The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1936-06-25
ELY DELEGATION
ASKS FULL ely
TOWER PAVING
Northeastern Minnesota Good
Roads Group Favor Paving
in One Season.

Headed by Ben S. Richards, a director
in the Northeastern Minnesota Good
Roads association, the Ely delegation
composed of Mr.. Richards, Waino M.
Somero, E. w. Hanson and Ray Hoefler,
appeared at the meeting of the asSoci-
alton at Cloquet on Friday evening and
succeeded in having resolutions adopted
favoring the paving of No. between
here and Tower in one seasons opera
ton, instead of spreading the work over
a term of years.
Mr. Richards made an address at the
meeting in which he cited the hard
ships of the motorists travelling over
detours and expressed the desires of the
people of this section that some
arrangements be perfected whereby the
paving of the No. between here and
Tower could be accomplished in one
season.
His talk was logical and straight to
the point inasmuch as the meeting
passed resolutions on the lines laid
down. The others of the Ely dele
cation also spoke along these lines and
the meeting was thoroughly convinced
of the futility of spreading the paving
over a period of years on the highway
between here and Virginia, by which
tourist traffic would be menaced by the
large detour mileage for years to come
All the delegates fell in with this
opinion after listening to Mr.. Richards
scathing denunciation of the procras-
tinating efforts of paving by jerks in
various sections. A contract has been
let for three miles of paving on No. /
from Ely to the junction of the Grant
McMahan Boulevard at the Emeralite
Rock Products plant, and work has
been started by the contractor.
In order to detour around this three
miles, It will be necessary to make
about a twelve mile run around Shay
ava lake. This detour is not so bad as
| it passes over one of the most scenic
roads in the northwest and makes a
pleasurable trip. However, should
another stretch be paved next year, the
detour must be arranged over roads
south of the city to Embarrass, to reach
Tower, making about forty miles to go
twenty-five.
Paving of necessary through routes
this year as far as possible and the
permanent completion of these routes,
and designating eighteen specific
| stretches Of highway, was recommended
by the meeting. N. w. Elsberg, state
highway commissioner, who was sched-
uled to speak at the meeting could not
be present.
| Although not included in the resolu-
tions adopted, it was urged that state
highway patrolmen take steps to elm
mate noxious weeds along roads. The
association also went on record ap-
proving the former scale of motor We
hicle license fees to furnish the state
department with increased funds fol
road construction and road improve.
lment.
Out of the eighteen specific project.
recommended were several relating tt
this section in particular and the nor.
thern end of the state in general
Among them were:
The construction of the incom-
| plete portion of state trunk high
way No. from its junction with the
state trunk highway No. 81 at
ngen City to Ely.
/ A permanent survey and con-
1 struction of trunk highway No. /
/ from the east Itasca County line
Il through Cook to its junction with
1 (C0nfinl1ed on Last pa0al