The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1916-05-22
JEFFERSON HIGHWAY
REPRESENTATIVE TO
INSPECT ROUTE HERE
Minnesota Officials Advise Pioneer
of Action Taken at the
Meeting.
GENERAL MANAGER TO
BE IN BEMIDU SOON
J. D. Clarkson to Investigate Advan-
tages Of the Three
Routes.
GENERAL MANAGER TO
BE IN BEMIDU SOON

J. D. Clarkson, general manager of
the Jefferson Highway association,
will personally inspect the three
proposed routes for the Jefferson
highway, from New Orleans to Win
pass through Bemidji and the other
proposed route passes through De-
troit, MINI. Word to this effect was
received Saturday from J. H. Beck,
vice president, and Henry H. Orme,
director, for the highway in Mime
sofa. Both men are residents of St.
Paul. Their letter is as follows:
Issue Statement.
':In the routing of the Jefferson
highway from St. Paul to Winnipeg,
we are directed to issue the following
statement:
a. D. Clarkson, general manager
of the Jefferson Highway association,
reached st. Paul Thursday, enroute
to Winnipeg. Mr.. Clarkson, during
the past month, has visited the prin-
cipal towns on the Jefferson High
way from New Orleans to St. Paul.
, The local directors of the Jefferson
Highway association have been await
ing the arrival of Mr.. Clarkson for a
\ lot RI
routing of this highway northwest
| erly from St. Paul to the Canadian
boundary.
Routes Inspected.
''At conference held Thursday in
the office of the highway commission,
participated in by George e. Cooley,
chief engineer, and J. H. Mullen, as
sistant engineer of the state highway
commission, J. D. Clarkson, general
manager of the Jefferson Highway
kassociatfbn, Henry H. Orme and u.
LII. Beck, directors of the Jefferson
Highway association, the following
proposed routes were considered:
Il. A route embracing the fol-
lowing towns, hereafter referred to
as the western route: st. Paul, Min.
neapolis, Anoka, Elk River, St. Cloud,
Melrose, Osakis, Alexandria, Hen
ming, Perham, Detroit, Lake Park,
Moorhead, Crookston, Warren, Stew
en-, Hallock and boundary line.
Through Bemidji.
"2. Another route embracing
the following towns, hereafter called
the eastern route: st. Paul, Mime
apolis, Elk River, St. Cloud, Little
Falls, Staples, Wadena, Park Rapids,
Itasca Park, Bemidji, Bagley, Red
Lake Falls, thence to the boundary
line at st. Vincent.
i "3. A route embracing the follow
ling towns, hereafter to be called the
eastern route: st. Paul, Mime
apolis, Anoka, Elk River, Princeton,
Mile. Laos lake, skirting the west
erly shore of Mile Lacs lake to Gar
rison, thence westerly to Brainerd,
Pine River, Walker, Cass Lake, Be-
midi. thence the same as the central
|, route northwesterly to the boundary
line.
Personal Inspection.
1T was arranged for Mr.. Clarkson
to make a personal tour of inspection
: over each of the three proposed routes
at some date in the near future, the
, date to be definitely announced with
in few days.
"In order that each proposed route
, may know that it has had absolutely
, fair treatment, it is proposed that
an official representative Of each OF
the three routes accompany Mr..
Clarkson on his inspection trip, the
representatives of the contestlng
routes to be guests Of the represen-
tative of the particular route under
Iinspection. In this way the repre-
sentative of each route will see for
; himself all that is shown Mr.. Clark
son will hear all that is said in favor
: of the particular route under inspec-
r tion.
Auto Man Along.
IN. Clarkson will be accompanied
on his. inspection trip by H. H. orme,
a director of the Jefferson Highway
association and president of the
State Automobile association and pos
sibly other directors will arrange to
accompany him.
"The order in which the three
routes will be inspected is to be de-
termined by lot cast by the three
official representatives of the contest
ing routes.
'The representatives of the three
routes will be required to agree in
writing that they will accept the de-
cision, when rendered, as final and
binding upon them and the routes
they represent.
sIt is the earnest desire of. the
highway commission, as we'll as the
directors Of the Jefferson Highway,
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