Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1911-11-02
SEATTLE AIDS
CRAYS HARBOR
Metropolis Stands By This
Section at Good Roads
Meeting
GETS ROAD FOR HARBOR
Included In State Roads Plan
When 1t Had Been
Left Out.
GETS ROAD FOR HARBOR

That Seattle has stood by Grays
Harbor at the recent Good Roads
meeting held in Wenatchee, is re-
vealed by the report of the delega-
ton from the New Seattle Chamber
of Commerce to the meeting, and the
fact should be borne in mind on this
harbor when the metropolis fall in
for criticism. The report. affecting
this section, follows:
"One of the committees appointed
at Wenatchee was instructed to make
a report recommending system of
state highways S. A. Perkins, of
Tacoma, was the chairman. In addi-
ton to him, two Yakima county men,
one Spokane man and one Snohomish
man We're members. The regular or
der of business provided that this
committee would make it's report Sat
urday the last day of the convention,
by which time many of the delegates
would have departed.
Members of the chambers delega-
tioon discovered that this committee
was planning to report recommending
that the state concentrate on the
construction of the Pacific Highway
and of road through Rainier Ma
tiOnal Park south of Mount Rainier,
crossing the Cascade Mountains to
Yakima, thence to Walla Walla,
thence to Spokane This was to be
based on the theory that these roads
should be completed to show what
the state could do. The Rainier Ma
tional Park road was urged as ad.
vantageous because the government
was expected to construct a consid-
cradle portion of it.
Ignored Road No. 7.
This program ignored entirely
state road No. through Snoqualmie
Pass to Ellensburg, thence to Wenat-
chez, and also the roads to Grays
Harbor and Willapa Harbor.
ION motion of one of our delega-
ton the committee was instructed to
bring in it's report Saturday morn
ing. Friday noon our delegation held
a conference and appointed a commit
tee to notify the Yakima delegation
that, while we wanted the Mount
Rainier road designated, we would OPP
for state road No. I. The Yakima
people assured us that that was agree
able to them and they would have the
report so offered. When it was pre-
sented, however, it designated only
the Pacific Highway and the Mount
Rainier road.
"The members of the Yakima dele.
CATION themselves were much upset
at this situation. On motion of Mr..
Carrigan, of Seattle, the report was
SO as to indicate as state
roads the Pacific highway from
DAoihS W NohSOuNSI, lHC IOdu
through Rainier National Park and
the Cascade Mountains to Yakima,
Walla and Spokane; road No. I from
this city through Snoqualmie Pass
to Ellensburg, thence to Wenatchee
and Spokane, and also the extension
into Southwestern Washington to
Grays Harbor and Willapa Harbor.
Seattle Fight Wins.
"Our amendment carried by very
large vote and the people of Wenat-
chez especially are grateful to our
delegation. while the people of Yaki-
ma are also thankful that we saved
the convention from going on record
in a way that they would be blamed
but which they say they did not in
reality intend.
"The committee also recommended
that these state roads be built by di-
rect taxation. Our delegation took
the lead in amending it so as to advo.
cate constructing the roads by the
issuance of bonds. This plan, after
1t had been debated with some spirit
carried by an overwhelming vote. The
result, we believe, places the road
question in such shape that if prop
erly urged between now and the meet
ing of the next legislature we can Sc
cure intelligent and effective action.
I'm this connection it strikes me as
chamber to take the lead in propa-
ganda of education with the editors
of newspapers throughout the state.