The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1920-07-22
MEETING ENDORSE
PROPOSED HIGHWAY
COMMITTEE APPOINTED TO IN
VESTIGATE CHANGE IN
LONG PRAIRIE ROAD.
CLUB ADOPTS RESOLUTIONS
NEW ROUTE TO BOTH BOOST
TRADE AND SCENIC ADVAN-
TAGES OF CITY

At a. meetig held at the rooms Ct
the Commercial Club here last Fri
day evening, large delegation Of
residents from Sank Centre and
towns between the city and Long
Prairie, voted for the new proposed
highway project which will not only
shorten. the distance between this
city and Long Prairie, but which
will, they say, give both towns a
big advantage in trade circles.
The meeting Friday was attended
largely by residents of Little Sank
whose town at the head of Sank
Lake, will be greatly benefited by the
change.
The proposed highway will run
through the town of Little Sank, Civ
ing that little village direct connec-
ton with Sank Centre and Fairy
Lake and its summer outing advan-
tageS.
This proposed highway too, will
bring into immediate connection with
Sank Centre, trade territory which
is now divided. 1t will make a safer
highway for automobile traffic, as
there are less railroad tracks to cross,
fewer hills to contend with and the
new road Will do away with the nu-
merous sharp turns and grades of
present route between the two cities.
In the construction of this pro-
posed highway it will be necessary to
bridge the Lake at the "Narrows,"
but this bridging has been estimated
at moderate cost compared with the
advantage it will give the lake and
the scenic advantages to the highway.
At the meeting Friday resolution
favoring the new route was adopted
by the Commercial Club, copy of
which will be filed with the commits
sioners of both Todd and Stearns
counties in an effort to interest them
in the new highway project.
A committee of three, consisting
of A. F. Strebel, VIM. Parker and
George O'Gara, was appointed at
this meeting to circulate a petition
among the business men of Sank
Centre and of towns in this vicinity
asking the commissioners of both
counties to lend their aid in this
matter.
The meeting Friday evening was
presided over by G. Hillerud, George
Bergman, president of the CONNER
cial Club being unable to attend be-
cause of illness. A. F. Strebel acted
as secretary in the absence of Supt.
J. C. West.
Persons residing at Little Sank
were exceptionally interested in the
success of this undertaking and gave
/; the Sank Centre business men assur-
ance of their hearty support in their
labors to put this project over. The
business men of the city of Long
Prairie are equally interested in the
movement which will give that city
new trade advantages equal to Sank
Centre.
The resolution adpoted by the club
at Fridays meeting was as follows:
Whereas, it has been proposed in a
petition signed by a great number of
citizens of Stealns and Todd counties
which petition is herewith presented
to your board, to designate as
a State road, and locate that part of
the State Truck Highway No. be-
tween the City of Sank Centre and
the Village of Long Prairie over the
route described in said petition and /
Whereas, It has ascertained that
the proposed route is feasible and
more economical for the construction
of such than other route and
Whereas, The construction of such
road over such route will be of i'm
mense value to the citizens of Sank
Centre and vicinity in Stearns Coun-
ty and to that part of Todd County |
lying between Round Prairie and
Sank Centre, inasmuch as the pro-
posed road intersect eight (8) cross
roads between Little Sank and Sank |
Centre, and.
Whereas, The moving of the old
Territorial road from its present 10
cation over the grounds of the State
Home School for Girls, and locating
same along the lake shore will benz
fit and beautify these grounds, and
Whereas, The proposed road and
the bridge across the narrows of the
lake. will greatly help to boost our
grand lake shore possibilities.
Therefore: Be it Resolved by the /
Commercial Club of the City of Sank
Centre, Minnesota, that we heartily