The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-04-10

idl lIeIS. IL is up 10 SPOKANE TO
make passable. the now almost
blocked entries to these roads
through the outlying districts of
the city-and the four councilmen
present-Mohr, Cartwright, Os-
trander and Nelson-pledged them
selves to work for that improve
ment, by resolution if it was not
possible to do so by the usual red
tape petition method.
Bids for the West road will be
advertised for at once. 1t will be
II miles long and will be macad-
amized in places where it is neces-
sary and otherwise put in first
class shape by widening, straight
ening, rolling, etc. The road be-
gins at the west approach of the
Hangman creek bridge and as
cends the west hill About one
half mile of it is in the city linn
its. The grade up the hill, now an
Is per cent one, will be reduced to
a 5 per cent by trifle more
roundabout course and well plan
ned grading.
TAKE AUTOMOBILE TRIP.
City councilmen present and
Mayor Pratt said they would see
to it that Spokane as city would
do its part and make possible over
good streets entry to the city from
where the county and state work
on the road leaves Off The road
will be built with the farmers $751;
600 contributions, plus about $685.
600 each from the state and from
the county.
Worse conditions in regard to
the entry into the city exist in the
case of the Trent road, and the
auto ride yesterday was a whole
some lesson to city officials, de-
clare the good roadists. The
Trent road Git will be the Great
Apple Way) is not now bad road
after it leaves the city limits, and
a small appropriation, comparative
ly, will put it in shape. But with
miles, it is one long mudhole, and
the rainy condition yesterday
showed it off to its worst advan
tage on the auto ride.
1t is the plan to raise the grade
of Olive street, which is the entry
from the Trent road, between the
new and old Olive street bridges,
and to drop the street under the
two railroads now crossing it by
use of a subway. What this I'M
provement will mean was pointed
out to the city officials yesterday
STRAIGHT TRUNK LINE
WANTED.
The keynote of the good roads
movement was sounded at the
luncheon by many speakers, not
ably R. lnsinger and David Brown,
both of whom made plea for
straight main trunk lines by CO
operation of the city, county and
state, and not patch work here and
there and the exhaustion in petty
work of appropriations which
should go to make through roads in
one direction with one purpose in
view.
Our roads should begin some
where and end somewhere" said
Mr.. Insinger TOO much money
has been spent putting in a culvert
here or patching a mudhole there.
Build main lines. We will get one
main line this year-and maybe
two"
Mr.. Insinger led a friendly at
tack ON Councilman Mohr during
the luncheon, which resulted in
that worthy's endorsement, which
was at first withheld Mohr was
reluctant to promise that the city
council would do the work needed
at once by resolution.
You are a politician" said Mr..
Insinger, but what are you going
to do? We want yes or a mo-
Don't try to put us off with indef-
mite answers"
Mohr gracefully came through.
Yesterdays meeting will go down
in history as one of the biggests
boosts good roads ever received in