The Cairo bulletin., 1912-06-10
Ten Million Dollars Will be Spent
If Recommendations are
Accepted
WILL USE EXISTING LINES
All Lines Will Start from Trade
Centers. TO Use Convict
Labor

million dollars will be expended in
this state in completing three trunk
! lines of total length of 1000 miles
under the direction of the Washing
ton Good Roads Association If the
| recommendations Of it's executive
committee, headed by Frank w
| Guilbert are adopted by the Legis-
lature at its session next January.
Following favorable legislative ac-
ton upon its program the associa-
tion will support bons issue for
other road improvements. The work
to be undertaken In 1913 Is as fol-
lows:
Sunset Highway--From the Idaho
state line at the eastern terminus
of the Apple Way, through Spokane,
Davenport, Wilbur, Wenatchee and
Snoqualmie Pass to Puget Sound,
400 miles
Inland Empire ighway-From
Spokane to Rosalie, thence along
the most feasible routes in Whit
man, Garfield and Walla Walla
counties to the city of Walla Walla,
across the Columbia river at or near
Pasco, North Yakima and thence to
the junction at Ellensburg with the
Sunset Highway, 250 miles.
Pacific Highway-From Blaine
through Bellingham, Everett, Seat
tie, Tacoma, Olympia, Chehalis ana
Kalama to Vancouver. $50 miles
Use will be made of existing
roads in the building of the three
main arteries and all roads will start
from trade centers or at the termi-
| nj Of graded roads which begin at
such centers. Camps are to be es-
tablished and convict labor en-
ployed on all state road work
The committee placed itself on
record as opposed to special ses-
sion of the Legislature, purposed to
| be called to consider a bond issue
Of SIS 100000 for state road build
ng, the reason assigned being that
highway construction IL yet in an
| experimental stage and Chat no dur
,ble and economical material has
| been found.
1
As substitute measure the com.
| nittee will recommend that the
yearly road levies be doubled Thus
! he permanent highway fund will bC
| increased from one to two mills @
year and the public highway fund
from half mill to one mill yearly
In this way more than $3,000,00C
| will be raised. 1t was agreed that
fully $25,000,000 would be required
| 70 carry out the work favored by
| he association, also that $4,000.
900 could not be expended iudicious
'y with the present state road or
| yanization.
Outlining it's legislative program
| the committee recommen led that {
1er cent of each road fund be Sc
| side for maintenance, the money t.
be expended the same as the genera
fund 1t was also decided that tn,
state highway fund, with the ex
1eption of 10 per cent, be used onli
On the trunk lines of the main roa,
system, and that the appropriation
by the Legislature of the remainins
10 per cent be expended on repair
)f existing highways and in con
Meeting disjointed roads with trad,
centers, not more than five mile
ldistant,
1t was recommended that for roa,
building under the assessment plan
where abutting pays 10 per cent 0
the cost, the assessment zone shal
be from half mile to one and
half miles ION esther side of III,
road, the petitioners to define tn,
width, and that instead of the as
sessment being all due in one pay
ment 1t be extended over period O
five or ten equal annual installmcnt
1t was also voted to advocate the us
Of wide-tire farm vehicles.
| Governor Hay favors the fore
going program. He has made goo
roads one of the prominent plan
in his platform in the campaign 70
reelection at the general electio
knext fall,