The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1917-05-02

the connecting link of one mile
! lying within the corporate limits
State Rural Highway No. SO
the first course consisting of 80(
cubic yards of gravel per mile
was placed on the six miles be.
tween Vesta and Lucan and or
I41a miles south of Lucan. Ar
additional 400 cubic yards pei
mile will be placed on this en-.
tire road. The villages Of Yes.
ia and Lucan also graveled the
parts within their limits which
they had previously graded. This
gives an unbroken line Of gravel
surfacing.
Work for 1917.
The work contemplated for
1917 includes the following grad.
ing:
State Rural Highway No. "a.
running 8 miles south and west
from Milroy to the Lyon Coun-
ty line and giving a direct route
to Tracy via proposed work in
Lyon County. This road was
contracted for in 1916 and is
being pushed to completion with
an outfit working on each end
but may be somewhat delayed
by needed drainage construc-
ton now under way.
State Road No. II, this road
connects State Road No. 2 on the
north side of Brookville Town
ship with the Black Hills Trail
on the south County line and is
7 miles in length. This will af-
ford the most direct route from
Redwood Falls via Gilfllan and
Morgan to Sleepy Eye, New
Ulm, Mankato and other points
to the southeast.
State Roads No. IA and Is
run south from the end of State
Road No. % on the Redwood
Falls-New Avon Township line,
via Rowena and Sanborn to the
Cottonwood County line and
form link in the inter-county
seat system of State Roads which
continue through Cottonwood
and Jackson Counties to the
Iowa state line and gives a di-
rect route for the heavy travel
from that state to this part of
Minnesota. This route forms a
part of the tentative system of
State Roads outlined by the
State Highway Commission as
subject to Federal Aid. Notice
was recently received to the eff
feet that S15,742.18 of Federal
aid is available for the grading
of this project if met by an ap-
preparation from Redwood coun-
ty Of at least an equal amount
Redwood County appreciates and
deserves this allotment as rec
ignition of her expenditures and
the efforts of her County Board
to provide the best highway sys-
tenn in this section of the coun-
try.
1917 Crawling.
The crawling proposed for
the season of 1917 follows:
State Road No. 9, l mile and
State Rural Highway No. so, 6
miles running south and east
from Redwood Falls thru Pax
ton Township to the Three
Lakes Township line.
State Rural Highway No. SO
placing 800 cubic yards per mile
on the remaining 8 miles south
of Lucan and thus giving grav-
Ell surfaced road from Vesta to
the Black Hills Trail. An addi-
tional 400 cubic yards per mile
will also be placed on this at a
later date.
State Rural Highway No. IA,
this road now under construc-
ton south and west from Mil
roy will be graveled as rapidly
as the conditioning of the new
ly built subgrade will permit.
Quite a number Of bridges
will be built, including those
needed on the above mentioned
and over new dredge
bitches.
Maintenance Large.
The maintenance alone of the
State Roads in Redwood Coun-
ty is a large proposition involv-
ing the expenditure of between
$4,000 and $4,000 per year.
This work is carried on briefly
by the patrol system in which
the work is divided into sections
of varying lengths up to a max
iro11r1o of twa1va roiIaS A foro-