The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-02-15
WANT A STATE ROAD.
Petitions for Improvement OF
Snoqualmie Pass
TO CONNECT EXISTING ROADS.
Construction OF q Road Prom North
Bend 60 Ea-ton 10 Jnisc fS
ssrn and Western systems

A very strong fnovesEaesst II on foot
among the settlers III King ssssa Kilt
sa9 ooassfses Ia particular, and the
ssssss. n, general. 10 have che old Sno-
f,,.alrg.sa toll rskd 4ccosa the cassssaes
,rsats. into q STATE road. The principal
ar.,uzarzst IL, favor Of The sncve7sesat IS
ina there already exists large mile
age % gvexl roadway running towards
the mountains from east AMI west.
which syDly rseeix ~ have the Ssloftuaa-
mic road placed ta coed CONDITION 10
cosrrecs IL sf1rzaagta. Petitions have been
strsafsateei MOI oFsn through .stssg asd
Kitsltas rountles. bur through the east
err portion Of the state. ARD sent 70 the
legislature. urging the passage Of a b.ll
authorizing the bailkting Of the rssati
Senator Pussy IL making a strung iight
for The passage Of the oGA and aSssr-
nacea have been received from a NUM-
izsr OF the representatives piedgsDg Their
support 20 the scheme,
The proposition = 20 bsiild the road
from E4Asfoa. sn Kitt1tas county. Nv
way nf the ssneqssa8fnie rxz&a To North
Henf. In King esrsnty. THE road from
North Bend TO the summit Is the oid
toll road. and VIII need A number OF
cEangsa aud much repairing. From the
surasasass. on pass. 70 Eisehelos lake and
frorn there 70 Eaaton the route has
been surveyed by tr.alguiation from
the mountains. and IL thought 70 Be ex-
cesl.sg;. with good grades. When ofsce
q Rad II tssEit through IN Esaston. the
extreme eaEI and west will then be con-
nected b. fsTst-cIaas rosatis, There Is an
excellent road from E.astom "a E'lens-
burg ard from Eiienzburg south to
Yakima, ard 50 on across the Columbia
river u Sgsskaac, halla Waila and
Eastern oregoa
E'rrn8 North Bend there gre tao good
roads 40 tftss city. 0ne by way OF Fail
City Il, Everett aud lne sstheg from Fail
City 10 Redmond ard kirkland and on
10 this cigy. The latter Toad was built
about IKE years ego. and II the best
roaa in the es,aaty. X - graded xix
feea fees ard gravezea.
From SIX miles above North Bend 10
Tire sangsnit h the finest timber land in
the state. AMI all around Nortl, Bend
and ssap1uaimie are large hop ranches
asa farms.
Before the Northern Pacific was built
driven yearly 5Fogn E.ieTsburg through
the pass 10 North Bend and from there
10 this city. What tbs people on each
side If the mountains ask Is a first
class road made az the DID toll road. 80
sisst they can ser thesr products 81 this
nssTltet AMI not be compelled Ia travel
over rough. unkept roads. as they do
How. 1t has ho1n estimated that the
cost or the road from North Bend
Through tins Isz:$s 20 Easton, distances
Of forty-threc miles. will be, Including
LIE engineering fees. about 81 go per
nllle, Fos THIS ansoassst the road can be
butt with nothing greater than a 10 per
cent. grade. The read would b. open
Tor trayel from Jnna 10 November 81
The highest elevation Is Snonttainie
pass. whief: Is s.i0e feet. and is the
lowest pass IA me Cascade range
One or the most energetic workers
Tor the proposed r,sad Is II. r. Taylor.
brother ut wslsiam III. Taylor. ex-
county ceHfra ssianer ~ this county.
AIR. Taylor surveyed the rom. about a
year az from North Bead 10 the gum
snit, afsi il thoroughly familiar with
the entire route. With the aid of Il. p.
Kendall, dranghfsinaa Of the county
commissioners CT King county, Mr..
T'tslor has prepared map showing the
proposed route and VIII aena It 10 SEN
msor Fnsey at olympia toslay.