The daily intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Territory [i.e. Wash.]) 1876-1881, 1877-05-11
DAILY INTELLICENCER.
Friday, May IL. 1877.

County, ROAD MATTERS would
arpear FROM lfessTt indication. mat We
are ia fair way 10 lave sonse.iiir .
important accom- plisbed in the matter
Of road making il this county during
the present season. Al least. nothing
more important TO the whole county
ana her vital interests than these mat
.ers, can possibly engage the attention
of our Commissioners a. tic present
session. and II IS 10 be hoped that they
will anticipate the immediate inpor
ance Of launching out somewhat *
teasiveIy III the way Of road improve
men's this season. In doing ,ai. sh.y
had better involve the county heavily
IN debt than to pursue a restrictive
policy that would necessarily leave
many Of our important roads much in
their present wretched condition for
another year. The COMMISSIONERS took
these matters under consideration day
before yesterday, and are not near
through yet. They have so far pursued
their work carefully aud CONSIDERABLY,
and judging from what they have 50 far
done. We can not bat anticipate n salts
factory termination oG their d-iibera-
tions. In the first place. the matter OF
the county road. opened around Lake
Union s.,rne time ago, aud on which
several hundred dollars were expended,
was taken under Confederation. A pc
ti'ion. quit extensively signed. pray
ing for an appropriation sufficient Ia
place this roa1 il. good condition,
and also two other petitions. lear
ing gooily number of sigma
lures. praying that review of said
road be made, were considered. After
careful deiiberation the Beard decided
In reject all three petitions Next ia
hand was a petition. asking that the
Commissioners declare the road com
mcneing near " n Bells residence
AMI following the line Of Third stree
running north. and intersecting with
the military road. n county road In
this matter the county Auditor was III
s,ructcd tn notify the Road Director
that the road in question had been Dc
clsred n county road already. by the
Board of Commissioners. In 1874 Ii
the next place. the read cut through
Kids farm. on " hate River. 10y Hewitt
and MoGk. was accepted. aud declared
"a county road THEN $40 were appru-
priated for the opening Of "a road from
Squak valley To Newcastle mines
The 400 Appropriated by the Old
Board. on - contract for the OPP ming
Of u road from Squak Slough TO the
mouth Of Tolt river. on Snoqnallnic
river. aud which appropriation was
stopped 10y the New board at a former
- ssion. rs they dtd not deem the con
tract legal. WAS ordered To Us expended
by the Rnai Supervisor in opening said
road immediately. Sixthly. n petition
praying that viewers he appointed and
road located from the county line tc
run mp Snoqualmie river Ia section 30
and from thence 10 Duvall's place, to
interscct the county road. was consid
cred. granted, aud viewers appointed
Lastly. "A petition praying that viewers
be appointed an - road located from
Fall City 10 interSect the Seattle aid
Snoqualmie road at point about one
mile west of what Is called Halt. way
Creek. THIS concludes brief summa-
ry Of what has so far been done OF
roid matters this session. aud certainiy
the Commissioners have made q good
beginning.