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CLAY COUNTY ILLUSTRATED 



Bridge on State Road Near Manitoba Junction 



don road. As shown in the two ac- 

 companying illustrations, the bridges 

 are of steel and concrete. 



One of the most important of the im- 

 provements of the highways is the new 

 road between Moorhead and Barnes- 

 ville, 24 miles. Distances necessary to 

 reach these cities have been materially 

 shortened, as the route is diagonal. 

 This road has been continued to the 

 county line on the east, and laid out 

 to the AVilkin County line on the 

 south. 



The total number of miles of state 

 roads designated in Clay County is 161. 

 Over 62 miles of standard section earth 

 grades have been built. Seven miles 

 on the three roads leading into Moor- 

 head have been graveled and turn- 

 piked. During 1915 a total of 26 miles 

 of grade was completed. Three steel 

 and concrete bridges were erected — 

 one on the Moorhead-Glyndon road 

 across the South Buffalo — the second 

 at the crossing of the North Buffalo 



east of Hawley, and the third spans 

 the North Buffalo at Glyndon. Six 

 concrete and steel ditch bridges were 

 also built during the year. 



Plans for the work to be done dur- 

 ing 1916 have already been adopted 

 by the County Board, and $42,500.00 

 will be expended on six projects. The 

 good roads movement is strongly sup- 

 ported by the people of Clay County 

 and the course of the County Commis- 

 sioners in pushing the work meets 

 with general approval. 



One hundred and fifteen samples of 

 soil were taken from nearly every sec- 

 tion of the county in the fall of 1915 

 and tested for acidity. These tests 

 showed that the soils of Clay County 

 contain practically no acid. They ran 

 from neutral to alkalinity, but in no 

 case was the alkali found to such an 

 extent as to be detrimental to grow- 

 ing crops. 



View on State Road — Averill in the Distance 



