Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1889-07-26
HUhRAH FOE THE NEW ROAD,
CAMP No. l, JERUSALEM u BOISE BA-
SIN WAGON Ran Tniy 20 ,pu

CAMP No. l, JERUSALEM j. BOISE BA-
SIN WAGON ROAD, July 20, 'S0.
Ed. WoRLD:-You perhaps have
heard that some of the people o
Boise county have been talking o.
building road from Jerusalem te
Boise Basin. If you have, or have
not, l propose telling you something
about it. The citizens of Jerusalem
have held several meetings and
fully organized by electing five Of
their number as committee to take
charge of the business, delegatine
them full power in the premises, both
financial and executive, and ordered
them to proceed to business immedi.
ately, which they did by making a
survey of the proposed road from the
upper end of J. Shank's field, on Mid
die Fork of Porter creek, to Lawyer
ledge in Boise Basin. For mile
and half up said creek the grade
was SO light it was thought unnec-
essary to survey it. Here we come
to some falls in the creek, set a stake
and begin to survey with spirit level,
one rod at sitting, end survey the
remaining distance with great care,
and find the grade to be eighteen
inches, on an average, to the rod,
ranging all the way from IA to 80
inches to che rod, great deal of the
distance only IA inches and only 81
rods at 80 inches to rod. The latter
the foreman says he can reduce to SO
inches by making the road a few rods
longer. Entire distance from J.
Shank's field to Lawyer ledge, seven
miles and three rods. Estimated dis
tance from school house in Jerusalem
to Quartzburg, twelve and one-half
miles. From upper end of ]. Shanks'
field to school house in Jerusalem
there is and has been for years good
wood road, and from Lawyer ledge
to the mouth of Illinois gulch on the
Quartzburg and Granite Creek road,
there is a good wood road.
Immediately after finishing the sur
vey, which took five days hard work,
the committee held meeting at J.
Shanks' house and by unanimous vote
declared the route for the new road
good, and proceeded to make per-
manent organization, electing J.
Shanks as Chairman of Committee,
VIM. R. Ray as Clerk and John Foss
as Foreman on road work. 1t was
decided that the Chairman appoint
three men to solicit aid to build the
road; P. thinner to solicit aid in Boise
Basin, L. Lick at Horseshoe Bend
and Lower Squaw creek, and VIM. R.
Ray in Jerusalem and Upper Squaw
creek, after which the committe or
dered the Clerk to make out a true
copy of the survey and all necessary
papers, and to lay the same before
the committee at the next weekly
meeting for their action thereon, to
meet at VIM. r. Rays house the next
week. My reason for going into de-
tail as much as | have is that this road
is to be built by subscriptions from
the citizens of Boise county, and they
naturally want to know what is being
done before subscribing. Aleady
$3.50 have been subscribed. 1t is the
intention to make weekly reports to
the WoRLD-how the work is pro-
crossing, the cost, sc. The foreman
informs me that 81 rods of the road
are completed and two strong bridges
in that distance. You will say, per,
haps, ''not a very big showing for one
week." but if you ever started such
business you know there is great
deal to do to get all in order.
The boys, four in number, all went
away last night and left me to watch
camp and coal pit, which is burning
nicely-the coal pit, I mean, is burn
ing, and not the camp-so l took ad-
vantage of the opportunity to punish
ye editor for asking me to write
squibs now and then. If this is wor-
thy of space in your paper, put it in;
if not, burn it. Don't put it in the
waste basket. If the mice should
get hold of it, it might kill them.
WIN. r. RAY.
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