The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1933-11-17
new HIGHWAY PLANS
OF OPERATION, JANUARY l.
Will Establish Seven Maintenance Districts for More Econ
omcal Services Seventeen Named Supervisory Positions
Including Several From Here.

? The new system of operating the st
Louis county highway system will bt
inaugurated January l, next, and worl
of establishing the system will be
undertaken Immediately, the county
board decided last week in adopting the
centralized plan by 5-to-2 vote.
Seventeen appointments to super
visory positions were made by the boarc
| in the resolution.
Percy Patterson, Duluth, at present
superintendent in the First district
was appointed superintendent of the
construction division embracing South
ern ST. Louis county, and P. E. Barker
Virginia, was named superintendent OF
the northern half.
A. W. Johnson, Duluth, clerk in the
Third district, was appointed purchas-
ing agent for the southern county dis
trict. Three men were named for the
range area. Leslie Brownell for this
city; William McCabe at Hibbing, and
Henry Lowry at Virginia.
Roy Fitzpatrick, Duluth, clerk in the
Second district, was named chief clerk
of the accounting division with head
quarters at the Duluth courthouse
while Frank Indihar, Virginia, was
named chief clerk for the northern di-
vision with headquarters at the Vir-
GINA courthouse
Two equipment districts were estab-
lished, with Trygve Balgaard, Duluth, as
superintendent at the Pike Lake tool
house, and c. A. Dahlgren of this city,
superintendent at the Eveleth tool house
and garage.
Seven maintenance districts were
established, as follows: District No. /,
Hibbing, George Decker, superinten-
dent; No. 2, Linden Grove, Alex Watt;
No. 8, Tower, C. A. Johnson; No. 4, Vir-
ginia, Albert Knuti; No. 5, Meadow
lands, A. j. Bawden; No. 6, Morris
Thomas road, Duluth, Martin Erickson,
and No. Z, Woodland tool house, Frank
Cutliff.
Commissioner j. L. Pete, chairman
of the board, announced that the
resolution was presented in the interest
of the county as a whole and that it
will result in more economical and eff
cient service
"The system will result in direct
benefits to residents of the iron range
as well as those n Duluth and adjacent
territory" he said. at is by far the
most progressive step ever taken by the
county board" he said.
Those who voted in favor OF the
resolution were Commissioners Jacob
L. Pete, W. A. Newman, H. A. Ander-
son, E. M. Snyder and Erick Eklund.
Commissioners John W. Pasich of the
Seventh and Victor KosN of the Sixth
districts opposed the resolution.
Following the vote, Chairman Pete
presented resolution providing for
equitable distribution of work through
out the county and of purchases of
supplies.
Under the terms of the resolution,
which was adopted unanimously, labor
will be drawn from the districts where
the work is performed, while materials
will be purchased from merchants in
the district. The resolution, however,
provides that prices of supplies must
be comparable with costs elsewhere.
The resolution declares that laborers,
foremen and superintendent employed
on county road work shall be residents
of the northern section of the county
for work in that section and that the
work shall be fairly apportioned. The
same provision is made for the southern
half
Commissioners said the centralized
plan resolution is in conformarlce with
stipulation entered into July 26, last.
between certain taxpayers and members
of the board whereby establishment of
unified system was agreed upon and
in conformity with the state laws.