The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1916-02-10
bob" dunn SUG.
GESTS COMPROMISE
-FEASIBILE PLAN TO UNTANGLE
THE PROPOSED JEFFERSON
HIGHWAY MIDDLE
WOULD ADOPT Three ROUTES
TOURISTS COULD TAKE CHOICE
OF HIGHWAYS TO NORTH
ERN MINNESOTA

Hon. R. c. Dunn suggests a method
of settlement of the Jefferson high
way in the last issue of the Princeton
, Union that is bound to meet with fav-
or in many quarters. Mr.. Dunn's idea
to adopt all of the three proposed
routes, and the more one thinks about
his suggestions the more their prac-
ticability is bound to appeal. Mr..
Dunn's suggestions follow in full
herewith:
Several hundred people from north
.ern Minnesota were in attendance at
a meeting Of the state highway COM
mission in st. Paul last Thursday.
The cause of the large attendance was
the re-hearing on the location of the
Jefferson Highway, the great north
and south national highway from New
Orleans to the Canadian border, and
on to Winnipeg. AS yet the "Great
National Highway" exists on paper
only. The name is all there is to'it.
"The road as mapped out enters the
state in Freedom county and passes
through Albert Lea, Owatonna, Fari-
bault, Mortified, St. Paul, Minneapo-
lis, Anoka and Elk River. At Elk
River the trouble commences. AS
originally planned by the highway
commission the route was from Elk
River northwesterly to st. Cloud, Lit
tie Falls, Wadena, Park Rapids, and
the state park, and northerly to Be
midi, and from that point in a west
erly direction to Crookston, thence
north to St. Vincent.
"Brainerd people claim that the JET
ferson highway is supposed to be
scenic highway, and that the proper
route is north from Elk River to
Princeton and the queen of Minnesota
Interchangeable Mile Laos
Brainerd, Gull Lake, Leech lake and
a hundred other beautiful lakelets to
Bemidji. If scenic beauty is taken
into consideration the Mile Laos lake
Gull lake and Leech lake route cannot
be surpassed.
"But the people of Sank Centre and
Long Prairie were also on hand to
urge the claims of their section. They
are DESTROYS of having the road branch
off at St. Cloud to Sank Centre and
thence northward through Long Pral-
RE to Wadena. Much can be said in
favor of this route as the road would
pass through very rich farming
country, but for scenic beauty 1t can
not compare with the Mile Laos
Leech lake route.
"Of course Little Falls people OBJ
iected to both the Sank Centre and
Mile Laos lake routes, and wanted the
original location to stand.
Something can be said IN favor OF
all the proposed routes, each has Its
advantages and disadvantages, but, OF
course, the Union thinks the Mile
Laos lake route is by far and away
the best.
"There is no dispute as to the loca-
ton of the road as far as Elk River
and no one dreams of not touching
Bemidji, it is the designation between
these two points that is worrying the
highway commission and multiplying
the grey hairs of the heads OF the
members thereof. The Union sug-
gests this compromise. Let there be
three Jefferson highways between Elk
River and Bemidji as follows: Route
A via Mile Laos lake, Brainerd and
Leech lake; route B via st. Cloud, Lit
tie Falls, Wadena and Park Rapids;
route C via st. Cloud, Sank Centre,
Long Prairie, and Wadena-the B and
C routes would converge at Wadena.
eff the compromise is adopted and
later on there is to be any additional
aid extended through the highway
commission other than the regular ap-
portionment from the state road and
bridge fund, let it be given to the
most deserving.
"There is nothing unfair in this
proposition, and it is an easy way out
of the difficulty for the highway COM
mission"
eSAUK CENTRE is NO EXCEPTION