Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1933-08-10

point on the pavement, miles west
of Askov, will go north a mile, then
through Finlayson village, around
Pine lake and on to Isle on Mile Laos
lake. From there it connects with
other roads leading to Little Falls
and to the western part of the state.
When entirely completed it will be a
cross country route from western
Minnesota to the head of the lakes
at Duluth. For the present, only the
bridge and three miles of road will
be built, the balance of the route
being open to travel.
Waited for Years.
The connecting link to the pave
ment over Kettle river will fill long
felt want. About half of the farmers
in Finlayson township live east Of
the river and whenever they vote it
has been necessary to travel by way
of Sandstone village, crossing the
river there, or at Rut1edge, distance
of IL to Is miles, or a return trip
of "a to 80 miles. Many of the
settlers have done this for 25 years
or more and all of them for as long
as they have resided there.
Not only Askov, but Bruno, Ker-
rick, Duquette, and Nickerson will be
six miles nearer the pavement-T. H.
No. when travelling on T. H. No.
1856, and over the new Askov bridge.
truckers of produce and live stock as
much as anybody, especially in the
winter time when it is difficult to
keep roads open.
The three miles of road and bridge
over Kettle river on T. H. No. 1856
was included with the many projects
out over the state as recommended
by N. w. Elsberg, Minnesota highway
commiss Toner, to the Bureau of Roads
of the federal government under the
federal aid of the public works pro-
gram. Minnesota gets $10,600,000
from the federal government to be
spent on federal aid roads in the
state, state trunk highways, feeder
roads (amongst those 4,400 miles
added to the trunk road system by
the 1888 Legislature) for bridges, and
other road improvements.
Start Bridge Drawings in Few Days.
While nothing definite can be said
before the survey is completed which
will be in about three weeks, it is
planned to have the surface of the
bridge 20 feet above the water level
and the structure will be about 200
feet long, substantial and modern in
every respect. When enough infor-
nation has been gathered on the
height of the banks, the river sound
ings taken, and the general lay of the
land surveyed, work will be started
at the Highway Department under the
supervision of G. G. Gladman, engi-
neer of surveys and designs, and A. L.
Larkin, bridge craftsman, on the MAX
ing of bridge drawings, blue prints,
and specifications. This will require
three weeks time or more and then
there is three weeks time which
must elapse for the advertising for
bids.
]. T. Ellison, assistant highway
commissioner and chief engineer, in
telephone conversation with the
Askov American office about the pro-
ject yesterday, was asked if actual
work on the building of the bridge
and three miles of road would be
started by October LIST. His reply
was: "You are rather optimistic"
If the project cannot be completed
this fall there is a great desire to
get as much of the work done as
possible in order to provide work
for the unemployed. Mr.. Ellison said
he had this in mind and would push
the project as fast as possible.