The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1929-01-02
Good Roads Meeting at
Marshall; Babcock to Attend
Redwood Falls Good Road Boost
ers to Attend Meeting: Bah
cock Will Give Talk

A good roads meeting with Off
cials of the Minnesota State High
way Department attending, viii be
held in the Court House at Marshall
on Saturday, January 5th.
The highway situation in Minnesota
and the $40, ,000, 900 road bond pro-
posal will be the chief topics Of dis
cussion. Included in the program is
the dedication of the new $50, 100000
district highway headquarters build
ing opened at Marshall few months
ago.
Officials of the State Highway de-
partment who will attend the Mar
shall meeting are C. M. Babcock,
commissioner Of highways, w. F.
Rosewood, maintenance engineer,
and C. L. Motl, assistant maintenance
engineer. Other state officials who
may attend are j. T. Ellison,s first
assistant commissioner and Chief en-
gineer, and D. M. Webster, assistant
construction engineer. j. R. Rey-
nolds, president Of the Minnesota
Good Roads association, will be pres
ent for the meeting. r. A. Mitchell,
Of Tracy, Lyon coS.gty commissioner,
is the County Chairman, and w.
w. Cook, of Marshall, have charge Of
the arrangements locally.
Everyone in this territory is in
vited and urged to attend the meet
ing, whether they have been against
or have favored the proposed $780,
100000 bond issue for improving Min
nesota's roads. The present high
way situation will be thoroughly dis
cussed and the road bond proposal
explained from every angle.
The meeting is in line with other
meetings held at many points thru
out the state. All of which has drawn
good attendance. Congressional
district meetings held recently at
Window, Pennington, Crookston,
and Rochester were largely attended.
County meetings held at Red Wing,
Austin, and other points in the state
were equally successful.
The state highway officials who
will attend are in the best of posi-
tion to give the true facts concerning
the present trunk highway situation
in Minnesota. They will take up in
detail the proposed road bond issue
so that every one will understand
thoroughly just what is proposed in
the measure, which would enable
Minnesota to pave a thousand miles
or more of highway with the burden
only on those who use the roads.
The dedication of the new highway
shops building in Marshall will take
place Immediately after the meeting,
which will begin at 2 o'clock in the
afternoon. State highway officials
will take part in the ceremony after
which the building will be thrown
open for public inspection. The
structure itself and it's equipment are
certain to prove of unusual interest
to all, and everyone is urged to take
advantage of this opportunity.
Invitations to attend the meeting
have been sent to every township and
20 or more towns in this territory.
With state highway officials and the
president of the Minnesota Good
Roads association attending, and with
the program the meeting is expected
to prove one of the biggest in the
state held to discuss the highway situ-
alton, which is considered by many
throughout the state to be at criti-
cal stage.
The meeting is open to all and
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