Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1933-10-12
SANDSTONE TO
VOTE ON BONDS
Oct. 80 is Set for Special
Election on $4,000 Street
Improvement Issue.
To Cooperate With High
way Department in Max
ing Improvement.

The proposed street improvement
in Sandstone village, inaugurated by
the village council, is making good
progress and already a date has been
set for special election to vote bonds
to carry through that portion of the
project to be paid for out of village
funds.
Last Thursday afternoon G.. G. Glad
man and l.. B. Zimmerman from the
engineering and survey division of
the State Highway Department, were
in Sandstone to look over the grounds
and report on the feasibility of carry
ing through the project. Highway
Commissioner N. w. Elsberg had vol
unteered to improve the street from
Gray's filling station on the pavement
in the southwest part of the village
up to the corner drug store on Main
Avenue and Third street, but has
since added the streets from that
corner to the bridge over Kettle
river, which in all will be consider
ably over mile. This distance is
all on the present location of trunk
highway No. 1856 and the plans are
to make it tarvia surface, the expense
to be borne by the state.
Council Sets Special Election Date.
The street improvement from the
Third street corner on Main avenue
to connect with the pavement i'm the
north part of town, known as Gum
town, is the portion to be paid for
by Sandstone village. Mayor Harry
Madison called a special meeting of
the council Monday evening at which
time a date was set for the special
election to vote bonds in the amount
of $4,000. This is to pay for the vii
lagos portion of the street improve
is necessary to purchase in order that
the street from Gray's corner up to
the drug store shall not have so
many curves and not be so abrupt.
The special village election will be
held on Monday, Oct. 30th.
Inasmuch as most of the proposed
street improvement is to be paid for
out of State Highway Department
funds-the streets involved being on
the present location of trunk High
way No. Island it is an opportunity
that seldom comes to any village to
have such improvements made at
state expense, it is thought by those
who are sponsoring the movement
that a large majority vote will be
registered in favor of the local bond
issue. The portion of the improve
ment to be paid for locally will be
paid by the entire village out of the
bond issue when approved. A rough
estimate of the entire improvement
is approximately $4,000 while the
village will pay but $4,000 or less.
Desire Good Surface Streets.
One of the principle reasons given
by members of the council for desir-
ing the improvement is because the
BUSES leave the pavement at both
ends of Sandstone village and travel
the distance on Main avenue where
the improvement is to be made. An
ordinary gravelled street is not dur
able enough to stand up against the
heavy traffic and the street is con-
StdHIly III d CuOppCu ny COuuItiOu.
Tarvia surface as on T. H. No. and
other trunk roads in the state will
eliminate the washboard effect. An
other argument for the improvement
is the laying of the dust and to pro-
vide for local labor which is badly
needed.
G. M. Christilaw and his helpers
who surveyed for the road and bridge
west of Askov on T.. H. No. 1856, and
who have been on project at Two
Harbors the last three weeks, moved
to Sandstone Tuesday to survey for
the street improvement there. Like
the Askov project it will be pushed
as fast as possible and it is hoped to
have the work done this fall.