The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1921-05-05
he trunk highway system.

| L he tTuIlk highways are lalQ OUT
to intersect every county and to
reach all county seats. Many of these
are main roads and have been alb
sorbing good share of state and
county money. Now these 1000
miles are to be cared for entirely out
of federal aid and the automobile Ii
cense money. The state still levies
the one mill road tax, and it is dis
lar of this, nearly 100000 a year,
will be used outside of trunk high
ways, and so will nearly $11 100000
of county road funds. This money
will be used for maintenance and con-
struction of estate aid roads" These
will be important roads connecting
with the trunk highways, or parallel
to them, and the money will be spent
under supervision of the state high
way department. The greater part
of it will go for grading and gravel
ing. Local road funds, in turn, will
be released from these roads for use
on other laterals.
Minnesota compares favorably to-
day in it's system of road administra-
ton with any state in the union,
Commissioner Babcock says. "1n a
very few years we should be at the
very top" he said Saturday. ave
have good law and two years from
now can fix up any rough spots in it.
| Maximum Service Sought.
maximum service at all times to
the needs and comforts Of all Mime
sofa road USERS" Mr.. Babcock con-
tinued, twill be the main policy of
the state highway administration.
minnesota has one trunk highway
plan. 1t is for single state system,
regardless of county or other lines.
J Divisions will be made only to fix re-
sponsibility and to promote eff
cheney.
Maintenance comes first to pro-
vide good travel conditions on all
trunk roads. Special attention is
given this year to establishment OF a
highclass system of highway patrol.
The patrolmen-one for each 5 to 10
mile stretch, with full equipment,
will put every road in passable con-
dition with assistance, wherever re
CURED, from district and floating
gangs. The plan will carry state
work to every section at the very be
ginning and every motor vehicle tax
payer in the state will begin to bene-
| fit from the start. Permanent I'M
provements and special betterments
! will follow, according to traffic and
other demands in each individual!
case.
''The department will aim for high
est efficiency in every branch and
it always will welcome cooperation
and constructive criticisms in con-
nection with the big highway pro
ject."
Staff Being Completed Rapidly.
The staff of the new highway de
partment is being completed rapidly.
The only important vacancy to be FL
led is that of second assistant high
way commissioner The stair as II
stands is as follows:
Commissioner, Charles M. Babcock;
first assistant, John H. Mullen; bridge
superintendent, J. T. Ellison; con-
struction engineer, o. L. Kipp. super
intendent of maintenance, w. F. Ro-
senwald; assistant, M. j. Hoffman;
division engineers, Roy K. Bliler, w.
B. Chapman, C. A. Forbes, w. F..
Matters, C. L. Methven, c. L. Mott,
D. w. Webster, A. L. Flygare.
Each of the eight divisions is split
into two districts and superinten-
dent for each district was named by
Mr.. Babcock Saturday. The appoint
ees, with their locations and the mile
age of each district, are as follows:
No. Miles Hdqtrs superintendent
] 1 3O2 Virginia, Geo. B. Hughes.
30 HjncklaV Fl T., COlwel