Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1916-02-23

.. H. Taralseth, President of Warren
Commercial Club.
proved conclusively the wastefulness
of present methods Of caring for dirt
streets. He had written to different
cities and obtained figures of the
comparative cost of asphaltic con-
crete pavement construction, oiled
streets, and gravelled streets. The
cost of asphaltic concrete construc-
tion is from SLIGO to $1.90 per SO. yd.,
exclusive of curbing and cost of ex-
cavation and is too expensive for us
to consider. Oiled streets are cheap
and in some localities are very salts
factory, depending on soil, drainage,
etc. The cost of oiled streets is
about $50 per block. Oakes, N. D.,
has found oiled streets satisfactory.
A number of towns in the valley
among them Ada have gravelled
streets, and they have proven both
durable and satisfactory. It requires
about $50 yds. of gravel per block
for a six inch road bed, making the
cost about As cents per front foot for
MATERIAL exclusive Of cost of excava-
tion and spreading. A four inch road
bed requires about 165 yds. of gravel
per block the cost of material being
about % cents per front foot. Rough
ly estimated, about $500 will gravel
a block. He believed gravelled
streets were the most practical for
Warren. M. Taralseth had a letter
from the 500 railray offering to haul
gravel from the gravel pits out east
at low rate. Pride in our city as
we'll as the desire to eliminate present
wasteful methods should spur US to-
make these permanent improvements.
The matter will no doubt be taken
up by the city council and steps
taken by that body to improve the
streets along the lines suggested by
Mr.. Taralseth during the coming
summer. Every member of the club
was intensely interested in Mr.. Tar
alseth's practi cal and elucidating dis
cussion of the subject.
In the absence of C. E. Lundquist,
the former president of the club, who
was down on the program for a
the POSTMASTER called on Julius
J. Olson, who has just return
ed from trip to Florida and
Cuba, to relate some Of his ex-
periences on said trip. Mr.. Olson
gave a very vivid and interesting
account of what he had seen in his
travels. In order to show the un-
progressive character of the people
in the south he mentioned the fact
that during short stay at Columbia,
the capital of South Carolina, he
had heard the legislature discuss the
question whether or not it should ap-
propriate the small sum of $4,000 for
the teaching of agriculture in the
public schools of the state. When
one considers the agricultural pro-
gress made by Minnesota, and the
generous appropriations of this state
for the teaching Of agriculture, the
contrast is most marked. He told of
his visit to st. Augustine, Florida,
the oldest town in the United States,
where may be seen old Notifications
and many relics from the Spanish oc-
cupation. The old town with it's mar
row streets and sidewalks is of great
historic interest. Many relics from
the Seminole Indians, an aggressive
tribe that once dwelt in the states
may be seen, and in the cemeteries
may be seen the graves of many u.
S. soldiers who fell in the wars with
these Indians. He told about the
Flagler East Coast Railway system
and it's magnificent hotels, where
prices range from $40 to ,$120 per
day. He always managed to put UP
at more modest hotels. Titusville,
Okeechobee, Port Pierce, Miami
were in turn visited and interesting
facts told about each place. Miami
is big shipping point for grape
fruit and oranges. Mr.. Deering, the
harvesting machinery manufacturer,
owns a five million dollar winter
home here and w. J. Bryan also owns
costly mansion, though only a Ford
car is found in his garage. Key
West smells fshy. The town has
many fish canning plants and cigar
factories. The trip on the railroad
built from island to island and ex-
tending for 200 miles into the ocean
is very interesting. Havana is one
Of the Oldest cities in America. What