The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1928-10-25
SAUK CENTRE WILL
KEEP ROADS OPEN
County Commissioners Will
Maintain Truck and OPP
crate in City
PLAN Is PRACTICAL
PlOw Must Be Purchased by
Individuals-To Save Bust
ness Men Dollars

The Sank Centre business men
have plans well laid to keep all the
roads leading into Sank Centre OPP
en- during the coming winter.
The experience of year ago
was very expensive one as the
Christmas business was way below
normal because the farmers could
not reach the city co take advant-
age of the desirable merchandise
offered at advantageous prices by
the Sank Centre merchants.
Tuesday of this week a commit
tee consisting of President Geo.
Berggreen, Asa M. Wallace
and J. F. Cooper of the Highway
committee and V. G. Wedge, all
representing the Sank Centre Com
munity Club, met with the County
Commissioners of Stearns county
at st. Cloud, to see if motive pow
er for the operation of a snow pillow
could not be secured from the
county. r ~
The early part of last week the
directors of the Community Club
met with a representative of a
snow pillow manufacturer and Sc
cured his price on pillow.
The first proposition made to
the commissioners Tuesday was to
have a lotion caterpillar tractor
placed at the disposition of Sank
Centre during the winter months.
The commissioners were loath to
grant this request. A resolution
was finally introduced by Commits
sioner Ferd Borgmann, of this
district, to place caterpillar at
Sank Centre. The resolution stip-
ulated that the expense. Of opera
ton was to be borne by the city
and Sank Centre was to furnish
the pillow. The operation expense
was estimated to be $500 per
day.
The Sank Centre committee then
interviewed Mr.. Jergens, district
Highway superintendent at st.
Cloud. This visit brought to light
that a very practical pillow could
be, operated with a heavy truck.
The pillow itself would cost about
one-fourth of the price asked by
the representative at the direct
or's meeting. Mr.. Jergens stated
to the committee that, in his judg-
ment, this pillow would meet the re-
quirements as the State Highway
department were using them in
increasing numbers.
The committee then returned to
the commissioners with an entire
ly new request. They explained
the information they had received
from Mr.. Jergens and asked that
instead of a caterpillar one of the
county's large trucks be placed at
the city's disposai, with the sug-
gestion that the county bear the
expense of operation. 1t was fin
ally agreed that the county would
furnish the truck and the operator
and Sank Centre would pay for
the gas and oil. The Board adopt
ed the following resolution intro
duced by Mr.. Borgmann unani-
mously:
Be it Resolved by the Board :
of County Commissioners of
Stearns County, Minnesota,
that one of the county trucks
be placed at the disposal of
the City of Sank Centre for
the purpose of blowing snow,
the pillow to be furnished by
the City.
Be it further resolved that
the city pay for the gasoline
and oil, the operators salary
and expenses to be born by
the county, the operator to be
one selected by the County
Board.
Dated at st. Cloud this 23rd
day of Oct. 1928.
Henry Michael
Chas. Weber
F. J. Bergman
John Thelen
VIM. Ernest.
(SEAL) Attest:
Nicholas Thomey.
The. tractor first asked for by
the committee would not travel ov-
err three miles an hour and the
heavy truck and pillow should keep
open at least five times as much
road as the tractor.
Under Sank Centres City Char
ter the city cannot purchase road
apparatus to be used outside the
city limits, and the price of the
pillow must be borne by the BUSH
ness men.
Last winter the business men
raised well over $500 to be used
in an endeavor to open the roads
leading into the city. The plow
recommended by the committee
viii be delivered in Sank Centre
probably. for a trifle less than
5000.
As the pillow will be available
for the opening Of the city streets
.it5is, the idea of the committee that
sperhaps the city can be prevailed
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