Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1933-09-28
Want STREET
IMPROVEMENT
Sandstone Desires to Divert
Part of Traffic on
T. H. No. 1.
Mayor Madison and Others
Confer With State High
way Department.

During the past two months citizens
of Sandstone village have discussed
the feasibility of having Main avenue
paved or greatly improved and treated
with tarvia, the same as trunk high
ways Nos. and %.
The stretch which it is desired to
improve is the road leaving the pave
ment in the southwest end of the vii
lage, at Gray's filling station. being
county road B or T. H. No. 1S5, wind
ing around several streets and the
railroad roundhouse and then up past
Hotel Madison to the drug store cor
ner on Third street. So far it was
desired to have the expense OF the
improvement borne by the state OF
Minnesota through the Highway De-
partment From the drug store cor
ner the improvement would continue
northeast on Main avenue and across
the railroad tracks to again connect
with the pavement in the northeast end
of town Gunntown-in front of the
Madison Inn, this portion of the i'm
provement to be paid by the village.
Concrete paving was abandoned due
to it's expense.
The Improvement had been dis
cusSed at council meetings and var
ious arguments were brought forth In
its behalf One of the main reasons
for wanting to improve the street,
which is a little more than mile
from the point it leaves the pave
ment back to where it joins again,
is to divert some of the traffic on L.
H. No. / through the village. Another
reason is to lay the dust, and third
reason is to have street that is in
good shape all the time. The tarvia
will have several inches of gravel or
crushed rock beneath, serving as, a
cushion. With well rounded street
and a good job done there should be no
water puddles on the street after
rain.
Delegation Sees Elsberg.
More definite steps were taken to-
ward having the improvement made
when Mayor Harry Madison, Clerk M.
Bulls, James Tyre, superintendent OF
the quarry, and Representative HAL
mar Petersen of Askov, journeyed to
ST. Paul Monday and conferred with
Highway Commissioner N. w. Elsberg
on the proposed project.
InaSmuch as no survey has as yet
been made and the definite location
of T. H. No. 1875 is not established,
except that in accordance with law it
is to start at Sandstone and run north
easterly to Duluth, Mr.. Elsberg dis
counted any thought of concrete paw
ing, stating that the Highway De-
partment would not go any farther
than tarvia on a road that is perhaps
only temporarily used as trunk
highway. When T. H. No. 1S5 is sur
veyed and definitely laid out it is not
very apt to go by way of the drug
store corner and make a sharp turn
but is much more apt to follow some
residence street or other places
where ample room can be provided
for large rounded curves.
The department., however, will tar
via the street if the village will &C.
uuire right-of-way where necessary tC
make for nice rounded curves up tC
the drug store corner, and the depart,
ment will maintain the street as g
part of T. H. No. 1856 until such time
as No. 1856 is definitely located ano
built Buying the right-of-way now
the street will then be the property o.
Sandstone village after No. 1S5 is re
located.
From the drug store corner or
Third street, Sandstone village viii
have to furnish its own gravel Of
crushed rock and tarvia-paying fol
the expense of the improvement vi
across the railroad tracks to the pave
ment. Less than one-third of the en-
tire improvement will have to be pait
by the village under the proposed plan
Mr. Elsberg made the delegation
feel still better by stating that N
would have engineers on the job mex
week to look over the lay of the LAM
and be prepared to survey.