Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1892-12-30
REP0R7S ON STATE ROAD,


Report ON ti,e survey.
e. W. Jones, B. q Day .nd !. C.
Sargent, Sta,e Wagon Road Com.
m'ssioners, have for~arded their r..
port 10 Governor Wiley. They sur.
y~yed route from Banner, extend
ing northwa-d by way Of Dead wood.
Besr valley, Alton aud Wsrrens. 10
Warm springs, in Idaho county.
Tho wagon Rad bill introduced two
years sgo provides for branch from
D~sdwood 10 the head II the North
Fork Of Salmon At the line between
Idaho and Montsns, via the mouth IT
Yankee Fork and Salmon river. aud
another commencing 1t Clearwater.
~ idaho county, and extending north.
ward 70 the forks Of ST. Mary's river.
N kootenai county, with : branch
also exten'ling from Clearwater to
elk City, in Idaho county. The
Commissioners express regret that,
under the inadequate appropriation
"f $1,000, they were obliged TO aban-
don, from the very start, any propo-
sitinn 10 make even hasty prelimi-
nary Of either Of the branches men,
toned in the law. The survey was
begun at Banner, in Boise county,
on june 3Oth, aud the work continued.
every day of tho week, including
Sundays, until Warrens was reached,
where men and animals took two
days rest. The route from Banner
to Warrens is on an almost direc,
line, and through natural and e.sv
passes all the way. Connections can
he made with the main road from
Deadwnoi, to the left, and from
Cape Horn, Sheep Mountain, Sea-
foam, Bnnanza, Custer and the Mid
die Salmon country to the right, and
a. very small expense to the people
of those sections, distances being
very short. Three or four miles of
Quartz creek is very rough. With
the exception Of some heavy grading
for FIVE miles down Elk creek, War
rens is easily reached on good grades
Alton district is left tn the right, and
all the unexplored South Salmon
country 10 the south aud west. Tn.
"cut off" route frorl the upper end
of Bear valley to strike Sulphur
creek near the head is recommended
instead of the route surveyed. TIN,
route is thirteen miles shorter, and
WAS discovered, after the survey WAS
made, by two of the party.
The branch from Mt. Idaho to Eth
City, in Idaho county, would open uT
large and rich mineral country, and
this, as we'll MS the branch through
Custer and Lemhl counties, is badl,
needed. The latter. about $50 miles
miles in length, has been nearly com
pleted by the enterprising people q
those two counties. The branch Car
he completed for about s2o,otm
Along all of the routes the timber
consists of pine, fir and tamarack, anf
d ,nse forests of cedars on the north
ern sections. Wood, water and gras'
are abundant everywhere on tn,
route. From Wartens to Mt. 1iah'
the route IS over the State road con
structed few years ago. The ccs
of that portion of the road from Ban
| ner to Warrens, with eight-fnot roa'
bed, with all small streams hridged
will not exceed $4,000. This doe
not include bridges across Sour
Fork of Payette and South Salmm
The surveyors succeeded IN huding
practicable route for a good wago
rnad through the State cone that ca
he constructed ut an expense tina
will fully justify the State in putin"
it through with all possible haste
when the great advantages to be al
tanned by it are considered.
| f.. w, Jones, one of the Commi:
sioners, makes the following indisl,
ual report:
Your surveyors appointed for tt
purpose If looking out route an
reporting on the feasibility OF Stat
wagon Rad through the heart OF II
State, submitted what seems to me
he an incomplete report, but was as
~as instructed by my associates
write up.
| / believe that in submitting RI
port ON proposed enterprise OF
yrea, Importance, we should have >a
something, after finding the rou
,r.c,ie. HE. 10 show whv the ros