The Princeton union., 1916-10-12
SQUAREDEALF0RALL
If the Bond Proposition Carries All
Sections of the County Will
Be Benefited Alike.
1t is Estimated That $147,OOO Will
Be Available for Permanent
Road Improvements.

After an all night session the board
of county commissioners arrived at
an amicable understanding with refer
ence to the state roads upon which
permanent improvements should be
made during the year 1917, that is,
provided the proposition to bond the
county carries at the ensuing general
election.
Surely the intelligent voters of Mile
Lacs county will embrace the oppor-
tunlty to secure a system of good
roads throughout the county when so
percent of the cost will be defrayed
by the State and Federal governments.
1t may be a long time in the future
before like opportunity will offer.
1t was estimated that the total
amount available for permanent road
improvements next year would exceed
$147, 900 to be derived from the fol-
lowing sources: Federal aid, $4,000;
State aid, exclusive of maintenance,
$l2, 2,9O0-(We are Of the opinion that
this estimate is too low by $4,000;
county road and bridge fund, exclusive
of maintenance, S9,2O0;- bond issue
$4,000.
1t was agreed and determined by
the board that if the above amount was
available it should be- distributed as
follows: For state roads-Nos. and 6,
from Princeton village to the north
line Of town of Daley, $4,000; for
state roads Nos. 1 and 6, from north
line Of town Of Daley to Mile Laos
lake, $25;000, for other state roads,
$15,oO0; for that part of state road
No. 3 in the town of Milaca, $4,000; for
that part of State Road No. 3 in the
town of Borgholm, $1,000; for that
part of State Road No. in the town
Of Greenbush, $4,000; for that part of
State Road No. 5 in the town of Milo,
$6,0O0; for that part of State Road
No. in the town of Greenbush, $4,-
600; for that part of State Road No.
q in the town Of Princeton, $4,000.
The Federal aid must be met dollar
for dollar, and. the only possible way
Of meeting it is by a bond issue.
The Federal aid would be expended on
State Roads Nos. l and 6, running
north and south through the center
of the county from the Sherburne
county line to Mile Lacs lake.
Once that road is permanently i'm
proved and hard-surfaced it can be
properly maintained at a small cost,
and the large sums that are being
annually expended on it can be
used in improving other roads-town
and county. This road will have to
be permanently improved sooner or
later, and now is the golden oppor-
tunity to improve it when the Federa1
government will pay half of the cost.
Moreover, the improvements on this
road, if made as contemplated, will be
under the strict supervision of Fed
eral and State officials, and full value
will be received for every dollar ex-
pended.
The amounts allotted to the other
roads are amply sufficient to properly
grade, drain and hard-surfoce every
mile of them, save possibly. a few
miles in the north end of the county
that can be cared for later.
If the program as mapped out goes
through it means good hard-sur-
faced roads from Princeton to Mile
Lacs lake and the Aitkin county line,
from the west line. of Greenbush
through Princeton to the Isanti coun-
ty line, from the Greenbush town
house through Freer to Foreston,
from the Benton county line through
Foreston and Milaca to the Kanabec
county line, and it also means perma-
nent good roads for the lake country.
And we reiterate that almost half
the. cost Of these extensive and up
building Improvements will be de-
frayed by the State and Nation. =.
+ It should also be borne in mind that
once the state roads have been perma-
nently improved the State and coun-
[ty road money can be- utilized in inn
proving town and county roads, save
what is necessary for the proper.
maintenance Of State roads. - !
mike Writes.
The same old routine featured. the