Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1922-06-28
ROAD WORK BOOMING
TO SWELL PROFITS
State Highway Departments Bulletin
Shows Rapid Progress h Second
Year Of Babcock ProKram
State Forces Smoothing Roads Under
Record. Tourist Travel and Spread
ing Maximum improvements

ing Maximum improvements
Trunk Highway operations to ade-
Quately maintain Minnesota's 900
mile primary road system under the
grind of record traffic and to extend
permanent betterments as fast as cur
tailed funds will permit are summar
lied in bulletin this week from the
state highway department. 1t covers
the entire state, shows that highway
dollars are being stretched to take
advantage Of unusually favorable costs
and other advantages, and indicates
that every section is sharing in bene-
fits
The bulletin follows general reports
that tourist travel now is the heaviest
in state annals-that Minnesota al
ready is beginning to get indirect pro-
fits from good roads in greatly in
creased measure. Car owners are be-
ginning to profit through savings on
car upkeep, gasoline and tires in ex-
cess Of taxes paid. Every rural local
ity is beginning to benefit and to see
the earlier advent of all season high
ways and every city and town is en-
joying increasing prosperity from tour
list travel which is filling camps and
resorts. .-.
Charles NJ. Babcock, state highway
commissioner, comments briefly on the
results supporting good roads claims.
"Other states, like Minnesota he
said, "are realizing more and more
that "a good road pays for ITSELF and
if this state is to maintain it's adj
vanced position; good roads advocates
must give enthusiastic support to con-
tinuation of the program along broad
er lines. 1t is only good business to
speed plans to get the biggest mea-
sure of profits
How the highway forces are work
ing to keep the routes smooth under
the strain of unprecedented traffic and
to build maximum new improvements
in spite of curtailed funds is shown
in reports from 16 maintenance dis
tricts. Items for this section include
the following:
District No. 5
3. w. Sewell, ~Crookston, mainten-
ance superintendent. -asg i
Several contract projects and spe-
cial maintenance undertakings are I'M
der way and planned in this district.
The superintendent brief report:
Trunk Highway No. 6
AL CIOOkSlOu Tic UlISc SdA y LIS
this route over Red Lake river is be
ing repaired and reprinted by, con-
tractors and the floor work is necessl-
tating detouring for short perlou.
Between CrOokstOn and Euclid grad"
ing improvements are contemplated,
On the Donaldson-H allOck-St. Vim
cent section state-owned tractors are
to be used to insure good maintenance
until funds can be found for perma-
nent improvements.
Trunk Highway No. 8
ii, Crookston bridge repairs are listed
in T. II. No. summary. ~. -
East Grand Forls-Mallory section is
to be gravel surfaced beginning at
once.
Mallory-Fisher section is being re-
shaped raised and widened by crew
with state-OWned0 tractors, all prepara-
tory to gravel surfacing.
Around Dugdale and Mentor ~
teams are hauling clay on the sandy.
grade-continuing an improvement
started last year.
Trunk Highway No. IL
Between Roosevelt and Warroad
construction improvement is held up
by right of way acquisition difficulties
but new bridges may be put under
contract this season.
- Between Donaldson and Karlstad
tractors are to be used during part of
the present season to help the patrol,
work. i :.
Trunk Highway No. 80
Between MahnOmen and Winger
big grading and gravel surfacing i'm
provement is being completed by the
contracto
The Winger- Erskine improvement is
held in allegiance pending a decision
on the permanent routing. $1,000
Trunk Highway No. 81
Running north from T. H. No. s to
Greenbush, this trunk route has been
extensively improved under the new
highway program and now is in GOOD
condition. -..s.4..s
Trunk Highway No. SO
Between Thief River Falls and War
rem special maintenance is planned
this season and it is to include extra
surfacing on the Thief River Falls
end. -
Trunk Highway No. IS. Isl
Several big permanent improvements
on the Red Lake county section of
this route are being pushed to- COM
pletion. Where detours are necessary
around the construction they are
plainly marked.
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