The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1918-03-28
ROAD MAINTENANCE
Engineer Gray Has Charge of All the
Maintenance Work on State
Roads in County.
Roads Divided Into Fifteen Sections
Complete List of Mantle
nance Men and Sections.

nance Men and Sections.
Mr.. James D. Gray of Milaca, dis
trlct state highway engineer for Mile
Laos county, has announced his main
tenance men for the several state
roads OF the county, and he has made
some good selections>-they are proba-
bly, all competent men but some of
them we know personally are well
qualified for the work.
Heretofore it has been the custom
for each county commissioner to ap-
point maintenance men-each commits
sioner appointed for the state roads in
his district. This year the state high
way department has insisted upon the
maintenance work being placed in
charge of the district engineer in each
OF the counties, and the engineers will
be held responsible for the proper
maintenance of the roads. 1t is
thought that better results can be OBJ
tanned under this system.
The law requires that not less than
70 nor more than 80 per cent of the
state allotment to the county shall be
used for maintenance purposes. The
county is required to pay it's proper
tionate share. This year the state al
lotment to Mile Laos county is $685.
900, 20 per cent of that amount-the
least that can be set aside for main
tenance purposes $1,000; the coun-
ty must appropriate at least $1,4OO,
which will give a maintenance fund Of
$8,400. That is the least amount. If
deemed necessary $10,500 Of the state
allotment could be used for mainte-
nance, and there is no limit to the
maximum the county could appropri-
ate, but the minimum cannot be less
than 20 per cent of the amount expend-
ed by the state.
Mr.. Gray has a free hand and a
respectable sum at his disposal and
much is expected of him. He is an
energetic young man and intends to
give his personal attention to the work
of properly maintaining the state
roads, and we believe he will make
good. At least, we sincerely hope he
will.
Maintaining roads is all important.
There is no earthly use of building
good roads unless they are properly
maintained. We hope the maintenance
men in this county will appreciate the
Importance of the work entrusted to
them and make good, and we believe
they will. The men on these sections
making good will be given sections on
the federal highway next year.
Here is the list of maintenance men
and the roads or sections of roads
assigned to them:
Section No. Louis Solberg of
Princeton. All Of state road No. 4,
from the Benton county line to the
Isanti county line, and IL miles on
the east and south lines of section 81
in Princeton township. Total length
Of section 15A miles.
Section No. 2.-Otto Polsfuss of the
town of Princeton. All of state road
No. 1 in town of Princeton and the
south two miles in Bogus Brook town.
Length of section six miles.
Section No. 3-Josln H. Hubers of
Bogus Brook. State road No. to the
village limits of Milaca. Length of
section 71a miles.
Section No. Andrew Grife of
Borgholm. East two miles of state
road No. and all Of state road No.
8. State road No. has not been
definitely located yet.
Section 5.-Archie Taylor of Green
bush. All Of state road No. 5 from
Freer to it's junction with state road
No. q. Length 6A miles.
Section No. ED. Olson of Milo.
The northern end Of state road No. 5
from Freer to Milaca, IN miles.
Section No. robert H. Hanson Of
Milaca. All of state road No. 8 ex-
cept east two miles, 81 miles.
Section No. 8.-James p. Hanson of
Milaca town. State road No. / from
Milaca to Whitney Brook school house,
IN miles.
Section No. 9.-Frank Robinson Of
Daley. State road No. from the
Whitney Brook school house to the
Daley namia town line, 81 miles.
Section No. 10. F. Wegner Of
Onamia town. State road No. ! from
where Mr.. Robinson leaves off to
Onamia village, 6A miles.
Section No. 11.Jesse Rogers Of
Kathio. State road No. / from Ona-
mia to point where the east line Of
section II crosses the lake shore road,
6 miles.
Section No. 12.- VIM. Anderson Of
Vineland. State road No. from