New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1919-04-02

CONSIDER HARD SURFACE ROAD
BETWEEN NEW ULM AND
SLEEPY EYE

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SLEEPY EYE
"a plan Of building a hard surface
road between New Ulm and Sleepy
Eye is under consideration. At a spec
ia meeting Of the county commission
ers held last Tuesday and Wednesday
IN the, court house at New Ulm this
matter was brought up by w E. Mat
tiers OF the State Highway commission
who addressed the Board in reference
to making State Rural Highway No.
81 state trunk highway. After the
details Of this proposition had been
explained Commissioner Graft offered
the following resolutions:
Resolved: That the following high
way be and the same hereby is desig-.
mated a State Trunk highway, viz:
State Rural highway No 81 as the same
is located and established in Brown
County -
Resolved further: That that part
OF said highway between the limits
OF the cities Of New Ulm and Sleepy
Eye in said county be improved by the
construction Of concrete surface in
accordance with the plans and speci-
fications therefor prepared by the Mime
Sofa State Highway department.; and
be it further resolved that we hereby
make application to said State High
way department for Federal aid making
such improvement, to the extent of
one-haH Of the cost thereof"
Go To Anoka.
|; Another important step in this matter
was made by the board last Friday and
Saturday. The commissioners accom-
panied by the County Auditor and the
County Attorney went to 8Anoka to
be present there at the opening of
bids for the construction OF six and one
half miles of hard surface road. These
bids were of special interest to all the
county boards in the state as they were
connected with the first road paving
contract to be let under the proposed
Babcock system. The contract was
awarded to the Widell Paving company
of Mankato and the road is to be laid
from Anoka to the Sherburne County
line. The strip is a part Of the Jeffer-
son highway, and the contract price is
a trifle more than So per yard, or approx
imately $22, 500 mile. Other counties
apparently are soon to follow suit
because it is reported that Hennepin
county, on April ID, will let contracts
for the paving Of the strip from Osseo
to Anoka, and that Sherburne county
will follow with the paving of the road
from the Sherburne county line to Elk
river. Work will start on the strip
out Of Anoka as soon as the weather
permits.
Meet State Highway Commission
On Saturday, the members Of the
county board, the. County Auditor,
and the County Attorney went T to
St. Paul where they had a conference
with the State Highway commission
about the proposed road between New
Ulm and Sleepy Eye. The purpose
Of the county commissioners was to
show that the present Federal aid
Of 100000 is too small to
cover half OF the cost Of said road and
that the full cost would reach the total
Of at least 100000. They, however,
asked the State Highway commission
to raise the amount allotted by $4,000.
The answer to this request may be expect
ed in about a week.
May Be Refunded
The cost to the county for the build
ing Of the road proposed will amount to
This money will be refunded
though, in case the $100, 100000 appro-
priation bill passed by the legislature
receives the necessary majority vote
at the fall election in 1920 The act
that the trunk highway system
be established, constructed, improved, |
and maintained by the state also and
would establish and authorize the Great
ion Of fund for such purposes by
the taxation of motor vehicles, the
issuance Of bonds and otherwise.
Road Official Named
In connection with the foregoing
It might be Of interest to add that
Thomas II Mcdonald, chief engineer
81 the Iowa State Highway commission
has been appointed by the secretary
Of agriculture as engineer in immediate
charge Of the work under the federal
lid road act, which provides for coop
grafton between the states and the