The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1923-03-22
WILL TELL NEED
FOR HIGHWAY BONDS
COMMISSIONER WILL OUTLINE
ECONOMY PLAN IN OPEN
HEARING
CAPITOL FRIDAY NIGHT
GOOD ROADS EXECUTIVE WILL
ANSWER ALL QUESTIONS
FROM LEGISLATORS

State highway bond proposals VIII
be the subject of public hearing at
8 P. M. Friday of this week at the
state capitol in st. Paul.
The hearing on the plan to further
the Minnesota highway program,
which highway officials assert Will
not add a cent to taxes but will speed
good roads building all over the state,
is expected to attract representative
citizens from every locality. Proml-
nent member of the legislature point
ed out that the public hearing WI
bring out all the facts and enable
the citizens and their legislators t.
reach an intelligent decision.
Charles M. Babcock, state highway
commissioner, will tell why it IS
economy and good business to issue
the bonds. He will again present Z
showing of how the bond plan VIII
give the public the use of more gooo
roads Immediately and in eve.y yeai
of the next twenty from the presen,
rate of mcome-without increasing
automobile or road taxes. He will be
prepared to answer questions from
legislators and citizens toward clear
ing up all misunderstanding.
cit is to be hoped that every To-
cality in the state will be represented
by fairminded citizens at this hearing
because the bond is of great impor-
tance," said Commissioner Babcock.
"The highway department is conf
dent that it can be made plain to any
fair-minded man that the bond plan
is simple one to get the biggest value
possible from a given sum OF money
the motor Vehicle taxes of the state
they are now coming in and withou,
increased taxes"
:. Realization is becoming general ovei
the state that the highway program
cannot go on at the present rate with
out allowing the temporary use of
more working capital for permanent
improvements to reduce excessive
maintenance OUTLAWS. This is the re-
suit of Mr.. Babcock's repeated con-
tention that to fuse money for in
terest on good roads instead of con-
slant repairs on poor roads" will
mean better roads at once and prove
most economical in the end.
At a special meeting of the board
of Commissioners, Stearns County,
held Tuesday and Wednesday of this
week, the $2O,OO0,0OO Highway Bond
Issue now pending in the Legislature
was unanimously endorsed. The res
olution pointed out that the refusal
of the Legislature to pass this bill,
will retard the passage of the 1nost
used highways for or 5 years, am
that this will affect an economical
waste to the State Trunk Highway
Fund, thereby working to the detri-
ment of the whole state and especial
ly to the farmers.
Under the resolution, all state SEN
ators and representatives from
Stearns county are urged to support
the measure, and copies Of the resolu-
ton were ordered sent to them, also
to C. nj. Babcock, State Highway
Commissioned, w. 1. Nolan, speaker
of the House, and Louis l.. Collins,
Lieutenant Governor, President of
the Senate.
The Board also voted a program
for the construction and maintenance
of State Aid Roads in Stearns county
for the next five years. The sched-
ule adopted is as follows:
1923-Completion of the state aid
No. A. The construction of all *
state aid road No. 2, and all of that
part of state aid road No. l begin
ming at the village of Holdngford
and extending eastward, work to con-
tihue as long as the season will per-
nit,
1924-The completion of state aid
road NO. 1 to Rice bridge, and the re-
shaping of the road from st. Clouo
to Rice bridge. Construction of all OF
state aid road No. Z from Albany to
the county line, between Farming ana
st. Martin, also reshaping of all that
is necessary from there to Roscoe.
Construction of all, or as much as
possible Of state aid road No. IL.
1925-The completion of the bal
ance of state aid road No. IL, the
north six miles of No. 10 and north
three miles of No. 9.
1926 The completion of state aid
road No. 8 from Brooten to Belgrade
and from Roscoe to trunk highway