The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1920-10-14
MILE Laos ROADS
$4,000 Gain for County Township
Funds Provided Amendment
No. l is Adopted.
Official Figures Giving Comparisons
on the Effects of the Present
and Proposed Plans.

and Proposed Plans.
AS stated in last weeks Union,
more than $152 900 will be available
next year, with annual increases
thereafter, compared with $50, 900 this
year, for Mile Laos county and town
ship roads if Amendment No. is
adopted by the voters at the Novem-
Der election. Hereunder are addition
al figures, furnished by the state high
way department, which apply to the
county of Mile Laos and which should
prove ofinterest to every reader Of the
Union.
State Takes Big Burden.
About SO miles of main highways in
this county-those which long have
taken the biggest part Of annual funds
and often at the expense Of other
roads-are to be taken over by the
state under the proposed Babcock plan.
The counties and towns will con-
tinue to receive all state aid and local
road taxes with which to build and i'm
prove the local roads, Their biggest
gain, however, will result from the
state taking over the trunk roads. In
return for this the county will give up
only the personal taxes from motor
vehicles which was $7,998 last year.
It will also allow the state to expend
the federal aid money, share Of
which will be used in this county as
in the past.
$1O,OOO,O0O a Year More.
Adoption Of Amendment No. 1 will
provide yearly average Of $10,0OO,-
600 or more for the state highway sys-
TEN and upwards Of 100000 a
year for county and town road pur-
poses. It will mean 1921 total Of
$25, 100000 in round figures, and more
each succeeding year, against less
than 100000 now available. The
added dollars will be derived from
higher automobile license fees and the
full federal aid allotment.
Mile Laos county road funds this
year total approximately 100000
plus the federal aid and bond money.
There is $4,000 Of county and $4,000
Of township taxes and $4,000 of state
aid. Of the first total, approximately
$48,999 is being spent for maintenance
and, together with the federal aid and
bond money, for new construction on
the 50 miles to be taken over by the
state under the proposed plan. Thus
only $4,000 is going for maintenance
and improvements on local roads.
All Funds Sufficient.
The Amendment No. plan, engin-
GERS figure, will yield $685. 900 for the
local roal Is, compared with the present
total Of $4,000 this year. Larger
amounts will be spent on trunk high
ways also without any bond issues.
Every dollar from the sources named
must be used on the county-town roads
and not Que cent on the state system.
The state will be bound by the con
stitution to properly maintain all trunk
highways in this county and to fairly
apportion the remaining funds for per-
manent improvements. The estimated
state fund of $1o,000,0o0 year, en-
gineers state, will provide for grading,
draining and crawling of 600 miles
and the hard-surfacing of 200 miles
more each year, in addition to ade-
quate maintenance. Thus, in six years
the state system will be made up en-
tirely of finely drained and graveled
roads, except for more than 1900
miles, which will be hard-surfaced to
meet heavy traffic demands. AS main
tenance expenses decrease permanent
improvements will increase each year.