The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1910-12-14

It seems to be the general opin-
ion that the incoming board Of coun-
ty commissioners will bond the
County Engineer Berry. who was re-
elected and will have charge of the
engineering work of the county for
the coming two years, has been Civ
ing a great deal of his time to study
ing out problems of road work as
to location, division of money, etc,
and in a signed statement to the
Daily World, says as follows:
Divide County Into Districts.
In bonding the county for roads a
statement should be made as to the
specific roads which the bonding is
sue is to cover.
After going over the roads of the
county and over the valuations in the
county | find in several locations that
100000 would leave some of the
important roads only half done.
Dividing the county into four dis
tricts we have these percentages of
valuation, amounts which each dis
trict would get OF 100000 bond
isue and the number of miles OF road
at $4,000 a mile that ii would build.
Wenatchee-Leayenwo 1912 900,
62.4 miles.
Wenatchee- Malaga, $4,000, so
miles.
Entfat, $4,000. SO miles.
Chelan & Lakeside to Columbia
river.
The location of the road to be i'm
proved on the Entiat would be easy.
Comemncing at the landing and rum
ming UP the valley for 80 miles Or
to the first county bridge across the
Entiat above McArthurs, part Of
this road about IL mile long would
he constructed by the Entiat Power
company under a bond entered into
with Chelan county regarding a GER
tain part of the road.
Lake Chelan District.
The road needing Improvement the
most in the Lake Chelan country
would be the road to the river from
the lake. | believe with an alto
gether new location of this road in
places and use of swiitchbacks with
$4,000, or Lake Chelan's share of
the bonds, could be improved so that
the present road which drives away
tourists with its 20 per cent grades
and dust would be thing of the past.
Malaga.
The Malaga money
would cover the road between Mala-
ga and Wenatchec, which is very
close to eight miles. That would put
the prosperous settlement Of Malaga
and all the territory which drains
down to the main road between We
natchee and Malaga in closer touch
with the county seat by means of a
good road.
acknowledgements
The Leavenworth-Wena divis-
ion with GA miles would cover ap-
prOXimately the following: Wenat-
chez avenue from the city limits
north across the bridge, then divid-
ing and improving both routes, one
I'D the hill from NJ. Horan's and past
the Beacon Hill school and the 9TH
er around through Sunnyslope. These
would come together again on the
Wenatchee side Of Warm Spring cam
yon, thence continuing to Monitor,
crossing the Monitor bridge and the
Chairman bridge and continuing by
the main road TO Cashmere. Com
Slencing again on the west side OF
Cashmere and running west to the
Cashmere cemetery, it would divide
again. one route going north and
crossing the Tibbits bridge and con-
tinuing on the north side until cross
ine the river on the Sherman bridge
and thence across the Peshastin flat.
Another route from the Cashmere
cemetery would be to continue west
and complete the road to Dryden,
this road eventually to cross the
river and join the other at Sherman
Spur. From Peshastin flat the road
would divide again, one going on the
uOTLH anu the OtlieI Oi the opulh SluC
of the river to Leavenworth.
This would use up about 81 miles
OF the 624 in the district. The 9TH
er % miles could be divided as fol-
lows: From Wenatchee TO the mouth
OF SGuillchuck canyon, l IL miles.
1-2 miles on Wenatchee flat, l IL
miles on Sunnyslope flat. 2 IL miles
on Cashmere flat, "a mile on Pc
shastin flat, l IL miles from Leav-
enworth south toward Cascade Or
chards, miles up Chumstick creek,
miles up Peshastin creek, miles
up Mission creek, 9 miles up Naha-
hum creek, and miles up Squill-
chuck creek.
\ That amount of road way would
lfare the Wenatchee valley in good
shape, building practically all the
roads in the valley and going up the
main canyons for miles.
One other arrangement which
think should be understood before