT FOR BETTER ROADS
SI0O, 900 WILL. BE SPENT BE-
TWEEN ST. CLOUDS AND
SAUK CENTRE. ~

ferson Highway, but thele Minnesota
Scenic Highway, passing through
Stearns county from St. Cloud to
Sank Centre has the backing of the
State Highway Commission, as that
body has promised that $4,000 of the
federal aid coming to Minnesota next
year shall be expended along the
Scenic Highway from st. Cloud to
Sank Centre. The following from
last evenings St. Cloud Journal
Press will be of much interest to Her.
aid readers:
''Stearns county has the promise
from the state highway commission of
$4,000 federal aid for the main roads
through the county from St. Cloud to
Sank Centre.
NThis pledge was secured recently by
a committee of good roads boosters,
headed by C. D. Schwab, president of
the st. Cloud Commercial club.
"The matter wasthen taken up with
Peter N. Lair, chairman of the
Stearns county board, and Auditor
Thomey. 1t was by them taken up
with the other commissioners, and to-
day the county commissioners put in
their formal application. for the
money to the highway commission
which meets Friday. The official
designation will be made by that
board in March.
"Under the terms of the federal aid,
the money must be used on a main
road, the work must be of permanent
nature, and caretakers must be put
on the road thus built.
"Stearns county has: most of this
stretch of road we'll graded, and with
the expenditures OF something like
$4,000 mile, it can be made one of
the best roads in the SKATE. Caretak-
ers have already been provided. Once
the work is completed on this road, it
can be maintained in excellent condi-
ton for years by the caretakers. This
will permit of money to be raised in
the future to be put on other roads,
and it is certain that future federal
aid can be secured.
"The county receiving federal as
sistance has to put up an equal
Thus. Stearns county by rails.
sfs,' w. ooos, Its twice that amount to
ing e'o w, ~. rosdssass,SShich is like get
ting money from home.
commissioner Lair, who has beer
= practical good roads man for years.
is very enthusiastic over the prospect
of getting a big lift, from Uncle Sam,
and, while the ommissioners have ac-
complished wonders in The past few
years, they will 5be able too do much
more With This government money,
than has been possible unto this time
"The road from ST. Cloud to Sank
Centre is, on the Red Trail and has
also been designated as a part Of the
Minnesota Scenic Highway. It is
Travelled by thousands of automobiles
each month, and under the heavy traf-
fic it has been impossible to maintain
the road in the best Of condition at all
times With the crawling of the road
it can be made to stand all the travel
in all kinds of weather
"The people of Albany and Freeport
are circulating petitions to have the
road between these two villages fol-
. low the Great Northern right of way,
which makes NOR, direct route. The
expense of building this new road
will be about the sa-.:e as the cost of
grading the old road, and the only ad-
ditional expense will be securing the
right of way. AS portions of the cid
road are only two rods wide, and adj
ditional ground will have to be bought
to comply with the federal and state
regulations, the added cost for the
new road will not be very heavy, and
the change on investigation may De
deemed advisable.
GAS the government has started on
the plan of making appropriations for
better highways, it is expected that it
will be continued, and Stearns county
should make preparations to get it's
share
"The possibilities of the future for
Stearns county highways are most
promising"
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