The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1922-10-13
PLANS OF STATE
ROADS BY BOARD
HOW THEY WILL BE DES-
IGNATED IN FUTURE
VIEWS GIVEN PUBLICITY
Several Petitioners Appear Be-
fore Commissioners At Ses-
sion This Morning


Earth county will be made accordin
to funds for the purpose, which reg
ulates the amount of taxes; wher
the most traffic and the most peopl
will be benefited; and these desig
to be made at specific
time each year, instead of at yariou
periods; was the concensus of opin
ION expressed by members of tn
county board. to petitioners fror
various sections of the county VIII
4ppeared before the board in tn
LESSONS of yesterday afternoon an,
mis- morning requesting the desig
aating OF state roads.
Il. D. Hughes, The road and
bridge fund.- would go bankrupt,
ii ali the petitions for state road
designations were granted"
NJ. Sanger: 1T is impossible
to designate every. road for
which there is petition present
at once. We have petitions for
about four or five hundred miles
of road at present.
G. N. yAckerson 1--WE have cut
down our levy from 100000 to
$4,000 in the past two years,
thus reducing the taxes. If the
general clanror for these roads
to be built now cares for higher
taxes, we can raise the levy the
next time we make it."
t, II. Foley: I'VE have all the
work we can handle with the
funds in hand. We have an eff
ficient organization at present
governing the roads, and during
the past two years have been
successful. 1t is the intention
to build more straight stretches
between important points. We
are in favor of the cross roads,
but not until we are able to
handle them.
Chairman A. L. Rennpferd:
I'VE have more than a years
work ahead of us on the county
roads already. am In favor Of
these cross county roads, but
we can't handle them now under
the present situation"
81. j. w. Hruska,y county engf-
neer: There has been $4,000
cut from the levy in the past
two years. The board cannot
take care of more roads than
they have funds for. It is only
fair to designate he most inns
portant roads"
Several Petitions Presented
The petitions presented to tn,
members of the board desired the
designating OF the road from Goo,
Thunder to Alma City and from
Vernon Center to Good Ihunde.
Large delegations were presen
from both Good Thunder and Yer
non Center. Ralph Healy was tn,
spokesman Tor the petitioners YES
terday afternoon requesting the de.
signation of the Good Thunder Al
ma City road to connect with Stat,
road number fourteen. He gave ,
engthy discussion in favor of til,
proposed designated road.
Z. M. Warren of Vernon Center
and f. II. Morlock of Good Thunder
were the spokesman this morning II
.avor of designating the road from
Vernon Center to Good Thunder a.
! state road.
The delegation is here before the
board, to see if the board is finan
clally able to take up the matter OF
our petition. The farmers will bt
able to handle the hauling of the
gravel soon as corn husking will be
over. The donation list from farm
srs along the road amounts to aboil,
., 500 in cash and 2,29O wards nj
gravel to be hauled. We desire r.
have the grading work done now sr
hat the farmers viii be able to han
he gravel during the winter months
Mr.. Morlock declared that he fell,
f the board members would take !
ZIP over the piece of road in ones
ION they could see the importance
u designating the road. He stated
mere was not a great deal of grade
end with.
In reference to the argument OF
he men supporting the petition the
members of the board explained
nat they adoped the policy a year
Ind a half ago of designating roads
1t a certain time each year. in var
Gus districts, and the most impor
ant roads We're to be named ac-
'ording to the amount of funds ION
land.
Commissioner Sanger pointed out
hat the cost of maintaining the
'oads at present amounted to $40. :
700 and the increase of DESIGNATED
Dads at present would Eliminate
heir maintenance fund.
The board assured the various
members of the delegation that II
vas thei~ intention TO build the
ross roads in the county and take
are Of ell the retitinns presented
o it. when ever thew were able. to do
10. Mr., Warren. as Spokesman stated
lie was satisfied to leave the matter
ritHthe board when given this as
The hoard members made II
,nown that thew wished to clean mn
VI the work on the roads already
DESIGNATED before designating an
,ther mass of road work.
Various matters of road and
bridge work were considered st
ength yesterday and TO-DAY by the
BOARD members. The session viii
,e concluded this afternoon.