Progress Made in Roadbuilding in 

 Northern Minnesota 



By C. M. King, Deer River 



PRESIDENT C. M. KING of the Northern Minnesota De- 

 velopment Association, in his report on the progress 

 made in road building in Northern Minnesota, given at 

 Hinckley, June 5, said: 



"From all over Northern Minnesota letters come to me 

 asking after the progress being made in the establishment 

 of Elwell roads. The system includes a highway running 

 from Duluth to * the Twin Cities; from the Twin Cities by 

 way of Lake Mille Lacs to International Falls; from the Twin 

 Cities by way of Itasca park to the same city on the north; 

 from Duluth by way of Brainerd to Moorhead; from Duluth 

 by way of Bemidji to East Grand Forks and St. Vincent; 

 from Breckenridge to Crookston; from Deer River to Nort- 

 home; from Brainerd to Moose Lake and some shorter roads. 

 All the roads proposed intersected with all the other roads 

 and the system as it stands is an interlocking and interest- 

 ing system. 



"The view of the good roads committee of your association 

 in planning and pushing forward this work is briefly this: 

 The town supervisors, being charged with the duty of build- 

 ing roads in their respective townships should have before 

 them the map and topography of their township and so con- 

 struct the roads, within the township, as to furnish a com- 

 plete system of roads for the entire town, serving the great- 

 est number of residents at the least possible expense. 



Complete Co-Operation in Road Building. 



"The county commissioners, in their respective counties, 

 should in measuring up to their high duties proceed exactly 

 along similar lines, using only the county administrative unit 

 instead of the town. The state highway commission being 

 charged by the law with the duty of building roads for the 

 state, should have the state as a whole before it in the con- 



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