Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1912-10-04
STATE SENATORS VISIT PULLMAN
AND MEET HER BUSINESS MIN
Are Making Tour of Inspection Over Routes
Suggested for Proposed State Hiohwav
from Spokane to WaIIa WaIla

Senator Oliver Hall of Colfax re-
Gently invited number of state
senator's and State Highway Com
missioner Roberts to take an auto
mobile trip over the suggested
routes of the proposed state highway
between Spokane and Walla Walla
The invitation was accepted and the
party left Spokane Monday, going to
Colfax via Spangle and Rosalia. Mon
day night was spent at Colfax and
Tuesday the party went on to Walla
Walla. Wednesday morning they
started for Pomeroy and came up
Steptoe canyon to this city.
C. N. Gaddis. f. w. Mccain, ]. NJ.
Reid and VIM. Goodyear, represent
ing the Pullman Chamber of Com
merce, met the party at Alpowa and
W. R. Belvail, ex-senator Joseph Ar
rasmith and George G. Jewett, repre-
senting the people Of Palouse. were
also at the ferry to greet the visit
ors The party did not reach Alpowa
till after 6 o'clock and the trim I'M
the canyon after dark was somewhat
Of a thriller. The grade is all right
but the road is narrow and rough
and perilous for automobiles, but the
Pullman car, driven by George Muir,
acted as pathfinder and the trip was
made without accident. The lights
of the automobile from Palouse
would not work and the driver, with
c. N. Gaddis and w. r. Belvail, re-
NAMED over night at house at the
foot of the canyon, reaching Pullman
early yesterday morning.
The party reached Pullman at
about 8 o'clock in the evening and
were at once taken to the CITY restau-
rant where supper was served.
After supper a smoker was held at
the Chamber Of Comm cree building,
where the road situation was infor-
mally discussed
F NJ Slagle presided. and first
called upon Senator Nichols of King
county, who briefly defined the pro-
visions of the state highways law and
vigorously roasted the old plan of
appropriating money to build a few
miles beginning and ending nowhere,
State Highway Commissioner Rob-
erts was the next speaker and re-
viewed the work on state highways
lot the past seven years, during
which about $1,00O,000 has been
spent and most of it thrown away.
MI Roberts explained that the half
MIL provided in the law for state
highways will raise about 100000 a
year and as there are now IS pro-
Jected highways he said it is evil
uent that little work can be done
WIN the money. He is in favor of
putting all the money on two or three
really needed highways instead of
distributing it as political sops
ainong a dozen different sections Of
we state. He said that the only state
highway which the legislature has ac-
'uaiiy agreed upon is what is known
40 road No. 7, or the Sunset High
way This road is to run from Sc
a..e through the Snoqualmie Pass,
Diehsburg, Wenatchee, Waterville,
D"Fehport, Spokane and thence on
" the border of the state Part of
ns road in Spokane and Lincoln
e0uhties is now in course of construc-
aon' Another road is known as the
raclfic Highway" starting at Blaine
1"u running through nine county
"'s along the coast and terminal
Is at Vancouver The latter, how
~, mas only been suggested.
appears to me-" said Mr.. Rob-
nv mat the whole proposition in
""i'man county depends upon what
0sSihg is finally selected If the
awawa crossing is chosen, II
0uid De considerably out of the way
nave the highway run through
iian If the crossing at Aim
oeiected the road could be very
'iy made to go through both Col
ana Pullman, while if the cross
e was made at the Steptoe canyon
'y the road would run through
on' johnson and thence to Pull
-, Colfax, in this case, would be
~ the route"
senator Hall was the next speaker
sad that he had always been
spOsed to the theory of state high
US and had worked and voted
1salnst them until tho Iast session,