The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1921-06-17
WORK IS UNDER WAY
Pushing the State High
way Betterment
PROJECT IN PROSPECT
Map Showing What Progress Is
Made; List of the Many
Improvements
Especial to The Free Press.l

| Especial to The Free Press1 L.
st. Paul, June 15.-Nearly $5,000.0n0
OF new construction ordered and ap-
proved and more than eighty miles OF
trunk routes temporarily designated
tor maintenance work which is we'll
advanced with about 1000 atrolmen
en- jobs-that is the. showing made
NJ. Baboock, state highway commits
during the last thirty days by Charles
sioner, in the big task Of getting un-
der way Minnesota's vast highway
I development program for 1921.
The highway department today is
sued progress map showing now
highway improvements under early
orders are distributed in virtually all
sections of the state. Other projects
| Babcock said, to spread benefits as
rapidly as possible. In addition to
the map showing, the maintenance
work is well organized, according to
w. F. Rosenwald, chief maintenance
engineer, and soon will be in tull
swing on the entire 7,000-mile trunk
! highway system.
: Pleasure over Map Showing
/ John II. Mullen, assistant commits
sioner and chief highway engineer,
expressed pleasure at the map show
ordered with the sole aim OF building
| ing. He explained that projects were
up poor sections of highways that are
I; in good condition otherwise between
distant points and insuring fair uni
tormity, on the theory that roads are
Ike chains-no stronger than the
! thought, shows that the improvements
rare well scattered and no favored To-
; calities appear, all things considered,
! he said.
a.: Commissioner Babcock announced
/ that sections of trunk highways left
off the map are either good roads or
those to be improved in the order OF
their Importance and as funds will
| permit. The showing is due to the
loyalty of members of the highway
| department organization, from sngi-
| neers to patrolmen, he added.
Field Investigations and plans are
| going forward satisfactorily and other
undertakings are to be announced
soon. IT.
Key To Road Map
The Key to the progress map show
! ing trunk highway projects ordered
during the period since adjournment
i OF the legislature els as follows:
/ One. M. T. H. No. 20, Crawling OF
two and one half miles through Har-
mony and Canton at $4,000.
Two. M. T. H, No. 8, Crawling OF
twenty miles between Blue Earth and
/ Banks at 100000.
gray cling of twenty two miles be
Jackson and Worthington at $1S0,000.
Four. M T. H. No. 6, Grading and
crawling of twenty-five miles be-
tween Trosky and Lake Benton at
$4,000, including one mile oil pave
ment through PipestOne,
Five. M. T. H. No. s, Grading of
fourteen miles between Ivanhoe and
Lake Benton at $4,000.
Six. M. T. H. No. 7, Concrete
bridge over Plum Greek in Walnut
Grove at $6,400.
Seven. NJ T. H. No. 80, Crawling
of seven miles between Mapleton and
Mankato at $4,000.
Eight. M. T. H. Nos. and go,
Grading of eleven and one half miles
beween Mankato and Madison Lake al
$4,000.
Nine. NJ. T. H. No. 1, Concrete
bridge over Turkey creek south OF
Owatobna at $4,000.
Ten. M. T. H. No. 20, Crawling OF
fourteen miles between Rochester and
Pine Island at $4,000.
Eleven. M. T. H. No. z, Crawling
of ten miles through Eyota and Dover
at $4,000 including 5 concrete
bridges.
I Twelve, M. T. H. No. 8, Grading
and graveling of seven and one half
miles between Lake City and Wa
basha at $4,000.
Thirteen. M. T. H. No. 3, Concrete
bridge over Cannon river between
Redwing and Hastings at $4,000.
Fourteen M. T. H. No. 3, Grading
and crawling of three miles through
Miesville at $15,0u0.
Fifteen. M. T. H. No. SO, Grading
and crawling of six miles between
Pennington and Hampton at $4,000.
Sixteen. M. T. H. No. 4, Crawling
of eleven miles between Redwood
Falls and Rowena at $4,000.
Seventeen. M. T. H. No. 6S, Grad
ing of eighteen miles between Marsh
all and Minnesota at $4,000
Eighteen. M. T. H. No. so, Paving
of eleven and three fourths miles be-
tween Minneapolis and Lake Marion
at ,000-Note: Hennepin County
project remaining to be granted or de-
MED trunk highway designation.
Nineteen. M. T. III. No. 10, Paving
of four miles on Superior boulevard
west from Minneapolis at $125,000.
Twenty M. I. H. No. 10, Grading and
graveling of four miles between Maple
Plain and Long Lake at $4,000.
Twenty one. M. T. H. No. 10,
Grading of two miles between Cokato
and Dassel at $22,5OO, including con-
crete bridge.
i Twenty two M. T. H. No. 10, Ora
ding of fifteen miles between Atwater
and Litchfield at 100000, including
concrete bridge.
\ Twenty three. NJ. T. II. No. 10,
Grading of fifteen miles between Ben
con and Honcock at 100000.
Twenty four. NJ. T. H. No. 81, Ora
ding of ten miles southwark from Ell
bow Lake at $4,000.
+ Twenty five. M. T. H. No. 90. Grad
ing of three miles northward from
Sank Center at $4,000.
Twenty six. M. T. H. No. rs, Grad
ing of two and three -fourths miles be
tween Monticello and Big Lake at
$4,000.
| Twenty seven. M. It. H. No. 8,
Paving of seventeen miles between
Salida and st. Cloud at $550,000.
Twenty eight. M. T. H. No. II,
Grading and crawling OF twenty seven
miles between St.. Cloud and Littlo
Falls at $4,000, including bridge over
Platte river.
Twenty nine. NTH. No. Is. Grad