Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1928-03-01

used to prevent drifting on the high
ways when placed at such points
where drifts usually accumulate.
This committee recommends that the
board of county commissioners in
vestigate the matter of snow fence
experience of other counties in the
use of same, the most feasible kinds,
their cost and upkeep, cost of placing
and removal and that they provide
for the state aid roads in the county
such snow fences to be placed at such
points as in their opinion it will pay
to use them to aid in keeping open
winter roads; that we recommend the
said action on the part of the town
boards, as affecting town roads.
"Fifth-It is the opinion of your
committee that the providing of the
necessary equipment for successfully
keeping the roads open for winter
traffic is largely county proposition
for the reason that the expense of
be borne by any village or township
or any group of towns situated so that
the use of same would be- feasible
and for the further reason that other
counties are successfully handling
the proposition at very moderate
cost per capita when the expense is
spread countrywide, borne possibly in
part at least by the state.
Therefore respectfully recon-
mend to our board of county commits
sioners for Pine county, first that they
thoroughly Investigate the experience
of other counties in the work of
snow removal, second, that in the
light of such experience they decide
upon and provide such machinery and
equipment as has proved itself sa-
tisfactory and most economical and
which in their opinion will be ade-
quate to keep at least state aid roads
of the county reasonably open and
passable during winter months. With
the further suggestion that much of
such equipment can be used for road
work also during the summer and
that if possible such equipment when
not in use on state aid roads be avail
able for hire by villages and town.
ships for work on snow removal from
town roads.
while we believe that it was wise
for the county board to defer action
in the matter of snow removal so that
they could profit by the experience
of other counties, there appears to be
now such a general demand all over
the county for open winter roads as to
justify our commissioners to make
provision for snow removal in the
future and to incur the reasonable
expense necessary.
Your committee respectfully re-
commend to the town boards that the
matter of open winter roads be taken
up at the coming town meetings and
that fund be provided and voted for
this purpose. 1t is recommended
that levy of at least one mill be
made in each town for this fund;
that this money be used for keeping
open the township roads either by
employing the county equipment or
by providing such smaller and less
expensive equipment as can be sue
cessfully used where the cost of same
is not prohibitive.
1.-THE above report of the committee
was adopted at a general meeting of
the club and the following resolution
was added by unanimous vote:
THAT we favor an increase of at
least one cent per gallon in the
gasoline tax with the provision that
at least one third of the amount raised
by the tax of gasoline be used on
country roads instead of trunk high
ways"